Vespertine for $49, n/naka for $38: Fine dining joins the takeout game amid prolonged shutdown

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“We won’t make any money off of it. The dream is to break even.” At Dialogue, Beran scrapped his Santa Monica restaurant’s 20-course, $250 winter menu and created two three-course, heat-at-home meals for $35 each, packaging them in to-go containers he grabbed from vendors in the food hall where the restaurant is located. He encountered ...
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After Years of Hoarding Housing Supply, Toronto Airbnb Hosts Are Panicking

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The app protects hosts by scrambling their locations and hiding their full names. Airbnb is also not afraid to litigate against local governments, having already sued San Francisco, Santa Monica, and New York over legislation that would disrupt its business. Even if more information was available, listings on their own don’t necessarily ...
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Bring the Bar To You With These Top Spots For Alcohol Delivery in L.A.

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Now with pickup and delivery, Santa Monica’s Élephante is offering an all day menu, cocktails, beer, wine and family-style grocery along with produce boxes to all those who order. Available through caviar (remember: free first delivery), we will never say no to their Burrata Pizza and a bottle of AMASS Botanics Dry Gin. Also worth noting is ...
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‘Bold Type’ creator Sarah Watson reveals how Parkland students inspired her new YA novel about a female president

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That all changed after the Parkland shooting. “I watched these students rise up in unbelievable ways and use their voices in unbelievable ways,” the Santa Monica-based author says by phone from Atlanta where she’s currently working on a television pilot for Fox. “I started thinking, Gen Z, this is the generation that’s going to save us.
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Coronavirus: Famous Malibu Pier Shut Down, Restaurants Closed

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The closure includes all the pier’s shops and restaurants, and its parking lot. Malibu’s beaches remains open, however. Nearby Santa Monica was also forced Sunday to close all its beach parking lots in an attempt to keep people off the beaches, bike paths, and out of Palisades Park. The Santa Monica Pier has been closed since early last week.
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Singing the concert cancellation blues? Get your live music fix with these 23 films

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Save for the Beatles, this revue in Santa Monica, Calif., captured the hot pop flavors of the moment, with the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, the Supremes, Lesley Gore and arguably the most electrifying performance ever on film by James Brown. The Rolling Stones regretted that they had to follow the Godfather of Soul. This historic TV special marked ...
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Travis Scott Is in the Studio With a Very Special Collaborator

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Carl Lamarre FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Travis Scott has been making the most of his time while being on quarantine with his daughter Stormi. After playing hoops with his daughter earlier this week, Scott ventured to the studio with his mini-me where she was perfecting her skills on the mixing board.
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