City Bakery to close?

Posted by on Apr 7, 2009 in Uncategorized | One Comment

The City Bakery, in the Brentwood Country Mart, is rumored to be on the way out. Anyone have any word on this? It’s overpriced, to be sure, but the cookies are great.

Montana Avenue for pocket change

Posted by on Mar 23, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments

Every time I walk along Montana Avenue, more storefronts are for lease and more businesses are liquidating. There are certainly more than one street’s share of frivolous and overpriced shops on Montana. But the place is starting to resemble a ghost town compared to the hustle of even a few months ago. In a shocking, ...

Nu Wilshire No More

Posted by on Feb 24, 2009 in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Santa Monica’s Nu Wilshire movie theater, formerly at 1314 Wilshire Boulevard, closed suddenly and unceremoniously in the last year or so. It had been one of two independent art house movie theaters in Santa Monica, located in a busy locus of commerce on Wilshire. (The other theater, the Aero, is on Montana Avenue, and has ...