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Everyone is Irish on St Patty's Day

By Ed Fuentes — Yesterday, 11:17 PM

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|Photo Gallery| Billed as the city's largest St. Patrick's Day celebration, L.A. Live's inaugural go at a salute to Public Safety and Irish Pride took place today out in the sun of Nokia Plaza. While perhaps not as well attended as recent events at Pershing Square, there were still plenty of celebrators.

With a beer garden, entertainment and displays, there were enough ways to toast your Irish Heritage to bring in even those without a drop of Dubliner in them. — Continued Inside...


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Far From Last Call for "Craby Joe's" Neon

By Ed Fuentes — Yesterday, 05:58 PM
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Far From Last Call for Craby Joe's Neon

|Photo Gallery| The bar may be closed, but the Craby Joe's neon has had heard more last calls then the clients that walked into the 7th and Main watering hole ever did. The sign that once welcomed boozers and dreamers will have an official dedication in Raw Materials, its new transitional housing, on Saturday, March 27 at 4pm. Presented by The Museum of Neon Art, Raw Materials...


Provecho Eviction Case Moves Forward

By Eric Richardson — Yesterday, 02:59 PM — 2 Comments

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The revitalized Downtown appears set to suffer one of its first high-profile restaurant casualties, as landlord 800 Wilshire today was given the go-ahead for eviction proceedings against chef Gabriel Morales' Provecho.

The corporation that controls the Mexican restaurant and martini lounge Remedy, both of which opened in late 2008, filed for bankruptcy protection on February 8, claiming nearly $2 million in debts. — Continued Inside...


Patina Group's Market Cafe Just a Piece of AT&T Center Operations

By Eric Richardson — Tuesday — 5 Comments

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|Photo Gallery| Not quite visible enough to be a destination, yet too fun to classify as a building cafeteria, Patina Restaurant Group's newest Market Cafe at the AT&T Center is an affordable eatery in a part of Downtown that's light on lunch options.

It's also just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the company's operations in the building, which take up 15,000 square feet and include the company's headquarters, catering kitchen, pastry kitchen and handling bookings for the two glass-walled floors at the top of the 32-story tower. — Continued Inside...


Bassist Russell Walters

By Monk Turner — Tuesday — 2 Comments

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|Photo Gallery| If Stevie Wonder had a 'brother from another mother' living in Downtown L.A., it would be Russell Walters. Even though Russell is a white guy from the backwoods of Michigan with 20/20 vision, soul music drips from his fingers when he gets on the bass. Stevie Wonder's influence runs deep within this four string warrior; he even has the tattoo to prove it.

I met up with Russell to see what groups he has been playing with and get a sense of what life is like across from L.A. Live. — Continued Inside...


Development

YWCA Development Gets a Crane

By Eric Richardson — Tuesday
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YWCA Development Gets a Crane

While work at YWCA's $73-million Job Corp center has been moving steadily since the beginning of the year, the effort became a lot more visible today when a tower crane was added to the construction works.


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Thursday: Spring Street Park Workshop

By Eric Richardson — Tuesday
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Thursday: Spring Street Park Workshop

The Historic Core community will get its second chance to weigh in on the design of a park slated to go on Spring street between 4th and 5th on Thursday. The city acquired the 0.8 acre site at the beginning of 2009, and a first design session was held in July.


Food/Nightlife

213's Doheny Set to Relaunch as Caña Rum Bar

By Eric Richardson — Monday
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213's Doheny Set to Relaunch as Caña Rum Bar

Your odds of getting in may vary as final tweaks take place, but 213's members-only Doheny is currently soft-open as the new Caña Rum Bar at the Doheny. Membership is still required, but dues have dropped to a much more affordable $20 and only one guest in the party needs to be a member.


Downtown Greens Up for St. Patrick's Day

By Eric Richardson — Monday

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Bag pipes and boxing are both on the menu for a pair of Wednesday St. Patrick's Day events at L.A. Live. The pair highlight a day that will see a host of Downtown restaurants and bars offering their own "green" events. — Continued Inside...


Historic Core Booms with Generator Tests

By Eric Richardson — Monday — 12 Comments

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Pedestrians went scurrying minutes ago as a trio of booms accompanied black smoke in billowing from a generator exhaust in SB Tower at 600 S. Spring. The smoke has been a regular occurrence in recent days, but the booms were a new feature to Monday and brought out a truck from LAFD. — Continued Inside...