Water Grill

Water Grill

Costa Mesa based King’s Seafood Company, which opened its first LA restaurant in 1945, has been in the restaurant business for 70 years. Today, it operates six different restaurant concepts including Water Grill which has locations in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Monica. 

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Plan Check

Plan Check

Plan Check Kitchen + Bar recently opened its fourth LA location in Santa Monica. In case you are wondering, the restaurant’s unusual name comes from its first location next to the City of Los Angeles Department of Building & Safety where architects and designers submit their plans.

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Sushi Roku

Sushi Roku

Sushi Roku opened its first location as a sushi lounge in Hollywood in 1997 and has since expanded to Santa Monica, Pasadena, and beyond California to Scottsdale, Arizona, and Las Vegas. As the Santa Monica restaurant turns 16 in November, we thought it a good time to re-visit. We chatted with Tom Cardenas, IDG, the parent company’s VP of Operations and Chef Hiroshi Shima, Corporate Executive Chef of Sushi Roku and Katana.

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