Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

— Eats—Name of La Brea Dining Restaurant Revealed
— Shuttering Shop News—Borders La Cienega Has Its Last Day
— Shops—Anticipating Alexander Wang at Opening Ceremony
— Shops—Beverly Connection Gets a Trim
— Real Estates—Shaved and Shredded at Former Pixie Market Space
— Shuttering Shop News—Fornarina, MM Melrose Project
— Bags—Clare Vivier Restocks Target’s Red Shop with Textural Clutches
— Shops—Who What Where…Can’t Wait! [...]

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I know, I know. Such little bits and pieces coming in on the former Food Court LA space, but, adding on to last week’s revelations, a gentleman working on-site Saturday confirmed that the new sports bar at 8334 West 3rd Street is named Goal. Like “kicking a goal” I asked? He said yes, and that [...]

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— Shuttering Shop News—One Year Left for Bodhi Tree Bookstore
— Shops—Wow, Vivienne Westwood to Melrose!
— Eats—Mira’le Soup Kitchen (Free Soup Tuesdays!)
— Eats—Something I Need to Do, Happy Hour at Froma on Melrose
— Shops—Halston Heritage Hits Madison, That Brand SJP May Soon Have a Stake In
— TVs—JWoWW of ‘Jersey Shore’ Sells Her ‘Infamous Yellow Shirt’ and [...]

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First off, we find from Franklin Avenue that Coffee Bean will be giving out free 12-ounce ‘Heritage drinks’ (Cafe Mocha, Sunrise Ice Blended, Berry’d Treasure Ice Blended) today from 4pm-7pm.
And, adding onto what we know so far, we hear from Eater LA that the former Food Court LA space at 8334 West 3rd Street—now [...]

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— Books—Spike Jonze Signs Behind-the-Scenes ‘Wild Things’ Book at Family
— Shops—AllSaints Lands Big on Robertson
— Shops—Splendid Opens Today on Robertson
— Shops—Clothespin’s Chic, Cozy Boutique on Melrose
— Shops—Henri Bendel Now Shining for the Holidays at Beverly Center
— Eats—Ronin Closed for Remodel on La Cienega
— Eats—Former Food Court LA Becoming Spacecraft-Designed Gastropub?
— Eats—Soda Pop’s Opens [...]

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I’ve now heard from multiple sources that the former Food Court LA space at 8334 West 3rd Street—which is now in the hands of G.D. Happy Properties Inc., with Spacecraft on board for design—will become a gastropub. I’ve also heard it described as a sports bar (“there will be screens and food and booze”). From [...]

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Signage for LA label BedHead Pajamas has popped up at 8336 West 3rd Street, the former Malgosia space, right next to the incoming Spacecraft-designed restaurant. Apparently ‘opening soon.’
» Shops—West 3rd’s Malgosia Shuttering Bricks and Mortar to Focus on Modern Sage, Relocating in Fall

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London color, from The Sartorialist
— Pretty, pretty pics of antique malls / That’s Chic
— And pretty, pretty pics of bridal at Saks Beverly Hills / Moldy Doily
— I would totally wear Kareem’s whole look / Street Peeper
— The official Jimmy Choo for H&M lookbook / My Fashion Life
— EXCLUSIVE: Brent Bolthouse Splits from SBE / [...]

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— Pets—Seriously, How Can You Resist? Take These Kitties Home!
— Eats—Spacecraft Joins G.D. Happy Properties Inc. at Former Food Court LA Space
— Seens—PornPornTwixMariahCareyChess
— Shops—Portola Paints Opens on West 3rd
— Shops—Duncan Quinn Awning Up
— Shop In Shops—Gap 1969 Pop-Up Extends for Another Month
— Shops—Jane Doe John Doe Store Hours Dwindle
— Shops—More on Tokidoki Coming [...]

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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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