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Buy the Entourage House

Filed under: Estates

We've seen a condo used on the television show "Entourage" go up for rent and now another property once inhabited by the Vincent Chase and his gang is on the market but this one is for sale. Our sibling blog Housing Watch reported that the house used to film the seventh season of the hit HBO show is on the market for $5.75 million. The 9,000-square-foot Tuscan villa in Encino, California was built in 2008 and designed by Colbourn Currer Noll Architecture. It is a one-story home with double-height ceilings in most rooms. Fans will recognize the entertainer's kitchen with two islands where Johnny Drama, Chase's brother, played by Kevin Dillon cooks for the rest of the friends. The home also includes a media room with surround sound and built-in iPod decks.

The motor court that has a stone fountain in the center and double garage doors in either side and the central hallway has arched columns. The living and dining rooms are open space with 24 foot-high ceilings with a series of steel-trussed scissor beams. The living room has a masonry fireplace with marble mantel and base. Marilyn Mandel of White House Properties and Bob Hurwitz of Hurwitz James Co. have co-listed the property.

Gallery: The Entourage House

Tags: entourage, los angeles real estate

"Entourage" Pals Collaborate On Restaurant Deal

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining

On television Kevin Dillon and Kevin Connolly play buddies in the popular series "Entourage" and in real life they are taking up a popular Hollywood past time, investing in restaurants. The pair are part of a newly formed investment group that purchased Siro's Restaurant, a seasonal restaurant located trackside at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

The investment group, called Racing Restaurants of America, is headed by president Keith Kantrowitz, president of New York City-based Power Express Mortgage; with managing partners Paul Carlucci, publisher of the New York Post; and Steven Schoenfeld, managing partner with MPS Global Securities, several jockey and horse trainers and Connolly and Dillon. The restaurant has been in existence for more than 70 years serving the horse racing aficionados who converge on Saratoga Springs each summer. The Albany Business Review reports that the restaurant went on the market early last year for $3.1 million but the price was later reduced to $2.7 million. The sale price isn't known but the group has already gotten to work investing in the property, installing new televisions and granite countertops and improving the patio. Kantrowitz, a longtime patron of the restaurant and racing fan expects the revenue to be $6 million in just the six weeks of the racing season. The restaurant is traditionally only open during track season but will remain open on weekends through October.

A menu posted on the Siro's website shows that the restaurant serves pricey dishes including seared Hudson Valley foie gras, broiled aged prime sirloin, roasted rack of Cassel Farm lamb and Maine lobster. Entries cost upwards from $30.

Gallery: Celebrity Restaurants

Tags: celebrity restaurants, entourage, kevin connolly, Kevin Dillon, saratoga springs, siros

Rent The Entourage Condo

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Celebrity Shopping

Fans of the show "Entourage" can now live like Johnny Drama, the character played by Kevin Dillon. HBO has filmed scenes from the show in the two-bedroom condo and the home has many of the same furnishings and decor that are in the show, including an entertainment system worth over $50,000 and Philippe Starck Louis Ghost chairs. Live your Hollywood dream for $6,950 a month.

[via LA Times Hot Property]

Gallery: Live Like Drama