http://yorkblvd.com Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:26:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm a sucker for lists, so I was eager to peruse LA Weekly's 99 Things to Eat in LA Before You Die, looking for some local representation.  Here are the four dishes from Northeast LA that made the cut, and one more that should have based only on last night's ... http://yorkblvd.com/2010/02/27/5-things-to-eat-in-northeast-los-angeles-before-you-die/ Every nation has the government it deserves - Joseph de Maistre Maybe we Angelenos deserve to be lorded over by bar exam flunkees who couldn't govern their way out of a wet paper bag.  We vote them into office time and again either because they stamp the right party affiliation next ... http://yorkblvd.com/2010/02/22/parking-politics/ There will be a community meeting TONIGHT to give information on the recent geotechnical study on tunneling through Highland Park. From David Baird at the HHPNC Land Use Committee: The SR-710 Tunnel Technical Study Team has recently completed the DRAFT Geotechnical Summary Report. The report has found that tunneling is feasible ... http://yorkblvd.com/2010/02/17/tonight-710-tunnel-technical-study-community-meeting/ In a rather serendipitous moment, I listened to an archived episode of This American Life over the weekend that dealt with the issues of living in a college town.  In this case, residents were grappling with 80,000 undergraduates in University Park, Pennsylvania instead of 1,800 in Eagle Rock.  Still some of ... http://yorkblvd.com/2010/02/16/more-on-living-with-students/ A long dispute means both parties are wrong. - Voltaire In case you don't keep up on the comments section of the blog, we've entered into a spirited debate with Eagle Rock resident Mo Oxford over our Sunday article on the ongoing tensions between Occidental College students and their neighbors.  Too ... http://yorkblvd.com/2010/02/10/join-the-debate/ This post has been marinating for a while.   I want to strike a respectful tone and be mindful of those who have a different but legitimate perspective.  Still, I can't help but feel a segment of our Northeast community is trying to have their cake and eat it too. ... http://yorkblvd.com/2010/02/07/occidentals-noble-experiment/ [caption id="attachment_1131" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="Revolution XPA"][/caption] In the third of Eagle Rock Brewery's Marxist-themed brews, we finally got our chubby little fingers on a few pints of the Extra Pale Ale last weekend at the York.  We've been a little disappointed with ERB's early products, but were excited to sit down ... http://yorkblvd.com/2010/02/04/eagle-rock-brewerys-revolution-xpa/ Jonathan Gold tries Cacao, kinda likes the food, and really likes their Hecho in Eagle Rock shirts.  I wonder where they got the idea to steal that from Mexico from... The LA Times interviews Steven and Jeremy Raub, owners of Eagle Rock Brewery, whose three brews are saturating the Northeast.  I'll ... http://yorkblvd.com/2010/01/28/this-week-in-northeast-food/ [caption id="attachment_1117" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Solidarity and Manifesto"][/caption] After negotiating bureaucratic red tape for what seems like forever, Eagle Rock Brewery is finally open and selling beer.  We've been waiting for the city's first brewery in nearly 60 years with bated breath, and considering Sothern California's strong place in the craft-beer movement, ... http://yorkblvd.com/2009/12/23/eagle-rock-brewery-2/ Unfortunately she confuses us with Eagle Rock and moves us about 16 miles southeast.  On her lifestyle blog, GOOP.com, the actress reports on the best places to dine in Los Angeles.  Among the usual list of popular restaurants is the Tacos La Estrella on Colorado and Highland View with this ... http://yorkblvd.com/2009/12/15/gwyneth-paltrow-knows-highland-park-exists/ An article in the LA Times last week has been sitting uncomfortably in my inbox, and while it isn't specifically related to Northeast Los Angeles, I'm troubled at the precedent it sets for our neighborhood. LA Gang Tours, a nonprofit, will lead bus tours beginning in January from the ... http://yorkblvd.com/2009/12/14/poverty-tourism/ Thanks to reader Cathy D. for pulling us out of our holiday funk and forwarding us this time-lapse video of last weekend's Holiday Parade. The only think I like in our neighborhood this season more than the parade are the lights lining Figueroa. Enjoy. http://yorkblvd.com/2009/12/08/northeast-los-angeles-holiday-parade/ I’ve long been a fan of Dave’s Chillin-n-grillin’ and am always surprised when someone from the neighborhood hasn’t heard about it. Most likely that changed today when Dave was front and center on L.A. Times. I won’t paraphrase too much here, but the main point of the article was Dave’s ... http://yorkblvd.com/2009/11/28/la-times-on-chillin-and-grillin/ [caption id="attachment_1073" align="aligncenter" width="372" caption="(metro.net)"][/caption] The Gold Line Eastside Extension opens today and is free from the Sierra Madre station to the new terminus at Atlantic.  Based on my brief trip today, Mariachi Plaza and East LA Civic Center look to be the hubs of today's entertainment schedule.  Metro has published ... http://yorkblvd.com/2009/11/15/goldline-eastside-extension-opens-today/ Get home before 7pm between now and November 20th, or you may be getting to know the surface streets of Cypress Park or South Pasadena. CalTrans will be closing on ramps and offramps between the 5 and Bridewell St. for the next month as part of a 13 month ... http://yorkblvd.com/2009/11/14/arroyo-parkway-upgrade-project/ [caption id="attachment_1064" align="aligncenter" width="516" caption="WWJE? (What Would Jesus Eat?)"][/caption] So they don't actually serve molé at this truck parked outside of El Super, but they do promise the "Taco Naco" (which roughly translates as Tacky Taco).  The truck has decent food, but this isn't a food review.  I'm just having some ... http://yorkblvd.com/2009/11/10/holy-mole/ Thanks to another reader submission, we caught this great interview with John Nese, owner of Galco's.  I'm not normally a soda drinker, but I have to admit that the cucumber soda and the rose petal soda are excellent. We also ran into another review for Metro Balderas.  This chilango eatery continues ... http://yorkblvd.com/2009/11/09/highland-park-food-watch/ In the past, we've lobbied that readers submit stories to us as a preventative against the occasional digital doldrums our blog runs into.  In this case, the Bike Oven was nice enough to send us a press release concerning a meeting tomorrow at Ramona Hall about the Los Angeles Bike ... http://yorkblvd.com/2009/11/04/los-angeles-bike-plan-meeting/ South Park - You Got Served Simsyy ™ | MySpace Video What the hell did just happen?  This website has a contentious bit of history with the world's most famous taco truck.  A couple of guys whose turn-ons include eating and customer service had some choice words for some food entrepreneurs after a missed connection ... http://yorkblvd.com/2009/10/28/yorkblvd-gets-served/ LATimes.com has a nice slideshow of local resident Alan Hopkins' remodel of his 1920's Craftsman home.  What he learns is something most homeowners have already discovered: If you can afford it, it's much easier to hire professionals.  Still the results are beautiful.  Unfortunately, the Times can't seem to decide whether ... http://yorkblvd.com/2009/10/27/highland-park-craftsman-renovation/