Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Rose Apodaca makes me desperate for a Sunday shopping spree at the farmers market at the Bastille in Paris / La Vie en Rose; photo right
Fancy-shmancy French restaurant on 3rd Ortolan turns five / Squid Ink
Hola Cocina Mexican Restaurant across from the Beverly Center is getting an interior redo, opening again Feb 15 / Eater [...]

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Eater LA heard about it, and here’s the evidence that design firm Spacecraft (responsible for the look of Essex, Delux, Boho, Kitchen 24, Senor Fred, West 3rd’s Ortolan and many others) has joined G.D. Happy Properties Inc. in transforming the former Food Court LA space into…something. So far, Spacecraft is mum on the details. [...]

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— B+S Eats—The Golden State Shines Friday Night
— B+S Dreams—Still of Green Spaces
— Eats—New, Lesser Expensive Offerings at Ortolan
— Fashions—Oh No, Madonna Doing Line for Christian Audigier
— Fashions—Forever 21 Launching Plus-Size Faith 21
— Fashions—Stop Staring! Offers Vintage Appeal from XS to XL
— Shuttering Shop News—Fashion Factory Outlet Closed on Beverly
— Fashions—Get In on [...]

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I have yet to eat at Ortolan at 8338 West 3rd Street. In fact, I have yet to step inside the pretty, Michelin-star French restaurant, though I do say hello at times to the staff smoking a cig or taking a break out back in the alley, usually as I trek to Joan’s [...]

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