We're pathologically social. We're professional leisurists. We're burrito lovers, bar flies, art whores and music nerds. We dish the good dirt, and we'll risk a parking ticket for a cheap sample sale. Sometimes, we blog drunk.
Dean & Deluca downtown?
In tracking down all the deets for the possible Tender Greens' expansion into downtown's Brockman Building, something caught my eye. The Downtown News had reported that "a sprawling gourmet market and restaurant on the glass-enclosed ground floor" is slated to open in the loft complex across from Seven Grand. "It's a type of Dean & Deluca place where you can meet, people watch, see and be seen" the piece teases further.
Hmm...just on a hunch, I called the peeps at Dean & Deluca to see if they would spill the beans on their move west. The West Coast flagship is already planned for a 2009 opening in Newport Beach's Fashion Island, but "is it possible that more stores will open in L.A. proper, let's say, like in downtown?"
The D&D folks charmingly played along but in the end would "neither confirm nor deny" the rumor that a Dean & Deluca something or somethings may or may not be opening somewhere in Los Angeles. At further prodding, D&D did say it's "possible" that as a "prelude" to the opening of the Fashion Island flagship, some of the smaller café-style Dean & Delucas may find their way to L.A...but nothing will be announced until after the new year.
That's good enough for me. I'm ready to restock my spice rack and I'll talk to you, D&D, in the new year.
—Jiyeon Yoo
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