When Morton's, much beloved by the movers and shakers of Hollywood, closed last year, it was originally announced that the West Coast branch of Nick Jones' members-only Soho House would open in its place. Instead, it appears as if Soho House will go into a still-under-construction site on the Sunset Strip, while the corner of Melrose and Robertson is scheduled to turn into a branch of Jones' upscale London Italian Cecconi's. The original earns respectable (if not dazzling) scores of 21/20/21, with surveyors describing it as a "classy waterhole for the beautiful people" serving "unstuffy" cuisine. How it will fare in LA remains to be seen, and Mondays at Morton's is a hard act to follow for anyone. Expect an opening in the spring of 2009 (8764 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood).