Featured image credit: Ben Schumin What a year for legendary bands. New wave icons Devo retired from live performance. Rock gods Kiss called it a day. And now Munch’s Make Believe Band is packing it all in… with one notable exception. Wait, you don’t remember Munch’s Make Believe Band? Surely you’ve had the singular experience […]
Featured image credit: Difference Engine Ever wanted to eat Jell-O in an enchanted forest? Then mark your calendars for October 18. It’s the long-awaited date for the Grand Reopening of Clifton’s Republic, an event only bested by the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round on the “when’s this going to re-open?” scale. While portions of the eccentric cafeteria-turned-multi-level […]
Featured image credit: Chalmers Butterfield Here in the post-internet world, it’s hard to recall just how dramatically the automobile changed the country. Few American cities felt the cultural impact quite like Los Angeles. The arrival of the family car in Southern California created fertile ground for a series of architectural movements with none more over-the-top […]
Featured image credit: A Taste of Old Town Monrovia We hope you’re hungry. Because JohnHart is proud to be a sponsor of the 10th annual Taste of Oldtown Monrovia event on Sunday, October 13. And besides bringing our appetite, we’re bringing a heaping helping of community spirit. Historically, the event has been one of the […]
Burbank has no shortage of baked goods. But few bakeries can hope to match the heart, soul, and time-tested passion of Camille’s Culinary Creations. But to be fair, Camille’s is not just a bakery. Blending a bakery and catering service, this black-owned, women-owned business, led by a dynamic mother-daughter partnership, has been making a name […]
You could consider Moe Adams a morning person… at least if breakfast is involved. And preferably if he’s the one serving it. The entrepreneurial mind behind the Ahh Huevo food truck, a mobile kitchen that runs on gasoline and culinary creativity, Adams has been serving up his hot take on breakfast food to the Greater […]
Photo credit: Lawry’s Restaurants, Inc. Atwater Village feels a world away from the Scottish Highlands. Yet, it’s a different story between Boyce and Revere Avenue. On the south side of Los Feliz Boulevard, you’ll find a generously-sized sanctuary saturated with Scottish flavor. If you’ve ever driven by, you’ve no doubt noticed it. An inn seemingly […]
August is National Black Business Month, but, as our directory below proves, these 100 black-owned businesses are establishments worthy of consistent traffic all year long. A few of these businesses have even been featured in JohnHart’s blog (and JohnHart Media’s YouTube channel) before. From health food to soul food, bold flavors to bolder fashions, community […]
They don’t make them like they used to. It’s a phrase used often enough that it’s become a saying. But in Los Angeles, you can’t say it about milkshakes, malts, sodas, and… well, medications, oddly enough. At least not while Fair Oaks Pharmacy is still opening its doors to the South Pasadena community. Its neon […]
Back in May, we published a blog about the forthcoming death of restaurant service fees. But it looks like we spoke… err, wrote too soon. Normally, we’d just update the original blog to reflect this, but since lawmakers are pushing through a complete “about face” at the 11th hour, we felt this deserved its own […]
