Costa Manhattan Beach far from merely coasting [restaurant review]

Some chefs come up with ideas so novel they seem outside of space and time, yet the flavors and textures are completely integrated. A more subtle art of the kitchen is when someone makes a familiar dish in a way that makes you feel like you had never really tasted it before. Most chefs gravitate […]

Manhattan Beach seeks compromise over teen bands at Polliwog Park summer concerts

  Teen bands will be allowed to play at the City of Manhattan Beach’s Concerts in the Park, the music series that takes place Sunday evenings throughout the summer. But not too much.  The city’s Parks and Recreation department has partly relented on what supporters of local teen music regarded as a “teen ban” that […]