LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Last June, lower Forest Avenue in Laguna Beach became a temporary pedestrian plaza called "Promenade on Forest." It has allowed restaurants to provide outdoor dining, ...

Many businesses have struggled to make it through the pandemic, with space and social distance guidelines restricting occupancy. “To have 100 percent capacity but you still have to do six feet ...

I was in Culver City this weekend, trying to get a table at Café Vida, and it was an hour and a half wait – at 2:00 in the afternoon! The restaurant district is hopping down there. Every nice sit-down ...

The City of Santa Monica’s thirty-third emergency supplement allows restaurants on the Third Street Promenade to serve patrons at “satellite” locations within the pedestrian district. This expansion ...

Last Friday, the city celebrated the reopening of the Orange Street Promenade, expanding outdoor dining offerings in New Haven. The promenade – a closed street segment that creates a walkable space – ...

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