Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

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Heard from Conroy Commercial back in November that Japan’s La Brea Dining was taking the former Fifty’s Furniture spot at 8050 West 3rd Street and now there’s a poster fronting the space with Robata JINYA (here’s the JINYA page on the La Brea Dining site, with information on two other JINYA locations). Looks promising.
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— Shuttering Shop News—Krisol Closing at End of December on West 3rd
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So, I got a little glimpse into the future La Brea Dining space (formerly Fifty’s Furniture on West 3rd just east of Crescent Heights, which will be turned into a Japanese restaurant), and I didn’t realize or remember what a long and narrow space it is, bigger than I thought. Also, I got a kick [...]

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It’s unclear who will be the next tenant at the building at West 3rd Street and Crescent Heights (Panini Cafe?), but now we at least get to see the top half of it, gray with tall glass ceilings wrapping around it.
I heard from a neighboring business that a well-known Japanese restaurant was [...]

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