SMALL BITES.Byline: - Larry Lipson CHA CHA WAH: Sad to see that the 14-year-old Cha Cha Cha in Encino has closed. With its colorful Carib theme, Carib-Latino fare - I always liked its mambo A popular open source content management system (CMS) that is used to create and manage Web sites. Written in PHP and using the MySQL database, Mambo was released in 2001 by Peter Lamont of Miro Construct Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. gumbo - and huge mojito and martini selection, it always stood out on Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. . At least Cha Cha Cha fans still have the original one on Virgil Avenue and the West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. Cha Cha Cha to visit. BENIHANA UNDER KNIFE: Remember when Benihana first opened years ago and was an immediate hit all over the country? Well, the teppanyaki-style of dining, with its dramatic, flashing knives and theatrical chef cries is beginning an ``extreme makeover." Look for new glass exteriors, oversize o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. Adj. 1. waiting areas ``with a staged overview," redecorated lounges sporting an expanded sake list, new features in the dining area and an expanded sushi menu. Information: www.benihana.com. SIPS AND NIBBLES: The former Enshino sushi bar and Japanese restaurant at 17047 1/2 Ventura Blvd., Encino, has changed its name to Sakura Bana. Information: (818) 783-4621. ... Described as ``a modern interpretation of a 1940s Italian steak house," West will soon open on the 17th floor of the Hotel Angeleno in Brentwood where the 405 Freeway and Sunset meet. Information: www.hotelangeleno.com. ... Literati literati Scholars in China and Japan whose poetry, calligraphy, and paintings were supposed primarily to reveal their cultivation and express their personal feelings rather than demonstrate professional skill. II, 12081 Wilshire Blvd., West L.A., has a nifty shaved cauliflower cauliflower (kô`lĭflou'ər, käl`ĭ–), variety of cabbage, with an edible head of condensed flowers and flower stems. Broccoli is the horticultural variety (botrytis); both were cultivated in Roman times. salad ($8) with green olives, hard-boiled egg and a Meyer lemon dressing. Information: (310) 479-3400 or www.literati2.com. |
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