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Tyler Wells lost his home — and almost his restaurant — in Altadena in the January fires. After months of soul searching, he's reopening the hearth-fired restaurant as a beacon for the community.
Uncle Ollie's Penthouse opened this spring, a downtown L.A. dive bar with drinks served in red Solo cups, where the owner hopes to inject nightlife with arcade games, DJs, burlesque, clown art and a Hello Kitty-themed bathroom.
Proponents of a greatest-hits menu will say it's diversity on a plate, but I don't buy it. To me, the popular and familiar are constraint masquerading as diversity. The origin story of dishes on a restaurant's menu should involve something more interesting than the number of units sold.