TOPZ TO OPEN MORE HEALTH-CONSCIOUS FAST FOOD LOCATIONS IN VALLEY.Byline: Enrique Rivero Now Open Burgers and fries swell up those thin thighs. Or do they? Not if TOPZ fast food chain can help it. The only thing you'll see expanding at TOPZ in coming months is the number of outlets. One of the newest of the health-conscious eateries that keep sprouting like, well, sprouts around the 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. , TOPZ sells slimmed-down burgers, fries and shakes that it refers to as ``fast food for grown-ups.'' TOPZ's burger patties, for example, contain only 10 grams of fat, compared with the 30 to 40 grams in a typical burger, the company says. And its Air Fries are touted as containing only half the fat of other fries. The first TOPZ opened in Sherman Oaks's La Reina La Reina (Spanish: "The queen") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It consistently ranks in the top five communes with the best quality of life in the Metropolitan Region. Plaza at 14622 Ventura Blvd. Now TOPZ plans to open a sister shop at 7514 Melrose Ave. in West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. in April, and by year's end expects to have four more outlets, including locations in Toluca Lake and Northridge. Next year will likely see about 15 more TOPZ shops. TOPZ is the brainchild of two men: Larry Sarokin, a member of the 1960s band Every Mother's Son Every Mother's Son was a rock band formed in New York City in 1967. Brothers Dennis (born 22 November 1948) and Larry Larden (born 10 August 1945) had originally performed as a folk duo. and former executive with the La Salsa Mexican food chain; and Al DaCosta, a graduate of the Swiss Culinary Institute, food consultant and former executive with Lawry's, Gullivers and Bobby McGee's restaurants. For more information about TOPZ, call (818) 788-8777 Among other stores in the area that are opening: Work is under way on a 30,500-square-foot 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 on the southwest corner of Chatsworth Street and Balboa Boulevard in Granada Hills that, when complete, will be anchored by a 24,000-square-foot Staples office supply store. The project involves retrofitting an existing building plus new construction. The center, which will also be home to a drugstore and other retailers, should be complete in about three months. In its previous incarnation, the strip mall strip mall n. A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot. Noun 1. was anchored by a Ralphs grocery store. The construction loan was arranged by Century City-based real estate investment banking firm George Smith George Smith may refer to: U.S. politics
Two new Old Navy stores expect to drop anchor on March 31: a 21,454-square-foot outlet in the Northridge Fashion Center Northridge Fashion Center is a large shopping mall located in Northridge, California. It opened in 1971. It was severely damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994, but renovated extensively in 1995 and 1998. in Northridge and a 15,768-square-foot one at the Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. in Palmdale. Both are new to their communities. Old Navy is a division of Gap Inc. that sells clothing at a discounted rate. Direct mail computer retailer Gateway just opened a Gateway Country store at 6235 Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Woodland Hills. The store lets customers ``test drive'' the company's products and place orders for factory-direct shipment. The new Gateway Country also offers business solutions, training and service centers, and features a Kids Zone, where youngsters can try out computers and software. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Ken Beehner prepares customers' orders at TOPZ in the La Reina Plaza, located on Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks. Evan Yee/Daily News |
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