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Sugo Social kitchen team has talent to spare by Richard Foss There are fads in restaurant naming, some of which originally made sense but were overused to the point where they lost all meaning. Places called cafes used to serve only coffee, while a restaurant, whose name comes from the French “I restore you,” served […]
I sometimes hear from former residents of Manhattan Beach who return after years away to find long-loved restaurants have closed. “Café Pierre is gone? And Darren’s and W’s China Grill? What is left that I’ll still recognize?” When they drive past Ercole’s, Shellback, The Kettle, and Hennessey’s, they breathe a sigh of relief. The prices […]
It’s not too odd that a café could also be called a learning place, because plenty of people do their studying at local coffeehouses. Almost all of these establishments have free wifi, comfy chairs and tables, and abundant caffeine, plus baked goods for those moments when you need to nosh to keep that brainpower steady. […]
Mother’s Market on Rosecrans is not the type of place my mother would have shopped. She was a dutiful cook who never went beyond the recipes she learned in the 1930s. Any vegetable more exotic than carrots, broccoli, potatoes, cabbage, or spinach was viewed with suspicion. Healthy eating meant two of those veggies on a […]