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: LAist.com notes the scheduled Jan. 20 closing of Sebastian’s in Burbank, featured on the TV show Kitchen Nightmares. … PRNewswire.com reports that restaurateur and hotelier Jonathan Morr was to debut his New York Japanese eatery Bond St. in Beverly Hills on Jan. 21 at the new Thompson Beverly Hills hotel (corner of […]

Filed under: Los Angeles Restaurants | Tags:Bicycle Kitchen, Bond Street, Happy Ending, Hunan Seafood, Kokomo Cafe closing, Lu Gi, Metro Cafe, Royale on Wilshire, Sebastian's closed, Thompson Beverly Hills, Zeidler's Cafe, Zen Grill closed | No Comments »