City Set to Ban New Fast-Food Restaurants for Year

IN THE NEWS: The LA Times’s Molly Hennessy-Fiske and David Zahniser report that a law that would bar new fast-food restaurants from opening in South Los Angeles for at least one year sailed through the Los Angeles City Council [July 29]. … Critic Irene Virbila gives two and a half stars to Ammo (1155 N. […]

Airport’s Space-Age Encounter Restaurant Reopens

IN THE NEWS: The LA Times critic S. Irene Virbila awards two stars to Melrose Bar & Grill (8826 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood; 310-278-3684; www.melrosebarandgrill.com). … The Times also details the reopening of the landmark Encounter restaurant at Los Angeles International Airport. The restaurant in the center of the airport was closed in March after […]