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"...to support preservation of the West Adams commimity's architectural heritage and beautification activities, and to educate Los Angeles' citizens and others about cultural heritage and restoration techniques. .." 4 « ^/ki\lk Good Food, Good Cheer WAHA's Annual Food and Restaurant Issue ••^•^•^ Ah, food, glorious food. Trader Joe's, no Starbucks, no plans ^^^^V^ There's nothing that WAHA members for a Costco, indeed no decent pro ^^^^^^^^ like more than eating and entertaining duce in local grocery stores (it was — usually at the same time. amazing how often West Adams After more than two decades residents would run into each other at what was then a of concerted preservation activities in the West Adams Dis Hughes Market at Sawtelle and National, in West L.A., buy trict, it's worth noting that, as the saying goes. We've Come ing quality fruits, vegetables and meat). Now we can sit out A Long Way, Baby! In the early 1980s, there were no nearby side on warm summer nights and sip a latte at the Starbucks in University Village, across from USC, and we're even about ^ to get our own Krispy Kreme outlet (at Crenshaw and Mar r~.—: tin Luther BCing). Though perhaps some might think donuts Inside This Issue are a dubious culinary victory, lef s just point out that many WAHA News, Neighbors, Member people have been driving to the Valley for a taste of these Discounts 2-3; 18-19 hot, sweet, gooey "delicacies." Through My Eyes Only: Who The landmark restaurants we know and love in the Made That Cake? 4 West Adams area, places like El Cholo's, Harold and Belle's, A Time-Saving Miracle: HomeGrocer. com 5 Bungo Restaurant and La Barca played to standing room crowds throughout the years, but Downtown was an Restaurant Reviews epicurian wasteland and, worse, it shut down at night. How A Korean Primer 6 times have changed. Today there are so many Downtown cafes and cucinas that we can't write about them all, even Partamanian Armenian Bakery 7 with annual newsletter issues devoted to the subject. El Farolito 8 Over the past two summers we have presented re Arunee Thai & Chinese 9 views of more than two dozen local and nearby restaurants. M & M Soul Food 9 Now we're back with 17 more, plus a review of a time-sav ing shopping service, in case you'd like to occasionally eat 10 Nick + Stef's Steakhouse at home. Ciao Trattoria 11 The eateries are all in our local stomping ground: La Bella Cudna 12 West Adams itself, Mid-City, the Wilshire District, Engine Co. No. 28 12 Koreatown, Larchmont and, of course, Downtown, which has become a dining mecca. We've tried to include a selec Oomasa 13 tion of cuisines (ethnic to elegant) and price ranges (pocket Weiland Brewery 13 change to sky's the limit). Some of these restaurants are for L.A. Prime A New York Steakhouse 14 your day-to-day dining pleasure, others for special occasions. Cicada 14 But, we commend them all. Inside, you'll find a puU-out guide to the restaurants Soul Folks Cafe 15 we've presented here and in the past two years. Keep it San Gennaro Cafe 17 handy, as we're sure you'll find the dining experiences as ^ ^. i delicious as they sound in these pages! •le/l fldom/ Herilafe fl/zocialien WEST ADAMS HERITAGE ASSOCIATION A WAHA Perspective by Lind« Scribn^r and Jahn Kartz 2263 S. Harvard Boulevard Historic West Adams V^AHA's Achievements Have Wide Impact Los Angeles, California 90018 Soon after a new Board of Directors is elected each spring, we review the events 323/ 735-WAHA and accomplishments which have happened in West Adams over the prior year. We www.neighborhoodUnk.comJlalwestadamsthough t you'd like to peruse our bst of West Adams' and WAHA's recent successes in the neighborhood, and in the dty as a whole. Some of the entries on this list are BOARD OF DIRECTORS WAHA accomplishments and some are its members' accompUshments, but all have Linda Scribner 323/735-1385 a positive impact in our community. President * Supported the Block Clubs' and neighborhood groups' efforts in the HPOZ pro Jacqueline Sharps 323/766-8842 cess, induding the University Park HPOZ; the Van Buren expansion to indude Vice-President; Membership Adams-Normandie; Harvard Heights; and Lafayette Square; along with several Jean Cade 323/737-5034 others in the planning stages. Secretcay James Meister 323/766-8233 * Preservation issues: Treasurer - Two houses on St. Andrews Place, owned by St. John of God, were moved Board Liaisons to Committees (rather than demolished) and are being rehabilitated into affordable hous ing by the Commimity Redevelopment Agency and a developer Eric Bronson 323/737-1163 - Twelve apartments in three historical structures at Hoover and Alvarado Tom Florlo 213/749-8469 were saved, at least temporarily, from an illegal demolition (thanks to Tom Historic Preservation and Florio for his watchdog efforts) Zoning and Planning/joint committee * Successfully advocated for the South Central Plan update as approved by the City Alma Carlisle 323/737-2060 Greg Stegall 323/734-7725 Council which in general further downsized zoning in West Adams Co-chairs', Programs & Events * Produced a successful sold-out Cemetery Tour Jennifer Charnofsky 323/734-7391 Co-chair, Community Outreach * Produced a successful sold-out Holiday Tour (40% of operating budget is derived John Kurtz 323/732-2990 from these two tours) Membership Database Administrator John Deaven 323/737-7761 * Increased WAHA Memberships by 25% Publications * Paid for "Historic West Adams" freeway signage, an effort lead by Norma Latimer Clayton de Leon 323/734-0660 Neighborhood Council Liaison * Supported commerdal development, ie: giving a grant to Pacific French Bakery Anna Marie Brooks 323/735-3960 for exterior restoration Fundraising Chair * Re-adopted Mt. Vernon Middle School as well as continued to support previously- SeElcy Caldwell 323/291-7484 adopted 24* Street School Tony DuBois 323/732-7768 Members at large * Supported commimity efforts by distributing monetary donations, induding: - Washington Irving Library for books on Los Angeles history and Harold Greenberg 323/732-9536 architectvure Legal Advisor Lyn Gillson 323/735-9371 - Los Angeles Conservancy with a membership and a spedal contribution Historian - Graffiti paintouts Newsletter Staff - Tree plantings on 24* Street Laura Meyers 323/737-6146 - Gramercy Group House with monetary donations Editor and Layout Tom Gracyk 323/731-0987 - Sunshine Mission Circulation - Landscaping of Gramercy Park Janice Lipeles 3231737-2370 - Kathleen Salisbury's Jefferson New Middle School trip to Washington DC Advertising - Helped out several needy families during holidays - Local animal rescue and adoption Continued on page 3 Ole/t Adorn/ Herila9e A/zoeioUen =^ fr fort. As we are a non profit you can use BLOCK CLUB & your donation as a tax write-off. Contact Marianne with any questions: NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS [email protected] or 323/733-3776. Our Executive Board voted to donate $100 to the Robin Pavlosky Schol ANNA (Adams-Normandie Neighborhood arship Fund at the Fashion Institute. We also agreed to award Association) former ARC member Michael Aguila $1,000 towards his col lege tuition. He is our first student to attend college and has to date received just over $23,000 in financial aid. With only Our normally scheduled monthly meeting fell on $1,000 to go to completely fund his first year we are all ex July 4th, so we held it on the 5th and had a pretty good cited and proud of Michael's achievement in being accepted turnout. Twenty members and three visitors sat through at the University of La Verne. reports from completing our City Block Grant application to being officially named an HPOZ. Members are busy fill Block Club and Neighborhood News is an important and inte gral part of the WAHA Newsletter - a place for us to share ideas, infor ing out the detailed Mills Act application to hopefully take mation, and upcoming events. To publicize Jiiture events, you must pro advantage of the house tax break as early as possible. vide the information to the newsletter well in advance, no later than the We spent a little time discussing this year's National first of the prior month (eg: August 1 for the September issue). To submit Night Out on Crime event since we are being joined by 30 "News from Around the Blocks," please contact Michael S. Smith at 3231 members of the SW CPAB. This ought to be some potluck 734-7725. You may also e-mail information to [email protected], or dinner! fax to 213/894-5335 (please address to Mike Smith). We also talked about initiating the formation of a new block club just west of Normandie. To that end we Accomplishments will be inviting people living between Adams and the Santa Continued from page 2 Monica Freeway and just west of Normandie to come to * Presented our September meeting to discuss the possibility. We also confirmed amongst ourselves that we - Good Neighbor Awards to some local businesses for would indeed have a garage sale his year, probably in Oc their positive impact on West Adams tober. We encourage you to start going through your clos - Painting Awards for an outstanding new paint job ets and attics for anything that might be donated to our ef- on a residence ^NARA's Annual Ice Cream Social - Garden Award for great gardens in the neighborhood - The Bob Bortfeld Award Partake of three delicious flavors of * Hosted general meetings and social events every month Haagen Daz ice cream and other * Continued publishing an outstanding Newsletter and spe scrumptious sweets cial publications, including a restaurant Guide and a Field at the Ice Cream Social, Guide to West Adams Architecture (thanks to Laura to be held at the home of Meyers and the Newsletter Committee) Ralph Robinson and Robert Pederson, * Pubhshed Resource Guide for members (thanks to Judy this year's garden contest winners Schoening and her committee) Sunday, August 27 * Supported the networking of concerned neighbors who are watchdogs for architectural heritage in West Adams 1-4 p.m.