A LA CARTE: Openings and closings, tiki returns, two food festivals
Lunch and Learning: Artesia has been blossoming as a dining area lately. The latest opening is not noteworthy for the creativity of its menu but is inspiring for other reasons. Mychal’s Café is a breakfast and lunch café staffed by people with learning disabilities, who are gaining job skills as they make your food and serve your breakfast and lunch. Mychal’s also operates a bakery in Hawthorne and recently opened another branch in Torrance, so this worthy idea is spreading around the area. Stop in for breakfast, lunch, or coffee when you’re rolling down Artesia (2302 Atresia, RB)… Tiki on Hawthorne: The South Bay once had several tiki bars crafting the classics that Don The Beachcomber and Trader Vic invented in the 1930s. But until recently the only places offering the classic drinks and aloha ambiance were Old Tony’s in Redondo and the Purple Orchid in El Segundo. They’ve been joined by the Hula Hula Room, which opened in a strip mall on Hawthorne near Torrance Boulevard. While the exterior is nondescript, the interior has the tropical fantasy look, and the drinks are very good. There are no flaming pu-pu platters, alas, but they allow food from outside (20930 Hawthorne, Torr)…
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