How many restaurants have you been to that are floating & have Hollywood credit?! The Chowder Barge does! Not only is this spot the oldest (and only) floating restaurant in LA, but it has a bit of a storied past.
During the filming of the 1935 original “Mutiny on the Bounty” (staring Clark Gable) this barge was constructed to hold cameras and other equipment. After the film, the barge docked in Long Beach and enjoyed brief stints as a Catalina shuttle, a houseboat, a brothel (allegedly