Tag Archives: California

Foie Gras Ban In California Means Big Business For Nevada Restaurants

January 9, 2013 · by · in News, restaurant · Leave a comment

Many Canadian fortunes were made during Prohibition in the 20s and many Latin American fortune have been bankrolled by the American ban on cocaine and marijuana. Could the foie gras ban in California do the same for liver merchants in Nevada? It seems possible. This week, the Reno Gazette-Journal published a long report on the possible positive impact of the […]

Interior Designer Thomas Schoos Designs New Restaurant for Top Chef Brian Malarkey

January 3, 2013 · by · in Design, restaurant · Leave a comment

When Thomas Schoos began his design for Herringbone, he knew he would have to dig deep in his bag of tricks, not only to top the other three restaurants he had already created for Top Chef alumnus Brian Malarkey, but also to insure that this new restaurant attracted the right kind of attention among the many upscale […]

California Pizza Kitchen CEO Details Improvement Plans

December 29, 2012 · by · in Executives, News, restaurant · Leave a comment

G.J. Hart has been chief executive of California Pizza Kitchen for a little more than a year, working quietly on moves that he hopes will bring reinvigorating changes to the casual-dining brand in 2013. In early December, the Los Angeles-based company debuted a new flagship location in Sunrise, Fla., at Sawgrass Mills mall that offers […]

Online Exclusive – Soleto, Los Angeles

December 9, 2012 · by · in Construction, Design, News, restaurant, Review · Leave a comment

For the design of Soleto Trattoria & Pizza Bar, nestled amid the high-rises of downtown LA, Lee Maen of Innovative Dining Group (IDG) chose a familiar partner: Santa Monica-based Studio Collective, a design firm with a number of notable restaurants under their belt, including Hollywood’s Public Kitchen + Bar and Spare Room. Maen’s design brief for the restaurant […]