RACK 'EM UP AT NEW EATERY IN PROMENADE BILLIARD HALL TO FILL PUCK VOID.Byline: Candice Choi Staff Writer The Rack, an upscale restaurant and billiards billiards, any one of a number of games played with a tapered, leather-tipped stick called a cue and various numbers of balls on a rectangular, cloth-covered slate table with raised and cushioned edges. hall, will cue up in the Westfield Shoppingtown Promenade in Woodland Hills, mall executives confirmed Wednesday. The Rack will take over the space previously occupied by the Wolfgang Puck Wolfgang Johann Puck (born Wolfgang Johann Topfschnig on July 8, 1949) is an Austrian-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and businessman based in Los Angeles. restaurant. It will boast 19 pool tables, a full restaurant and a patio. ``It's definitely a new attraction for us,'' said Beth Silhasek, spokeswoman for Westfield. Unlike most pool halls that happen to serve food, The Rack is primarily a restaurant serving up dishes such as seared sear 1 v. seared, sear·ing, sears v.tr. 1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. ahi tuna that has billiards as an ancillary attraction, said Brad Rosenheim, a land-use consultant who represents the owners. ``It's going to be upscale, rather than chicken wings Chicken Wings can refer to:
The target audience will be everyone from executives to moms with their kids to the happy-hour crowd. ``It'll be a place for people to have a good time. There's really no place like that in the Valley. You finish dinner by 9 p.m. and that's it,'' he said. Kviatkovsky hopes to open the restaurant by early fall. The property, which has sat empty for more than a year, spans 6,100 square feet with an additional 860 square feet set aside for a patio. The announcement of The Rack's arrival is just the latest in a string of new tenant deals from the Westfield Group The Westfield Group is a multinational company that owns shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Westfield shopping centres are typically branded with the name Westfield or Westfield Shoppingtown in their name. regarding its properties in the area. The Westfield Shoppingtown Topanga just across the street is set for a $300 million overhaul over the next couple of years. Target and Neiman Marcus Neiman Marcus U.S. department-store chain. It was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1907 by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman, and her husband, A.L. Neiman. are slated to open in 2006 and 2008, respectively, marking the first time these two retailers will be in the same shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into . The development is expected to add 9,000 more daily vehicle trips, about one-third more than the current number. Analysts say the project could generate $620 million in annual sales and nearly 1,500 new jobs. Representatives of Australia-based Westfield Group have said in the past that a walkway walkway Rehabilitation medicine An instrument used to measure the timing of foot contact and or position of the foot on the ground will eventually connect the two plazas. Over at the Promenade, Silhasek said there will be no more vacancies with The Rack set to open. The Woodland Hills Homeowners Organization first heard a proposal from restaurant executives at a meeting last month, said Gordon Murley, president of the group. The homeowners organization said it would support the proposal under certain conditions, which restaurant operators agreed to. Alcoholic drinks will only be served with menu items. All ages will be welcome in the restaurant until 6 p.m.; only those 21 and older will be welcome afterward when alcohol is served. Candice Choi, (818) 713-3634 candice.choi(at)dailynews.com |
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