Openings Include Animal, SugarFish, Crudo Bar

IN THE NEWS: The LA Times’s S. Irene Virbila gives two stars to One Pico (Shutters on the Beach Hotel, 1 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, www.shuttersonthebeach.com), while Susan LaTempa visits Bella Pita (960 Gayley Ave., Westwood Village, Los Angeles). … Jenn Garbee details the openings of Animal (435 N. Fairfax Ave.) and SugarFish (4722 1/4 […]

Trailblazing Fatburger Founder Yancey Dies at Age 96

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 […]