Overview

• Dan Tana died of cancer at age 90 in Belgrade on Aug. 16, his daughter Gabrielle and other family members confirmed.
• The restaurant’s Facebook announcement called him “a legend” and evoked the enduring presence of its “little yellow house.”
• After selling Dan Tana’s to Sonja Perencevic in 2009, he retired to Belgrade while she preserved the venue’s look, menu and late-night service style.
• Since opening in 1964, the Santa Monica Boulevard eatery has drawn film and music stars with its discreet ambiance and dishes named for regular celebrity patrons.
• Born Dobrivoje Tanasijević near Belgrade, he played professional soccer in Canada before moving to Hollywood, where he rose from dishwasher to actor to acclaimed restaurateur.