Mel Haber - Ingleside Inn and Melvyn's

Ingleside Inn and Melvyn's

Haber shut down the Inn that summer and spent $500,000 in restoration costs, including Melvyn's restaurant. The Inn re-opened on September 15, 1975 and was an immediate success.

Over the years, the Inn has become a magnet for Hollywood's elite, U.S. Presidents, royalty, aristocrats, captains of industry and celebrities visiting Palm Springs. They include Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marlon Brando, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, Sylvester Stallone, Liza Minnelli, Liberace, Jerry Lewis, Barry Manilow, Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Rita Hayworth, Pat Boone, Debbie Reynolds, Larry King, John Travolta, Sidney Sheldon, David Hasselhoff, President Gerald Ford, George Hamilton, and celebrity travel columnists Donald Pile and Ray Williams,.

The status of the hotel was enhanced when Frank Sinatra and Barbara Marx held their pre-wedding party at Melvyn's in July 1976. Later the restaurant and Inn were named one of the world's premier hotel and dining venues by Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.