Posted in Business Profile on 05. Mar, 2010
The Venice Grind is our Mar Vista coffee house default. It’s the perfect spot to meet with friends and hang out over coffee, and of course, since there’s free Open Mar Vista Wi-Fi, it’s a great spot to sit and work, too. And now the Venice Grind has made some subtle changes that are making [...]
Posted in Community on 19. Feb, 2010
Mar Vista Mom has teamed up with the founders of Open Mar Vista/Open Neighborhoods, James Brennan and John Ayers, to create The OPEN Daily, a daily email Essential Guide to the Westside. Free subscription, free listings (and paid advertising as well), the OPEN Daily is designed to promote local businesses, offer updates from Westside schools, [...]
Posted in Business Profile on 20. Jan, 2010
Today I got a sneak peek at Earl’s Gourmet Grub, a new restaurant set to open next door to the Venice Grind soon. They’re still under construction, but it’s going to be amazing. I met the owners — Yvonne McDonald and Dean Harada — and they’re really trying to make something here. Not just a [...]
Posted in Business Profile, Community, Mar Vista on 18. Jun, 2009
There’s a chance a marijuana dispensary will open up on Venice Blvd, just west of Grand View. We call it our little downtown business area, and many of us don’t want to see that kind of a storefront there. I certainly don’t.
I already know about 2 other dispensaries in the neighborhood (one just about 1.5 [...]
