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Nickel Diner: Modernist Breakfasts in a Retro Setting
Dec 27, 2008 at 01:35 PM
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New Downtown eatery offers outstanding breakfast menu at Denny's prices.

My wife Jennifer and I recently had Sunday breakfast at the Nickel Diner, now in its fourth month on Main Street opposite Bark Avenue's new doggie day care facility, between Fifth and Sixth Streets in Downtown. Open early for breakfast and also serving lunch, the offerings are really outstanding. The decor is from the forties, with old menus on the wall from soda fountains of the days of yore. For the price of a breakfast at Denny's classy chef Monica May serves up omlets or scrambles with fontina cheese, salmon, grilled zuccini, and many more unusual and welcome choices.

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Van Buren Block Club Supports Community Garden, School for the Deaf
Jun 23, 2008 at 05:49 PM
The Van Buren Place Community Restoration Association in May donated $1,000 each to the new community garden in the 2600 block of Raymond Avenue and to Marlton School, which is mainly for deaf children.

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Try Some Tapas?
Jun 23, 2008 at 04:01 PM
This tiny neighborhood Italian Tapas and wine bar is a breath of fresh air in our neighborhood.

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Seven Gets a Ten
Jun 23, 2008 at 03:42 PM
Downtown's newest posh restaurant is "Seven," located at 7th and Grand in downtown Los Angeles.

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Native Plant Gardens in West Adams
Apr 13, 2008 at 02:58 PM
Some of the many reasons you would want to emphasize native California plants in your garden and some of the West Adams gardeners who do.
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