IN THE NEWS: Eater Los Angeles reports on the new Zagat Los Angeles listings, “Melisse takes the number one spot for food for the second year in a row, and came in number two for popularity and service. Spago is ranked number one for popularity, the restaurant at Hotel Bel-Air comes in number one for […]

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IN THE NEWS: The LA Times’s Amy Scattergood reports the openings of: Anisette Brasserie (225 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica); Chef Charlie Palmer’s Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale’s South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, and that another Comme Ça is in the works across the street from the shopping center and set to open in November; […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Los Angeles Times’s Dennis McClellan reports the Jan. 26 death of Lovie Yancey, founder of the Fatburger restaurant chain, which began with a popular post-World War II hamburger stand in South Los Angeles at a time when black women were rarely seen as business entrepreneurs. She was 96. … In the […]

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IN THE NEWS: Bastide (8475 Melrose Pl, Los Angeles) tops Citysearch’s Top 10 New Los Angeles Restaurants of 2007 list.  … The Los Angeles Times’s S. Irene Virbila gives one star to Tanzore (50 N. La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills; 310-652-3838; www.tanzore.com), while Linda Burum considers Chopan Kebab House (8910 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, 818-885-1616). latimes.com […]

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