At a protest Monday, hotel workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 11, the regional hospitality workers’ union, gathered to demand the City Council act to protect about two dozen workers who lost their jobs when the restaurant Typhoon on city-owned…
On the outskirts of Santa Monica’s bustling downtown sits a small wooden house, where, in 1979, Polish immigrant Elina O’Lague, opened her restaurant. Named for her homeland’s capital city, Warszawa, the restaurant instantly became as much of a community center…
If you’ve spent any time in Santa Monica, chances are you’ve at least passed by one of the half-dozen locally-owned eateries in the Rustic Canyon Group of Restaurants. From the Sweet Rose Creamery on Pico to Huckleberry on Wilshire to…
