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Jimmy’s departs, Paella Sundays, upcoming openings, and more dining events
A La Carte column for 21 August 2019
End Of An Era… Jimmy’s Kouzina has served its last souvlaki, the end of an enterprise that has been in business since 1984. The Italian and Greek restaurant opened as Old Venice but never served Venetian-style food, and it has been a mainstay in downtown Manhattan Beach. Their customers will mourn the loss of a […]
Soom Soom So So [restaurant review]
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The new Israeli restaurant in Plaza El Segundo has promise, but needs some fixing
The lines on a global map change occasionally, the names more frequently, but the cultures generally evolve at glacial speed. When Czechoslovakia separated into two countries in 1992 it didn’t change traditional dance, literature or cooking. (The Slovaks did have to learn a new national anthem, but many probably just move their lips when it’s […]
Vietnamese for vegetarians
Everything at this Southeast Asian cafe is plant-based, and most of it works
Occasionally I see a place with a name like “Jolly Cow Burgers” and wonder what about that establishment might spark bovine levity. I don’t think cattle are particularly intelligent compared to people, though the performance of certain politicians as stupid herd animals puts that in doubt. Nevertheless, even something as dim as a cow must […]