Best male bartender: Scott Perry of Charlie’s
The best bartenders are much more interested in talking about you than they are about themselves. This, however, makes it mighty difficult when you want to find out more about this year’s favorite male...
View ArticleBest service waitress: Natalie Hantzarides of Old Venice Restaurant
I almost choked on my iced tea when I asked Natalie at Old Venice Restaurant in Manhattan Beach how long she had worked there and she said 15 years. She looks about 20. In fact, the petite blond and...
View ArticleBest craft beer bar: Simmzy’s
Mike and Chris Simms opened their beer-focused gastropub Simmzy’s four years ago in a space that had seen numerous failed restaurants come and go and in a community that was just in the cusp of the...
View ArticleBest bar food: Sharkeez
Baja Sharkeez is a beach cities institution. It’s also pretty polarizing—either you like Sharkeez or you don’t, and if you do, you’re likely under 30. The music is loud, the TVs are bright and the...
View ArticleBest wine store: Uncorked
Watching Kathleen Knoll and Gerry Athas-Vazquez at Uncorked run a wine tasting is a marvel. They excitedly pour samples for the crowd around them, explain the character of the wine well but without...
View ArticleBest fast food burger: In-N-Out
In-N-Out may not have invented the hamburger but they were California’s first drive-thru hamburger stand. In 1948, Harry and Esther Snyder got the chain started in 10-square foot outpost in Baldwin...
View ArticleBest liquor store: Abe’s Liquor
The trouble with most liquor stores in the South Bay is that the more conveniently located they are, the higher the prices are. Not so with Abe’s Liquor in Hermosa. Even though the store is right on...
View ArticleBest martini: Palmilla
Lest you think that Palmilla is only a place for tequila, take a gander at their extensive martini list. Manny Hinojsa, the brand mixologist for Bacardi, is the brains behind a craft cocktail list that...
View ArticleBest late-night dining: The Kettle
Late night dining is tough in the beach cities. For transplants from cities like Chicago and New York, it can be unsettling to realize that your food options after 10 p.m. are little more than fast...
View ArticleBest sliders: Hot’s Kitchen
Do not tell Sean Chaney, owner and executive chef of Hot’s Kitchen, that his burgers have won the “best sliders” category. He gets mad. “I think of tiny little one-ounce burgers when I hear the term...
View ArticleLaw and order: LAPD cop turned Redondo Beach defense attorney hits the small...
Loredana Nesci sits at her desk overlooking the ocean in her Riviera Village law office. She is friendly, at ease and fabulously well put together. She is also an LAPD officer tuned defense lawyer,...
View ArticleNASA astronaut talks space and goals with Redondo kids
Last Friday afternoon, fourth grade students at Jefferson Elementary School got a visit from NASA astronaut Colonel Douglas Wheelock,
View ArticleBeryl girls and dads get the star treatment
Last Saturday, 100 girls and their dads attended Beryl Heights Elementary School’s third annual father/daughter dance.
View ArticleYogurt Shop: Yogurtland
Yogurtland Opened its doors in California in 2006 and has set itself apart from chains like Pinkberry with a focus on freshness. Yogurtland frozen yogurt is made with California milk, real sugar and...
View ArticleBCHD of Redondo honors older adults committed to fitness
Last Tuesday evening, the Beach Cities Health District held their 2014 Spirit of Wellness celebration.
View ArticleRedondo author’s debut novel explores faith in the face adversity
This month, Margaret Zeitzew published her first novel, “Cape of Good Hope,” a psychological thriller that combines the author’s spirituality and love for mysteries.
View ArticleRedondo Beach store sells winning lotto ticket
Picking up a scratch ticket at the gas station was pretty habitual for Jeovany Gomez. Winning was not. But all that changed on Tuesday, March 25 when he bought a five dollar "Lucky for Life" Scratchers...
View ArticleDrunk driver crashes in Redondo, passenger ejected
A single car traffic accident in the early morning hours of Monday, March 31, resulted in a drunk driving arrest, at least one damaged parked car and minor injuries to all of the passengers in the...
View ArticleRedondo City Council reveals closed session vote, Sammarco cries witch hunt
Tensions were high at the Redondo Beach City Council meeting on Tuesday night as the council agreed to make public a confidential vote from their closed session meeting on March 18.
View ArticleSuspect in custody after standoff with Redondo Beach police on Artesia Boulevard
A suspect is in custody after a three hour standoff at Artesia Boulevard and Phelan Lane in Redondo Beach on Wednesday afternoon, Redondo Beach Police said.
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