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. […]

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IN THE NEWS: The LA Times’s Betty Hallock and Amy Scattergood report, “Table 8 (7661 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, www.table8la.com) is set to close May 31 and reopen at a new Melrose Avenue location (currently Chocolat) in late summer, according to chef-owner Govind Armstrong. He and co-owners Chris Heyman and Joshua Woodward will open a […]

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IN THE NEWS: The LA Times’s S. Irene Virbila gives two stars to Michael’s on Naples Ristorante (5620 E. 2nd St., Long Beach; www.michaelsonnaples.com), while Amy Scattergood reports that Bastide (8475 Melrose Place, West Hollywood) executive chef Walter Manzke has resigned, being replaced by former Providence chef de cuisine Paul Shoemaker, as well as the […]

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