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A La Carte Column for June 25, 2026 What entree goes well with kicking a ball? World Cup fever is big now, and numerous local restaurants are creating menus based on who is playing. Given the cultural diversity of the expanded teams and the unlikely success of some teams, some chefs may be trying Cape Verdean, Ivorian and Paraguayan recipes for the first time. I hope customers react well to them, and they stay on the menus. It would be a breath of fresh air in an area with way too many copycat eateries… Gone, but not forgotten: Social media erupted over the eviction of two local restaurants, the Fresh Brothers in Redondo and the Ocean View Café in Manhattan Beach. Though I don’t know the details of, high turnover is likely to be a recurring theme, as many restaurants are near the end of long leases at fixed rates and are facing rent hikes of as much as 50 percent. Those that are selling moderately priced food with no alcohol license are at the greatest risk – you have to sell a lot of pizzas or omelets to afford skyrocketing operational costs. In an era when an increasing percentage of food to go or delivered, restaurants in prime locations are at a disadvantage – they lose…
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