Barfly — Comings and goings, golf, Cogen’s tip, Four Daughters
Closed: Upper Manhattan, Highland Ave, MB. Since Harry O’s hightailed it to El Segundo its old location has been cursed. They say you can’t go back and achieve the same magic twice but I’d say, give it a shot – it works for fashion so why not? Clearly an upscale, expensive bar/resto serving beer in […]
Butler takes State Assembly for District 53
Democrat Betsy Butler won the 53rd District State Assembly seat after a nail-biting race against Republican candidate Nathan Mintz on Tuesday. The race has been easily won by Democrats in recent years. For most of the night, Butler and supporters watched reports at Memphis Cafe at the Beach in Manhattan Beach that showed Butler trailing […]
Beach Cities officially named Vitality City
The Beach Cities Health District has won its bid to bring the Vitality City program to Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and Manhattan Beach. BCHD officially entered into a contract last week with the Healthways/Blue Zone Vitality City project, an innovative public health initiative that began with a National Geographic study of the world’s longest living […]
The Return of Don Dokken
On the day that the Kettle opened in Manhattan Beach a little more than thirty years ago, back in the kitchen was sous chef with a mad gleam in his eye. Don Dokken was living a double life. Sometimes, he’d work at the Kettle until 10 p.m., then run out the door and within an […]
ArcLight offers reserved seats, but if you’re late, you lose
ArcLight Cinemas in El Segundo (formerly Pacific Theaters) is taking a contrarian position on the recession. Instead of trimming services and ticket prices, they recently completed a $6 million upgrade, and will be charging up to $13.75 a ticket.