DINING BEAT : VALLEY HOME TO 2 HEROS.Byline: Larry Lipson Two San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. restaurant staffers were among winners at the annual Hispanic Employees of Restaurants Outstanding Service (HEROS HEROS Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (Act) ) awards dinner at the Regal Biltmore Hotel downtown. Lupe Escobedo, a former busboy at R.J.'s the Rib Joint now with Gladstone's Universal in Universal City, snagged a general manager's award for 1997, and Luis Herrera, a server and manager-in-training at both Cha Cha Cha Encino and Calypso Calypso, in Greek mythology Calypso (kəlĭp`sō), nymph, daughter of Atlas, in Homer's Odyssey. She lived on the island of Ogygia and there entertained Odysseus for seven years. in West Los Angeles
When Escobedo went to work for restaurateur Bob Morris at R.J.'s in 1982, he couldn't speak English. He attended night school to earn his high-school diploma and enrolled in community college, attending school while he moved up in the restaurant ranks. He became a host, then a waiter, then assistant kitchen manager, manager, and finally general manager. Herrera began in maintenance and moved from busing to runner to server, and is in training for management. Juan Garcia of La Salsa in Santa Monica also won a general manager award. Executive chef winners were Roberto Juarez of Cafe El Cholo For the Choloa language, see . For the 1986 video game, see . Cholo, broadly, is a term applied to persons of mixed Amerindian and Spanish ancestry. However, its precise usage has varied widely in different times and places. and Jose Luis Nava of 555 East. A variety of chef and cook awards also were given, as well as those for bartender, kitchen manager, captain, busing and dishwasher. This is the fifth year of the HEROS awards program, founded by radio talk-show host and author Paul Wallach. More than $30,000 has been presented to winners to date. Where to Line up There aren't too many nonhotel restaurants that are ambitious enough to put on an all-you-can-eat Sunday brunch of any consequence. County Line, 18588 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, the barbecue restaurant that just expanded and now has full entertainment capability, debuts its live music champagne brunch act May 4 for a $17.95-per-person tab. The buffet tables will be bountiful, to say the least, offering lox, barbecued cod, smoked whitefish whitefish: see salmon. whitefish Any of several silvery food fishes (family Salmonidae, or Coregonidae), inhabiting cold northern lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America. , bagels, croissants, muffins, bacon, ham, sausage, potatoes O'Brien, cheese blintzes, scrambled eggs, eggs Benedict, barbecued chicken and ribs, fajitas fajitas Noun, pl a Mexican dish of soft tortillas wrapped around fried strips of meat or vegetables [Mexican Spanish] , salads with shrimp or crab, waffles, fresh fruit, pastries, cheesecake, cappuccino or espresso (one per person), champagne, orange juice, coffee and tea. Reservations: (818) 342-5171. |
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