When Prince Hung Out at Helena's

Once upon a time, the Silver Lake supper club was L.A.'s favorite celebrity haunt.

In an essay in our sister publication The Hollywood Reporter, producer Mark Canton retraces his close professional and personal relationship with Prince. He started working with the musical prodigy in 1983 on the Warner Bros. film Purple Rain and several years later, was spending some memorable nights out:

My favorite personal memory was having Friday night dinners with him and meeting acquaintances at the fabulous Helena’s (a private supper club). He would often spontaneously invite me to jump in his 1969 purple Cadillac with his friend and driver, a 6’ 9” cool guy named Chicky, and we would end up in Silver Lake…

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With regards to Prince and Helena’s, that’s only the half of it.

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