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Dining Review: Peacha's makes for a rockin' hole in the wall
Whiplash is one of the hazards of my job. I take unfamiliar streets when I drive around town with the express purpose of discovering new restaurants. Peacha's, a tiny place on south Victory near Alameda in Burbank, made me do a hard double-take, almost...
Tags: Restaurants, Mick Jagger, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sandwiches, Bacon
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Throwing a rope over Western swing's return
Bruce Forman, widely recognized as one of the top jazz guitarists in the world, has gotten off the straight-ahead path in recent years to follow what seems at first a highly unlikely alternate route: Western swing. Essentially a musical curiosity or...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs, Joe Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Prima
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Civitans dance Irish jig to Holiday Inn
The Burbank Civitan Club has moved its major fundraiser, the St. Patrick’s Day Champagne Brunch, to the Burbank Holiday Inn's South Pacific Ballroom for this year's event on Sunday. If you haven't been to the Holiday Inn for some time, you will...Tags: Brunch, St. Patrick's Day, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Burb's Eye View: Help us rate the best burger in town
In the battle of man vs. food, man must always win. Otherwise, it's just sad to say it was bologna that did you in. Almost a year ago, I tested my gastronomic threshold for sandwiches. What started as an innocent tour of Burbank's sandwich shops became...Tags: Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sandwiches, Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers
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Fight leaves two men beaten on the street outside Burbank bar
A bar fight outside Whiskey Bend in Burbank Monday night involving four men left one victim with head injuries and two suspects at large, authorities said. At around 10:45 p.m., the two Burbank victims -- a 48-year-old and 25-year-old -- left the bar,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs, Head Injuries, Google+, Injuries and Wounds
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Burb's Eye View: Hopping on the home brewers' wagon
The brewmaster said "mouthfeel" and I knew I was in over my head. This was some years ago, surrounded by fellow beerophiles in the belly of the beast at the Sam Adams brewery in Boston. Sam's top hop-ologists did their experiments here, a lab of sorts to...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs, Sam Adams
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Dining review: Grain Lab stands out from the chain crowd
Squeezed on all sides by chain shops and eateries in Burbank's Empire Center, Grain Lab is an independent island. The small eatery, which opened last month, has the minimal look of a hip chain, with a slightly industrial-meets-organic laboratory feel with...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Travel, Turkey (animal), Salads, Mixed Greens
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On the Town: Counting down to midnight at Tony's Darts Away
As the final hours of a year slip into history and a new one begins, everyone has their own personal way in which to bid adieu to the old and ring in the new. While some opt for the coziness of home, others don their finery and step out for some big-...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Vegan Diet, Bars and Clubs, New Year's Day, Diets and Dieting
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Irish playwright Jimmy Murphy's 'The Muesli Belt' plays at Theatre Banshee
In Irish playwright Jimmy Murphy's "The Muesli Belt," at Theatre Banshee in Burbank, a struggling pub owner and his neighbors face encroaching gentrification and the real estate feeding frenzy that was part of the stratospheric (and doomed) 1990s economic...
Tags: Human Interest, Rentals, Lifestyle and Leisure, Republic of Ireland, Bars and Clubs
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Dining review: A taste of the second city on the left coast
When I go to Chicago, I pack some clothes that won’t be coming back with me — socks wearing through at the heel, shirts that don’t really match anything else in my wardrobe, shoes that I think about wearing but rarely do. It’s...
Tags: Restaurants, Baked Potatoes, Lifestyle and Leisure, Pies and Tarts, Cheddar Cheese
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Salsa swings as the main course
To the casual observer, Burbank may not look like a hotbed of salsa and swing dancing. But anyone looking a little more closely this summer would have discovered crowds filling the sidewalks of downtown Burbank every Thursday night, stepping out to the...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Concerts, Arts and Culture, Culture, Dance
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After 20 years, Riverside Cafe closes down
After almost 20 years in Burbank, the Riverside Café will serve its final meal on Sunday as it closes because of a dwindling number of customers, and because the owner says he can no longer afford to invest in the failing business. Matt Peek took over...
Tags: Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Goldie Hawn, Bacon, Dick van Dyke
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