East Borough to Culver in December; Black Cat Lunches

CULVER CITY— East Borough, the hip OC-based French-Vietnamese restaurant from John Cao and chef Chloe Tran plus new partner Paul Hibler (Pitfire Pizza), is looking to launch mid-December in the space that was supposed to house Assembly on Washington. BTW, management is looking for a sous chef to "lead our tribe." [Craigslist]

HUNTINGTON BEACH— Casey's Cupcakes, the cupcake boutique by Cupcake Wars winner Casey Reinhardt, will open its sixth location at Bella Terra shopping center in Huntington Beach on November 23. [EaterWire]

SILVER LAKE— The Black Cat pub on Sunset kicked off lunch November 4. See eats. [EaterWire]

ENCINO— Later this month, a new Middle Eastern/Lebanese restaurant and hookah facility called Terrace is coming to 17239 Ventura Blvd. Check out a sneak peek inside. The first 100 people to sign up for their newsletter score some 35% off deal thing. [EaterWire]