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Arcadia's Frank Yang is expanding his world famous Din Tai Fung Dumpling House restaurant to feature new shops at mega-developer Rick Caruso's Americana at Brand in Glendale and later at upscale South Coast Plaza. The news comes on the heels of Tom Cruise stopping by Din Tai Fung in Taipei during a publicity tour for his new "Oblivion" movie to get some hands-on instruction from Yang's brother on preparing the signature dumplings.... (Story … [Read more...]
The former Bar Twist is now Hot n Sweet Chicken. The new restaurant at 48 E. Huntington Drive, on the south side of Huntington between Santa Anita and First Avenue, had a soft opening on Wednesday. The ambience is striking, the food quite tasty. and the fusion menu as diverse as it is extensive, with an emphasis on Korean cuisine but inclusive of everything from cajun (jambalaya) to Italian (spaghetti, pizza), desserts that include … [Read more...]
The filmmaker and star of dozens of mostly Spanish-language movies, Alejandro Alcondez, literally rolled out the red carpet Friday (Feb. 22, 2013) for the grand opening of his new Alejandro Alcondez Mexican Grill, Dining & Dancing restaurant at 57 Wheeler in the historic Downtown Arcadia area just off First Avenue north of Huntington Drive and just south of where the new Gold Line train station and transit plaza is being built. Alcondez … [Read more...]
Last week I took a week off from the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce to tag along with a handful of Hollywood executives on a promotional tour to three cities in two countries in five days -- actually, I got within a few hundred yards of a third country on my final day. The executives were promoting 3D TV and movies in Beijing, Shanghai, and Seoul, South Korea. (Actually, they started in Tokyo but I joined them in Beijing.) My job was to … [Read more...]
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