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Brooklyn (New York City)

  • Film+TV

    May 17, 2012

    Spike Lee on Shooting in His Favorite Borough for Red Hook Summer

    Lee talks making the very indie Red Hook Summer

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Chefs Ben Ford, David LeFevre Neal Fraser Cook for GrowingGreat

    It's being touted as a "unique foodie experience" for Angelenos. That is, Angelenos with $200 to spare. The "Taste of Spring" event happening May 19 at a private Manhattan Beach home involves cooking demonstrations from David LeFevre (Manhattan Beach Post), Neal Fraser (The Strand House), and possib ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Brooklyn's First Food Book Fair: Books Authors Eats

    The food intellectual is not a new phenomenon, but it is a new cliche. The glut of rant-prone gonzo restaurant critic bloggers, armchair sustainability experts, and urban chicken farming gurus reminds us that the importance of caring about food, where it comes from, and who makes it has soaked deep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Manhattan Beach Post's Couscous Salad

    The couscous at Manhattan Beach Post -- how have we survived without it until now? The flavors are so right. Perhaps you remember that "OMG I love this", feeling from the first time you had the Crying Tiger Beef at Jitlada or a Kogi taco? Yeah, like that. If you were part of the overheated throng a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Manhattan Beach Gay-Sex Ring: Should Police, Media Have Circulated Suspect Mugshots?

    The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center blasted an angry presser yesterday, calling out sister news stations CBS2 and KCAL9 for printing/airing the "mug shots, names and birthdates for the 18 men who were recently charged in an undercover sex sting operation at a Manhattan Beach public restroom." We were a l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Gay-Sex Ring at Manhattan Beach Bathroom? 18 Dudes Arrested for Lewd Conduct, 'Utilizing a Peephole'

    Updated at the bottom with more deets on the Big 18, one of whom is a top dog at Viacom. Originally posted at 2 p.m. The public bathroom at the end of Marine Avenue has been getting more action than a West Hollywood back-alley.

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Simmzy's to Open Second Location in Long Beach

    Manhattan Beach's beachside restaurant and craft beer pub Simmzy's will be opening a second location in Long Beach's Belmont Shore shopping and entertainment district this Spring -- and artist's renderings of the final look were posted on Facebook recently. Construction has been underway on Simmzy ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2012

    Sweet and Sour Chicken Soup

    Manhattan Beach's beachside restaurant and craft beer pub Simmzy's will be opening a second location in Long Beach's Belmont Shore shopping and entertainment district this Spring -- and artist's renderings of the final look were posted on Facebook recently. Construction has been underway on Simmzy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Why Highland Park Is the New Echo Park

    Over the last couple of months I've been doing a lot of what a writer does best -- hanging out in bars and listening to people talk. I live in Echo Park, and around these parts the bar banter is usually centered around one question: what's cool. In L.A., the answer to that changes as quickly as the ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Manhattan Beach Cops' Hit-and-Run Career Fiasco

    Over the last couple of months I've been doing a lot of what a writer does best -- hanging out in bars and listening to people talk. I live in Echo Park, and around these parts the bar banter is usually centered around one question: what's cool. In L.A., the answer to that changes as quickly as the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    SRSLY LOL Goes Hollywood

    Over the last couple of months I've been doing a lot of what a writer does best -- hanging out in bars and listening to people talk. I live in Echo Park, and around these parts the bar banter is usually centered around one question: what's cool. In L.A., the answer to that changes as quickly as the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    You Can Check Out Any Time You Like

    Over the last couple of months I've been doing a lot of what a writer does best -- hanging out in bars and listening to people talk. I live in Echo Park, and around these parts the bar banter is usually centered around one question: what's cool. In L.A., the answer to that changes as quickly as the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    One-Time Use of a Leaf Blower in Manhattan Beach Could Land You in Jail

    Photo courtesy of the Manhattan Beach Anti-Leaf Blower Association (ALBA). Really.​Ah, Manhattan Beach. Where celebrities sick of paparazzi camping outside their Santa Monica/WeHo/Beverly Hills mansions go to live their lives in peace -- a sea-breeze neighborhood just gorgeous and classy enoug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Battle For Brooklyn: Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley's Documentary Has Echoes in L.A.'s Football Stadium Controversy

    Construction begins on the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn​ There's a moment towards the end of Battle for Brooklyn when Prospect Heights resident Daniel Goldstein peers through a fence at a construction site teeming with workers and cranes. The area was recently home to dozens of small bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    "Poptails" All Around: Galco's & Charles Phoenix Band Together for the Southwest Museum

    J. Ritz​ Galco's Soda Pop Stop is a magical place. For carbonated beverage fans, the Highland Park shop is a retail marvel, an unparalleled source of sweet bubblies and even some sour pops, and everything else along the soda flavor spectrum you knew and didn't know existed. Even folks whose be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    30 Scoops in 30 Days: Delicieuse (Day 15)

    Delicieuse is plastered with charts and signs extolling the virtues of goat's milk, but we don't seek out ice cream for its curative powers. Nor do we trek to Redondo Beach for Delicieuse's goat's milk ice cream. We come for the incredible sorbets.

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    30 Scoops in 30 Days: Manhattan Beach Creamery (Day 14)

    Manhattan Beach Creamery is a pleasant neighborhood ice cream store, stocked with as much candy as it is ice cream. The white leather, half-shell chairs, halfway between Louis XIV and Philippe Starck, are a good spot to watch surfers trudge to and from the pier or Saturday Night or Saturday night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Neighborhood Eats: Brooklyn Water Bagel Company

    No matter what MLB strips from Frank McCourt -- his ego, his baseball team, his dignity (actually, he did that all on his own) -- there's one thing they can never take away: the plaque bearing his name at the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Company. At the recently opened Beverly Hills bagel shop, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    David LeFevre's Manhattan Beach Post: Now Open

    M. B. Post​ For those of you who have been pining for chef David LeFevre's cooking since he left Water Grill last year, you can now find it on the menu again. His own menu, at his first restaurant. LeFevre's Manhattan Beach Post (abbreviated to M.B. Post) opens today. As for why Manhattan Beac ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2011

    Manhattan Beach Scandal

    M. B. Post​ For those of you who have been pining for chef David LeFevre's cooking since he left Water Grill last year, you can now find it on the menu again. His own menu, at his first restaurant. LeFevre's Manhattan Beach Post (abbreviated to M.B. Post) opens today. As for why Manhattan Beac ... More >>

  • News

    March 31, 2011

    Manhattan Beach Sex Payoff

    City manager Dolan got $270,000 — instead of being fired for misbehavior

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Bad Brooklyn Tortoise Knocks Over Heat Lamp, Starts Fire, Kills Turtle

    Nothin' to see here​Them city tortoises. Just can't be satisfied with a normal tortoise life of walking in circles and staring at inanimate objects. That's for hicks! The New York Post reports that Giovani the Bad Brooklyn Tortoise, looking for a big adventure on a Sunday afternoon, used his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    David LeFevre Readies M.B. Post in Manhattan Beach

    Courtesy M.B. Post​ We've come to know David LeFevre for his seafood ways at Water Grill, where he was executive chef for six years. He left last fall to open his own place in the South Bay, Manhattan Beach Post (M.B. Post for short), which should debut next month. But he never promised us lob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Four Manhattan Beach Police Officers Allegedly Involved in Drunk Hit-and-Run One Year Ago Finally Fired (But Still on Paid Leave)

    grunionsmb.comJanuary 31, 2010: One expensive boys' night out for the City of Manhattan Beach​We're big fans of the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing -- and certainly wish it had applied more thoroughly to cases like that of 18-year-old Jeremy Marks -- but in heel-dragging, money-wast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    GQ's 4th Best New Restaurant in America? The Tasting Kitchen on Abbot Kinney

    Anne FishbeinCasey Lane and crew at the Tasting Kitchen​ For those of you who do not read GQ for photos of Jessica Alba or sartorial advice but for other things, like restaurant news, Alan Richman has picked The 10 Best New Restaurants in America. Welcome to the year's end. New York City's Lin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Tonight: The Naked and Famous, Dar Williams, My Chemical Romance, Chasing Kings, Black Apples, Dirt Dress

    The Naked and Famous​Even the coolest of cool kids -- you know, the ones who can eloquently extol the virtues of MGMT's second album Congratulations -- have a soft spot the size of Brooklyn for hits like "Kids" and "Time to Pretend." That's the kind of chewy, sweet electro-pop that New Zealan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Break-In Burglar Takes $2,000 In Coins From Manhattan Beach Wells Fargo

    Way more than $2,000 in coins... but not everyone can have hustle like Scrooge​It's the season for artistic public thieving in L.A. County. First, on Oct. 27, there was the guy with the Obama mask who stuck up an El Pollo Loco branch in Duarte with a toy knife. A week or so later, there was t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    That's Just the Whey it is: Meet Cheese People

    Cheese People​ At the conclusion of our November 1st post about the Los Angeles-baked blog Bread People, we entertained the idea of starting a "cheese-themed spin-off." Before we could get a tumblr account running though, we discovered that the blog we'd envisioned already existed. While int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    As Gun Nuts Head To Family Fair In Manhattan Beach This Weekend, One Commenter Says To Own A Firearm Is To Live In Fear

    Open Carry members plan to bring their guns to a family fair in Manhattan Beach this weekend.​For our comment of the day we couldn't resist dipping into that endless well of debate -- guns. A recent post wonders aloud if right-to-bear-arms activists are going to far in targeting a family fair ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Funniest Song About Hipsters. Ever.

    They all play synths​Apparently, there are hipsters in the UK (yeah, I know--shocking!). And...they're just like Silver Lake and Williamsburg hipsters! And now someone's written a funny song about them. It's very funny. Best line: "We all play synths." 'Nuff said. Check it out:

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Cooking in Highland Park: The Book

    Felicia FriesemaCooking in Highland Park...in Highland Park​ Locally focused cookbooks aren't uncommon in Los Angeles. There's the Santa Monica Farmers Market cookbook, The California Heritage Cookbook, Nancy Silverton's Sandwich Book, Sunday Suppers at Lucques, and on and on. But you can p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Sand Dune Park Reopens in Manhattan Beach...Just Make A Reservation First

    Naked_Eyes via Flickr​ Manhattan Beach's Sand Dune Park reopened Monday amid enthusiasm from fitness buffs and concern from some locals who fear that the noise, traffic and pollution that caused the park to close a year ago would return. The popular park closed last summer due to complaints ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Download an Entire Album for Free from Psychedelic Post-Poppers Random Patterns

    "Rich Soil Pleasures" by Random Patterns​Highland Park's psychedelically inclined indie pop outfit Random Patterns has released a new album today and it's absolutely free. Rich Soil Pleasures is a seven-song set of layered-yet-light tunes that find the five-piece band laying down all manner o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Live in L.A.: Woodsist Festival, Thurston Moore, Sting, Justin Currie, Abandoned Pools

    Sarah McKayKurt Vile​In case your lifeline to Brooklyn is broken: Woodsist is a four-year-old record label, founded by Woods guitarist Jeremy Earl, that caters to fans who like things gloriously unvarnished, or who think the Vivian Girls are original. The label has brought a small army of lo-f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Small Earthquake Jolts Los Angeles' Westside

    Caltech​A small earthquake jolted L.A.'s Westside Monday afternoon. The 3.7 magnitude shaker struck about four miles west-southwest of Manhattan Beach at 4:59 p.m., according to the Southern California Seismic Network. Early Monday a 3.6 struck the Santa Monica Bay off Manhattan Beach. Twitte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Frankies Spuntino Comes To Animal For One Night Only: Dinner, Wine and a Cookbook

    Frankies Spuntino Cookbook​Frankies Spuntino is coming to Animal Restaurant for one night only, on Wednesday, June 30th from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Coming on the tails of Jeremy Fox's successful stint at Animal, the highly popular Brooklyn chefs Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli will be in hous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Brooklyn Boys Food Truck Brings Deli Fare to O.C.

    Brooklyn BoysThe Brooklyn Boys food truck​Orange County isn't known for its abundance of New York and Jewish-style delis, but the Brooklyn Boys food truck, launched on Feb. 1, hopes to change that. Roaming from Fullerton and Placentia on the northern tip to Santa Ana and Irvine and all the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    L.A. SXSW Showdown: El Ten Eleven, Rainbow Arabia and LAZRtag at Submerged

    L.A. SXSW Showdown: El Ten Eleven, Rainbow Arabia and LAZRtag at Submerged

  • Calendar

    February 18, 2010

    WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON AT THE UCB?

    L.A. SXSW Showdown: El Ten Eleven, Rainbow Arabia and LAZRtag at Submerged

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Guns n Roses Plays CBGB! (OK, Axl & Some Dudes Play the Varvatos Clothing Store)

    Brooklyn Vegan"You're in Varvatos, Baby--I wanna see you shoooooooppppp!"​Brooklyn Vegan reports that last night Guns n Roses Axl Rose and a bunch of his buddies who are not Slash, Duff, etc. played legendary NYC club CBGBs the hip clothing store Varvatos in the Bowery. According to Brookly V ... More >>

  • News

    January 28, 2010

    HOLY SEVERANCE PAY, BATMAN!

    Brooklyn Vegan"You're in Varvatos, Baby--I wanna see you shoooooooppppp!"​Brooklyn Vegan reports that last night Guns n Roses Axl Rose and a bunch of his buddies who are not Slash, Duff, etc. played legendary NYC club CBGBs the hip clothing store Varvatos in the Bowery. According to Brookly V ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Charlotte Gainsbourg Reveals Haunting Songs on American Television Debut

    Charlotte Gainsbourg Reveals Haunting Songs on American Television Debut

  • News

    January 21, 2010

    Geoff Dolan’s $195,000 Good-bye

    Amid recession, tiny Manhattan Beach gives a fat, secret payout to its city manager

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009

    The Jung Trio

    Amid recession, tiny Manhattan Beach gives a fat, secret payout to its city manager

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2008

    A Majority of One

    Amid recession, tiny Manhattan Beach gives a fat, secret payout to its city manager

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2008

    Hot & Ready

    Amid recession, tiny Manhattan Beach gives a fat, secret payout to its city manager

  • Eat+Drink

    November 22, 2007

    My Taco: Frying High

    Carne asada fries — the Everest of fine gabacho cuisine

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    Avenues Gang Members Meet the End of the Road

    But is Highland Park safe for blacks?

  • News

    July 27, 2006

    ''They Wanted All Blacks Out''

    Federal trial exposes the Avenues of hate

  • Eat+Drink

    November 6, 2003

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Federal trial exposes the Avenues of hate

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