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by Kevin Cody Hennessey’s Tavern’s Paul Hennessey; Sharkeez’s, and Palmilla’s Ron Newman; Brews Hall’s partners Mike Zislis, and Adam Goldberg; and Patrick Molloy’s Fiona Fleming were among the Pier Plaza restaurant owners who addressed the Hermosa Beach City Council Tuesday night. Their concern was potential rent increases on the Plaza dining patios that encroach on…
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Penny Royal’s Slater Heidrich (pictured) was joined by singer/actor Orion Askinosie at MBee Fest, a fundraiser for epilepsy, held at Tower 12 in Hermosa Beach.
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by Kevin Cody Ken Robertson oversaw Hermosa Beach development for three decades, from 1989, when he joined the city as a contract planner, until last month, when he retired as Community Development Director. Shortly after he joined the city, plans were made to transform the moribound downtown Pier Avenue from a retail district to a…
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Outdoor dining Palmilla All beach city boosters like to emphasize the variety of options for outdoor dining in their towns, but Hermosa really has everyone else beat thanks to the traffic-free pier plaza. Free of vehicular traffic, we hasten to add. The pedestrian traffic is a big attraction as people of all ages, some walking…
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Tequila bar Palmilla To some people, tequila is an ingredient in a margarita or paloma, perhaps something to down a shot of on a bet. To others it’s one of the world’s great liquors, expressing smoky, vegetal, and sweet flavors based on a variety of factors. This includes the climate of the region, the skill…
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Inventive cocktails Palmilla Cocina y Tequila The selection of liquors at Palmilla is impressive – not just the array of tequilas and mezcals that are standard at an upscale Mexican restaurant, but fine whiskies, rums, gins, and amari. The bartenders do justice to those fine ingredients in mixed drinks that use fresh juices and fresh…
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WINNER American BBQ Lucille’s Smokehouse BBQ Del Amo Fashion Center 21540 Hawthorne Blvd. #401B Torrance 310-370-7427 lucillesbbq.com RUNNER UP Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 407 N. Pacific Coast Hwy. Redondo Beach (424) 398-0025 dickeys.com WINNER American Contemporary The Stanton HB 844 Hermosa Ave. Hermosa Beach1 (310) 372-7462 thestantonhb.com RUNNER UP The Strand House 117 Manhattan Beach…
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Outdoor dining, bike lanes approved Work on restriping traffic lanes on Hermosa and Pier avenues started almost immediately last year, part of a plan to accommodate restaurant and retail needs as the pandemic stretched into the new year. It was one of the first items on the City Council’s 2021 agenda, and it prompted a…
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by Dan Blackburn A City of Hermosa Beach press release issued after the Halloween weekend, and headlined, “Four Hermosa Police Officers Injured During Arrests of Subjects Believed To Be Intoxicated,” was “purposely deceptive and intended to smear the downtown business community,” contends Greg Newman, owner of Sharkeez, Palmilla and Tower 12, all on Pier Plaza.…
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It’s rare an artist’s rendition of a new restaurant inspires outrage, but that is what happened when this publication displayed an image of Esperanza to accompany one of my dining columns in July 2019. The spectacular, curved concrete façade provoked hate mail that declared that something like this would fit in fine in Beverly Hills,…
Read MoreMEDITERRANEAN________________________________ Chicken Dijon Rotisserie Grill Offering Greek chicken (whole, half and skewers, gyros, stuffed grape leaves and Greek salads (with red onions, cucumbers, red bell peppers, feta cheese, Kalamata olives and pepperoncini…
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Bouncing back: Sion’s Mexican restaurant has been serving up Mexican food on PCH for over 30 years, and looked set to do it for another 30, until a fire broke out in the kitchen in June. Nobody was injured and the blaze was confined to a small area, but there was considerable smoke damage. The…
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View From A Height… With summer in full swing, Beach City restaurateurs are dealing with a boom like none they’ve ever had before. Thanks to the dining decks, many have more space than ever before, but there are fewer servers to handle the increased traffic, and less parking for customers who would like to dine.…
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by Dan Blackburn A Thursday Hermosa Beach council meeting labeled a “study session” and as a prelude to the community’s post-pandemic reopening resulted in a tense schooling of the Hermosa Beach City Council by a wave of angry residents and business owners. City officials said more than 250 people complained about a proposed ordinance seeking…
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“Everybody I know in the business is thinking about what to do before we reopen and how we can make money once we do,” said chef Robert Bell, owner of Mama Terano in Rancho Palos Verdes. “It’s almost comforting to know that none of them know more than I do. We’re all on a level…
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