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UNIVERSAL @ 100 x 36: HAMMER MUSEUM SCREENS 3 DOZEN CLASSICS AT BILLY WILDER THEATER

by Don Rose

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Wow, has it really been a century already? Yes, Universal Pictures is 100 years young (ok, old) this year! And we lucky Angelenos (in particular, Westwoodians) get to see three (count ‘em, three!) dozen classic screenings on the big screen at the Hammer Museum (Billy Wilder Theatre) to help celebrate the cinematic occasion.

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More info (screening titles, dates, times, etc.) at:

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2012-05-04/universal-pictures-celebrating-100-years

New Five Guys Burgers and Fries Opens Today On Broxton In Westwood Village; Can They Beat Out In-N-Out’s Klout?

By Don Rose

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Today, March 12, 2012, marks the beginning of what could become an epic Battle of the Burgers in Westwood Village. The reason: popular chow chain Five Guys Burgers and Fries opens on Broxton, between Kinross and Weyburn. In-N-Out, already a fixture among the college crowd, has a popular burgery just a few blocks away on Gayley. Who will win out between these boffo Burger Behemoths? 

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Then again, perhaps meat and potato lovers will just relax, rejoice and revel in both restaurants. Who needs a fight? After all, there’s more than two meals a day - plenty of room for both to succeed. (On the other hand, one may recall that the last hot business to come to Westwood Village to unseat a town fave was Red Mango, which recently closed after failing to draw enough people from the big cheese in Westwood froyo, Yogurtland on Lindbrook.)

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I say, let’s all go to Five Guys on Broxton and judge for ourselves.

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Five Guys Burgers and Fries

1061 Broxton Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90024

Hours: 11am-10pm Every Day

800 Degrees Pizza Officially Open in Westwood Village; Opened January 2, Open Til 2am Daily

Westwood Live: Monthly Third Thursday Event Appears To Be On Hold, For Now

It was off last month, and now for February it appears once again that Westwood Live is not taking place.

According to a comment on their Facebook page, ”As far as we know, the event is on hold for the time being. Check back here for more updates.” That was dated “Yesterday at 10:43am”.

Perhaps it is due to the winter cold-ish weather that the “monthly” event is on hold, but I am gonna be positive and assume it will return on the Third Thursday in March.

For updates, check out their FB page.

Westwood LIVE | Facebook

—Don Rose

Skylight Gardens Eatery Opening Soon in Westwood Village, Adding to World Class Cuisine Corner

by Don Rose

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We are working on getting the exact date, but all of Westwood is abuzz about the impending January opening of a new restaurant, Skylight Gardens, at the corner of Glendon and Lindbrook (across from the Hammer Museum). This is, of course, the location of the former Hamlet Gardens, and thankfully the outside architecture looks unaltered from that previous Gardens. We at Wire LA can’t wait to try the new eatery, which is now the third high class restaurant to reside on that corner (the other two being Palomino and Napa Valley Grille - and if you count the Wolfgang Puck cafe inside the Hammer, that makes four!).

1139 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024 

tel: 310.824.1818 - fax: 310.824.1811 

info@SkylightGardens.com  

SKYLIGHT GARDENS website: http://skylightgardens.com