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>> james: you know the ocean liners, you always had first class and cabin class. the thing about stars, it was just like that. >> tony: the socialites could look around and go, "oh look at, i'm mingling with regular people." and these edgy people could go, "oh look, i'm as comfortable in this environment as anybody else is." >> anthony: it mattered who else was there, what might be happening, what might happen. the restaurant as seen. >> mario: whereas the restaurants of the '50s and '60s, the bar was just a place where you had to wait. by the time stars became what it was, the bar was the cen...

Own seat at the bar, we started putting brass nameplates. >> jerry: my usual bar stool there was my brass plate. i go, "what the hell is this?" jeremiah was around with that little smirk. he was having his fun. uh, there, jerry matters. >> tony: one of the most fun times of the year was halloween at stars. literally the dining room was packed with people who knew that every drag queen in san francisco was going to walk through the dining room at stars and show off their outfit. >> ken: and it was dangerous and it was sexy and there was -- there were drugs around. and watching him night after n...