DOWNTOWN—Chef Paul Shoemaker's Juicy Lucy burger joint opens January 8 within Figat7th. [EaterWire]
SANTA MONICA—Over the summer Cafe Dana on Montana was renamed to Il Sogno, and now Toddrickallen notices that the small cafe is under construction to reopen this month as a Mediterranean eatery called Courtyard Kitchen. [Toddrickallen]
CULVER CITY— The Jersey Mike's Subs shop that was supposed to open mid-December is now set to debut January 9 at 4114 Sepulveda Boulevard. [EaterWire]
AROUND TOWN— Zach Brooks at Midtown Lunch has a lovely little list of the seven "healthiest" lunches he has consumed in the last year. Among the selections: pizza, well, a salad pizza, noodles, rice ... [Midtown Lunch]
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