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An early rendering of Kitchen 24

HOLLYWOOD: A new entrant for the Cahuenga Corridor is close to opening: Kitchen 24, the new mod diner from the owners of Cinespace, a throw-back to the classic diner but updated with lots of white, walnut tables, some fuscia thrown in for color, all courtesy Kris Keith and Spacecraft Design. The twist: There will be a full-bar and DJs. We hear there's activity afoot (read: private parties) but the (hopeful) public debut is May 30. [EaterWire]

HERMOSA BEACH: The wine shop portion of Brix@1601 at the Hermosa Pavilion officially opened. Brixwine will offer wine tastings daily with a small menu from the restaurant, and bonus: Brix@1601 will waive the corkage fee on the first bottle of wine purchased from shop [EaterWire Inbox]

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Whole Foods wine bar, Arroyo store

Racked LA has it that the Whole Foods at Third and Fairfax is undergoing a huge expansion for your shopping and salivating pleasure. The store took over Wigs and Things, Anna’s Linens and the Thai Patio restaurat so it an grow an extra 10,000 square feet. We assume this means all the departments will get the blow-out treatment to look and operate like some of the newer ones around SoCal, but one thing to note for you eaters/drinkers: The CUP license mentions "wine tasting events." Yes, that means a wine and tapas bar like the ones in the fancy new Pasadena and El Segundo stores.
· Breaking Mega Expansion Alert: Whole Foods Third St [Racked LA]
· Liveblogging Whole Foods: Nothing Like a Glass of Wine Before Aisle 4 [~ELA~]

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Here we have Vinoteque, Culver City's newest wine bar for small plates (blue cheese-stuffed dates, cucumber gazpacho, seared Halloumi cheese with roasted pepper and olive spread), cheeses, charcuterie, vino, beers, live blues and jazz music, a nice patio, just about everything a laid-back neighborhood joint should have. One partner is Adam Fleischman, a co-founder of the original BottleRock, so the wine list has a similar depth and breadth---sparklers and Champagne, reasonably priced pinto noirs, Italians, classics, "emerging varietals, a lot of glasses under $10. If you want to taste one of the bottles, they'll pop something open and price it by the glass accordingly. The "winelust" menu is too large to link, but we can bring you the food menu. Some previous coverage.

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Consider this a little preview Inside for Brix@1601 at the Hermosa Pavilion. Hermosa developer Gene Shook opens the 10,000-square-foot space, all leather, stone, brick, vaulted ceilings, on Monday, April 21. The crew is full of recognizable names: chef Michael McDonald, most recently exec chef of the Roosevelt Hotel; GM Francois Xavier Ghys, who's done time at L’Orangerie, Spago, and Le Bernandin and Aureole in NYC; sommelier Caitlin Stansbury, most recently at The Lodge (although we swear she served us our wine at Bastide early on); and pastry chef Renee Ward from Las Vegas. The menu sounds seasonal, West Coast sensibilities (Dungeness crab salad, braised oxtail sandwich, veal chop with cauliflower gratin) with more than 300 wines on the list. A standalone wine retail store, Brixwine, will also debut on Monday. Hey, look, some early Plywood.

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