Saturday’s Echo Park Community Parade coincides with the Echo Park Shop Hop, which features discounts other goodies from more than two dozen neighborhood shop, restaurants and other businesses. Bar Method Silver Lake is hosting a One Stop Holiday Shop on Saturday, Dec. 8 that makes it ... Read More »

Musical Chairs. Back in August The Eastsider reported about the stylish but kind of uncomfortable metal chairs at Red Hill. Some customers had even taken to criticizing the chairs as they praised the cuisine at the new Echo Park Avenue restaurant. But a weekend visit to ... Read More »

Before You Get Malled: The Atwater Village Chamber of Commerce wants to remind those post-Thanksgiving shoppers that are several blocks of neighborhood stores ready to serve them between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. More details about Shop Atwater First New Cafe Brewing: Golden Road Brewery in ... Read More »

By Cynthia Greenburg-Dunlop At some point, “the math just doesn’t work,” said Jennifer Morgan, co-owner of Colorado Wine Company, as she explained the reason for moving the Eagle Rock wine bar and shop just three blocks down Colorado Boulevard. Tired of dealing with raised rents – ... Read More »

Holy Grounds Coffee & Tea has created an oasis of coffee of and culture on the eastern edge of El Sereno, reports Alhambra Source. Not only is there coffee, but there are also yoga and art classes as well as a patio (pictured above) and outdoor ... Read More »

Just in time for an expected heat wave,  the Brite Spot in Echo Park has completed a new outdoor dining room on a portion of its parking lot.  The Brite Spot owners are not shy about colors, with orange chairs and black and white umbrellas set ... Read More »

Diablo, the new Silver Lake taco and Mexican restaurant, is in the process of adding new side dishes and some lower-priced tacos, said managing partner Summer Stearns. While those new items are in the works, Diablo will serve up complementary “Michelada Pop” for L.A. Beer Week ... Read More »

After enough people poked into the kitchen of Glassell Park caterer Room Forty, owner Steve Fortunato decided to offer a limited take-out menu featuring sauces and pasta made on the premises. Among the popular items from the Room Forty summer take-out menu have been a vegetarian ... Read More »

Need a pillow to accessorize your man cave?   Well then take a look at the BROllow, a set of pillows “for guys” created by Highland Park artist Toban Nichols.  The line of 17-inch square pillows, which feature a computer-generated design, came about after Nichols said he ... Read More »

The Other Side bar in Silver Lake closed last weekend, with fans bemoaning the loss of a longtime gay hangout and one of the city’s last piano bars. Now, the new owners – a trio of friends – is preparing to turn The Other Side and ... Read More »