Saturday at the Peach Pit in Beverly Hills, 90210

WORDS + PHOTOS BY TAMARA PALMER

Popped down to Los Angeles on Saturday to shoot the Peach Pit Pop-Up, an IRL creation of the iconic fictional diner from Beverly Hills, 90210, for Issue 3 of California Eating (Issue 2 is on sale now). My full story will come out in print in September, but I wanted to publish a little taste of it now in honor of the #BH90210 season premiere on August 7.

This used to be the old Johnny Rockets on Melrose (in West Hollywood) back in the Nineties, where I once literally stumbled upon Beyonce and Destiny’s Child filming their “Bug-A-Boo” video out front. So it tripped me out when “Say My Name” was playing when I rolled up. They were followed by the Spice Girls, because the Nineties have never left.

@cocoshaheed spotted herself in my Instagram feed!

“We got these from Jason Priestley at a convention,” this awesome mom told me!

Kinda meta, but there was a mini Peach Pit in the outdoor dining area. I’m little, but it was still quite a squeeze to selfie in there.

The late Luke Perry received a loving tribute in the form of his own table. His sudden passing is no doubt still a deep shock to his former castmates, who have reunited for this six-episode series.

Scoring a difficult reservation for a party of one meant getting a coveted counter seat.

It also meant getting to order off of an entirely free and tasty menu of mini burgers, shakes and desserts, an unexpected boon from a heavily corporate sponsored undertaking that could have easily charged anything they wanted for the experience.

Most people probably missed some of my favorite details, a series of 90210 mixtapes in the back room by “Brenda & Brandon’s Bathroom.”

What would be on Andrea’s “Study Jams” mixtape?

It’s a shame if people missed the back area and the bathroom, because that means they missed one of the biggest selfie opportunities in the house. Just imagine if selfies had been a phenomenon in the 90210 daze.