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'''The Apple Pan''' is a [[restaurant]] (opened 1947 in 1947Los Angeles) locally famous for its [[hamburgers]], [[apple pies]] served with vanilla ice cream, and banana cream pie.

In addition to being oneOne of Los Angeles’Angeles' oldest continuing operating restaurants, The Apple Pan is also notable as the basis for the popular [[Johnny Rockets]] chain of restaurants. Johnny Rockets founder Ronn Teitlebaum claimed he used The Apple Pan as a model for his successful 1950s-themed franchise, copying the menu, presentation, counter seating and grilling area for the Johnny Rockets chain based on this original restaurant: a small menu with few items, hamburgers served wrapped in paper and on cardboard plates, hamburgers grilled-to-order in full view of the counter-seated customers.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chowhound.com/post/apple-pan-hickory-burger-revisited-clear-eyes-372510 | title = The Apple Pan hickory burger revisited (with clear eyes) | author = Arthur | date = February 18, 2007 | website = [[Chowhound]] | publisher = [[CBS Interactive]] | accessdate = January 3, 2016}}</ref>

The exterior of theThe Apple Pan was used as an establishing shot in the first series of 1990s teen soap ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]''. <ref> https://www.iamnotastalker.com/2013/03/26/the-apple-pan-from-beverly-hills-90210/</ref> The show's Executiveexecutive Producerproducer [[Charles Rosin]] wanted to use the name of theThe Apple Pan, but instead created the fictional Peach Pit, loosely based on theThe Apple Pan, after he was unable to agree terms withand the diner's owners could not agree on the use of the name. <ref>https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-blaze-with-lizzie-and-kat/episode/055-charles-rosin-season-two-wrap-up-41744818</ref>