Chick's Drive In was a hot dog, hamburger, and fried seafood restaurant on the beach in my hometown. It was not, in fact, a drive-in restaurant, at least it wasn't when I started working there in the late 1980's. I was 16, and if you don't count delivering papers for a few years … [Read more...]
New Dishes and Old Favorites This Year at the Grill on the Alley
The Grill on the Alley, with a location in the Westlake Promenade - you know, the restaurant with the wall of fire out front - is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The original location opened in 1984 in Beverly Hills, and now there are Grill restaurants here in … [Read more...]
Whole Foods Oxnard Celebrates Local Flavor and Design
A new Whole Foods Market opened in Oxnard last week at The Collection, a shopping destination anchored by Target, a 16-screen movie theater, and (coming soon) H&M. Everything is so recent there that the complex practically sparkles with its shiny fresh-out-of-the-package … [Read more...]