The End in Torrance is a ‘Side Street Wonder’
When I visit old cities, I find it charming that most residential neighborhoods have their local cafe, bakery, pub, and some little shop that sells the necessities of everyday life. It’s a relic of a world before the automobile, when neighbors met and socialized in the course of their everyday lives. That little eatery or bodega might not have the widest selection or the best prices, but the people inside were part of a community. I recognize the downside of this situation, the lack of variety, the necessity of coming in contact with people you may not like, but it’s the way most people in the world lived until a few generations ago. South Bay businesses are so clustered around major arteries that the little side street business is a curiosity. Granny’s Grocery in Hermosa and Panela’s in Redondo are among the few culinary enterprises surrounded by places where people live. To those may now be added The End, which is not on a major street even though their address is on Calle Mayor, Spanish for Major Street. For a long time, this location was a Jamaican restaurant, then briefly an Eastern European schnitzel house, before it became an eclectic restaurant and bar called Hey 19. That…
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