Olive & Thyme, Beach Pizza, CrêpeMaker, El Mariachi

1) Toluca Lake: Nearing home stretch, Olive & Thyme has pushed back its gourmet retail market and cafe debut date just the slightest. Now aiming to open on February 1. [EaterWire]

2) LAX: Branching out from its Manhattan Beach location, Beach Pizza sticks to the west side launching a new outpost in about three months on Lincoln Blvd. Here's the menu. [Grub Street]

3) Santa Monica: Also landing inside Santa Monica Place comes CrêpeMaker, a franchise operation with four previous SoCal locations and a few others scattered across the country. Meh. [Toddrickallen]

4) Encino: Management behind Candela on La Brea will debut a new Mexican sports bar within the next few weeks called El Mariachi. This is going to be one of those live mariachi situations (on weekends) plus tons of 32-inch screens to catch the game. [Grub Street]