Valerie Confections, a maker of high-end chocolates and sweets that operates a store on First Street at Beverly Boulevard, has taken over the former Delilah Bakery in Echo Park. Valerie Confections, operated by Valerie and Stan Weightman, Jr, plan to sell pastries, sandwiches and salads along ... Read More »
The new owners of the former Delilah Bakery in Echo Park are attracting attention as they renovate the small corner storefront and test new paint colors on the exterior. A passing motorists yells out from his car to find out when they are opening . But ... Read More »
What happened to Cru? The small vegan Silver Lake restaurant overlooking Polka Dot plaza closed abruptly last fall, with its furniture and equipment still packed into the storefront. As former Cru patrons remain in the dark about the closure, the Griffith Park Boulevard space has been ... Read More »
When Scott Quist’s moving company employees finished a job, they often returned to the Glassell Park offices of Real Rock ‘n’ Roll Movers with a sofa, shelf or appliance that the customer decided to leave behind or discovered did not fit into their new place. After ... Read More »
It was only a short time after Guisados opened in Boyle Heights that it landed a coveted spot on Jonathan Gold’s list of 99 Essential Restaurants with tacos de guisado, handmade tortillas filled with flavorful helpings of braised meats and vegetables. Next month, Guisados plans to ... Read More »
Little Joy–the Echo Park dive bar that has in recent years taken turns catering to Spanish-speaking gay men, the post-college crowd and Dodger fans–is now preparing for a change of ownership. Echo Park bar hoppers and passersby have noticed that a black grate has been frequently ... Read More »
When the owners of Dangerbird Records took over a former Silver Lake furniture store, they hired local architect Barbara Bestor to remake the Sunset Boulevard building into a free-flowing compound that suited the up-and-coming indie music company. But times have been tough in the music business ... Read More »
Backside, a street wear and accessories store, is closing its Echo Park location only a little more than a year after it opened the Sunset Boulevard storefront. In addition to selling merchandise aimed at young men and women, Backside, which shares the block with The Echo ... Read More »
Fans of Eagle Rock’s Colorado Wine Co. may think they are seeing double. Signs for the Eagle Rock wine shop and bar now appear on two storefronts a few blocks apart on Colorado Boulevard. The double signage is part of a transition as the seven-year-old shop ... Read More »
When asked nearly a year ago what she had planned for her new Echo Park restaurant, all that Marta Teegan said was that it would be “a small neighborhood place with tasty food.” On Monday night, the first customers got to sample that “tasty food” at ... Read More »