WHY Because darts, vegan sausages and beer go well together. Even in Burbank. WHAT A neighborhood pub with more than 40 draft beers, Tony’s has a no-bottle policy—all beers, wines and sodas are served on draft. The multi-animal/no-animal sausage menu comes with the de rigueur selection of über toppings, and a nice chili comes ‘sin [...]
December 23, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY You’re feeling nostalgic for Drucker’s Store from Green Acres. WHAT A tiny, well-edited neighborhood mercantile selling gourmet pantry items is hard to find outside of Brooklyn or the Bay Area, but now Echo Park has Cookbook. Each week a changing selection of takeout foods centers around a featured cookbook—or buy the book and the [...]
November 2, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY ‘Wine for the people’ (or so says its slogan), in working-people’s Echo Park, with affordable tastings, charcuterie and small plates, as well as fun wine classes. WHAT A groovy wine bar for an increasingly groovy neighborhood, City Sip is part wine bar and part school. Six nights a week, owner Nicole Daddio pours wine [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY When you need not just one kind of absinthe spoon, but several. WHAT Given his name (and his gregarious personality), it was probably destiny that Joe Keeper would someday open a store called Bar Keeper. In the Sunset Junction ‘hood that is Silver Lake’s foodie bull’s-eye, he’s put together a drinker’s head shop of [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY A sharp knife is a thing of beauty. WHAT Few things frustrate a cook more than a dull knife. Gary understands. Westsiders will find him and his sharpening tools at several farmers’ markets, including Torrance, Culver City, Mar Vista and Beverly Hills; check his website for the schedule. If you don’t live on the [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Doesn’t everyone want to be a beekeeper? WHAT Like dog walking and closet organizing, beekeeping turns out to be a task that can be outsourced—thanks to Kirk Anderson, the Urban Beekeeper. Typically he removes unwanted swarms and moves them to a new home that wants them. Once moved, the bees stay in their adopted [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Fresh produce and some quality grocery items for a Highland Park neighborhood that needed them. Don’t miss the bargain grass-fed ground beef. WHAT Don’t be put off by the location next to a 99 Cent store—this is local entrepreneurial spirit at its best. There’s a good-size produce department with fresh stuff; other aisles are [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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