Pool partying: Hollywood Billiards has transformed from a dive to a hot night spot. From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: July 12, 1999| Author: Brinsley, John | COPYRIGHT 1999 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Jeff Bey had spent several years and hundreds of thousands of dollars renovating the ancient and seedy Hollywood Billiards into a hip spot for actors, lawyers and the inevitable hustlers to come and shoot a rack or two of pool in a basement at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Western Ave.

By 1994, the junkies, prostitutes and beggars that once lingered outside the billiard parlor's door were a thing of the past, and the nightspot was doing more than $300,000 a year ...

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