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Eagle Rock Talk Podcast Off the Air
Hi Everyone,
We’re sad to inform you that the Eagle Rock Talk Podcast is officially “off the air.” We’ve had three great years serving the community and have really appreciated all your support.
The ER Talk message boards will remain live so keep on talking!
Take care, everyone…and thanks….
We’ll see ya around town!
Laurel and Apryl
Taste of Eagle Rock Tomorrow, August 22
Sample the culinary bounty of our neighborhood at the first ever Taste of Eagle Rock event, sponsored by the Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce and benefitting the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness (GLAD). Fourteen local eateries will be offering tasty samples of their best dishes and crowd favorites. Festivities will also include live entertainment, activities for kids, and tours of the historic GLAD building.
Saturday, August 22 from noon to 4 pm
2222 Laverna Avenue, Eagle Rock
Tickets are $25.00/adults, $10 for children 6-12, and children under 5 are free
Click here for more info and click here to purchase tickets or call GLAD at 323-478-8000.
Participating restaurants:
• Big Mama’s & Papa’s Pizzeria
• Colombos’s Italian Steakhouse
• Colorado Donuts
• Dave’s Chillin’-N-Grillin’
• Jamba Juice
• Lemongrass
• Marty’s
• Senor Fish
• Swork
• The Capri Restaurant
• The Oinkster
• Tommy’s
• Trader Joes
The Chalet = The Black Boar
Once voted LA’s Best New Bar, The Chalet on Colorado Boulevard just west of Townsend is no more. The Swiss-Alps ski lodge has transformed into an English Pub called The Black Boar.
Judging from the pics, the interior decor is not much different than before, tho it looks like the comfy sofas have been replaced by tables and chairs, the lighting isn’t quite as dim, and there’s a flat-panel above the fireplace.
From Thrillist:
“Opening today from the guys behind Laurel Tavern and The Library Bar, The Black Boar’s a 1400sq ft bar patterned after timeless British pubs, with a fireplace presiding over a nearly all-wooden interior featuring banquette-abetted booths, simple bartop wood stools, and rectangular farmhouse tables imported from Jolly Ol’ England, all run by an extra-friendly staff — as the owner says, “no a**holes allowed,” so… see you outside! The boozy focus’s on beers, with eight $5 taps dedicated mostly to across-the-pond goodness: Old Speckled Hen, Strongbow, Fullers ESB, Fullers London Pride, Harp, and Murphy’s Stout round out the Brit suds, while Belgian Hoegaarden and Humboldt’s Lost Coast Downtown Brown Ale sit to the side, making orthodontist jokes under-their-breath. The brewy goodness doesn’t end there: bottles include Samuel Smith Lager, Fullers London Porter, and Wells Bombardier, all of which can be downed while watching soccer on the hard-to-find European sports channel Setanta on one of the three flat screens, or, more likely, while ignoring soccer from Setanta on all three of those flat screens.”
No pub fare, though patrons are encouraged to BYOPizza from neighboring Casa Bianca.
Photo credit: Thrillist.com.
Eagle Rock Block Party This Saturday, August 8
Meet your neighbors, support your community, and have fun at the Eagle Rock Block Party!!
Saturday, August 8 from Noon to 9 pm
All kinds of fabulous freebies:
• Rockin’ Kid tattoos & face painting
• Live DJ sets at Oinkster
• Free workouts at Curves
• Free massages at Backbenders
• Lots more!
Participating businesses hang illuminated Eagle Rock Block Party lanterns outside their doors and offer special promotions, discounts and entertainment. Start at the corner of Eagle Rock Blvd. and Colorado Blvd and pick up a map in any participating store.
The Eagle Rock Block Party takes place every month on the 2nd Saturday to coincide with NELA Artwalk. The purpose of the event is to provide a local business stimulus and reinforce community spirit so that small town walking areas remain a part of the Los Angeles experience.
Follow the Block Partiers on twitter this Saturday! http://twitter.com/
New Openings Around Town
Just wanted to let everyone know as of today, Friday July 31, Cacao, Yogurt Haven and Eagle’s Landing Coffee House are all officially open.
Eagle Rock Talk: Episode Twenty-Eight
This episode of Eagle Rock Talk is sponsored by Eagle Rock Community Acupuncture. Located at 2042 Colorado Boulevard, the E.R.C.A. Clinic offers affordable acupuncture in a relaxing group setting. Fees are $20-$40 per treatment, based on a sliding scale. Find out more at their website: www.ercaclinic.com.
And by Peekaboo Playland. The Playground just moved to 2030 Colorado Blvd. Peekaboo now has three times as much indoor space for open play and birthday parties. It will also serve as a family resource center, offering parenting classes, morning workout sessions, summer camp and more! www.peekabooplayland.com
In this episode you’ll hear about the new businesses that have opened recently: Blue Dot Yogurt, Eagles Landing Coffee House, and the brand new farmers market. You’ll also hear about GrowFriend.org, an organization that teams gardeners up with local land owners to grow produce, The Make Art Not Trash project, possible future plans for The Beverage Shop, what’s going on at a couple of area construction sites, and Eagle Rock High’s ranking on Newsweek’s annual list of the Top 1500 Public High Schools in America. Finally, Tana March from Comadres Supper Club introduces us to the guys at Figueroa Produce in this episode’s Meet Your Neighbor. Figueroa Produce is offering 10% off to Eagle Rock Talkers - just tell the guys you heard them in the podcast!
Eagle Rock Talk is going to be on hiatus for the rest of the summer. If any big news comes up we’ll post it to the blog, and the Message Boards are busier than ever with your latest news and discussions. But the ERT podcast is taking a much-needed vacation and will return in September. Until then, have a great summer and see ya around town!
Eagle Rock Talk: Episode Twenty-Seven
This episode of Eagle Rock Talk is sponsored by Anatomy LA. Anatomy is a brand new fitness studio in Highland Park offering kickboxing, mat pilates, spinning, yoga, latin dance classes, and so much more — including kids ballet! Check out their website for more information and a schedule of classes. First-timers special is $100 for a month of unlimited classes.
In this episode you’ll hear about the new plans for the Chalet, as well as what’s up with the closing of Regeneration, and the relocation of vintage furniture store Sniveling Sibling. You’ll also hear what’s opening in place of Swanky Blanky on Eagle Rock Boulevard — Angelissimo Angel Shop. Plus, we tell you about possible plans for the extension of the 710 freeway under York Valley — you can find out more information and dates of upcoming meetings at 710tunnelstudy.info. And we let you in on a very useful LAPD site to find out about crime in our neighborhood: the LAPD crime maps site.
Finally, in a new series, we check in with Bob Arranaga, co-chair of the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council Land Use & Planning Committee, to learn the process of opening a business in Eagle Rock.
See ya around town.
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Meeting
There are two upcoming public planning and land use committee meetings being held to discuss sensible, responsible regulation of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to protect patients and communities. According to the LA Times, Eagle Rock has around a dozen MMD’s within a 2 mile radius. There is concern that some of these dispensaries take up shop illegally.
There will be a public comment period before each meeting.
Date: Tuesday June 2nd, and Tuesday June 9th
Time: 2pm both days
Place: BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, EDWARD R. ROYBAL HEARING ROOM 350, CITY HALL, 200 NORTH SPRING STREET,90012
Eagle Rock Block Party Update
The launch of the Eagle Rock Block Party is postponed until June 13th, the second Saturday in June. Keep your eye out for the lanterns signifying participating businesses!
No Eagle Rock Talk Podcast This Month
Eagle Rock Talk is on hiatus this month. Yep, we’re takin’ a vacation. But we’ll be back in August with a brand new episode, featuring a piece about all the LA River projects going on in our area — there are about a dozen or so right in our own backyard. Plus, you’ll hear from the Daily Nosh guy Dave Klotz about another local eatery, and learn about some great summer rosés…just in time for Labor Day BBQing.
We’ll also have our regular dose of Eagle Rock news — including confirmation of some rumors we’ve heard, like:
Pasadena caterer Elements Kitchen might be taking over the old Townsend Gallery space on Colorado next to Pollen. If they do, they’re planning to have take-out options, coffee and baked goods.
We also heard that a Japanese restaurant signed the lease on the two-story flower shop on the corner of *Maywood (thanks to Renee Dominique for catching this mistake!) and Colorado.
And Lemongrass may be expanding — into the space that was supposed to be Michelangelo.
Until, next month…See you around town.
Apryl and Laurel
