Article: Maverick charm: the Mad Hatter elegance of the Chateau Marmont is mirrored in the hotel's restaurant.(UPDATE)

There are three places to eat at the Chateau Marmont. Ensconce yourself in the lounge, where the tassel-fringed couch sags a little in the middle and the tapestry patterns on the high-backed chairs are mismatched with British country estate authenticity. Head for the garden courtyard, where off-white canvas umbrellas shade the tables and the BPs. Or sit in the miniature dining room, whose upholstered silk walls, blue velvet banquettes, lace curtains, and Victorian-style lamps create a Miss Havisham effect. No L.A. restaurant is as sedately eccentric as the Chateau Marmont's (which has no name), nor are any as insistently romantic. Despite tables within inches of one ...

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