Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Melrose Village blog is back after a brief hiatus.  And we have been hearing a lot lately – about potholes.  A very rainy winter means that there are plenty of potholes around.  Meanwhile, the number of street services workers … Continue reading →

Save the dates for two upcoming community events. May 3.  Our next Melrose Action Neighborhood Watch meeting will take place Tuesday, May 3, at 7:30 pm, in Blu Jam Cafe, 7371 Melrose Avenue.  This is your opportunity to speak in … Continue reading →

The planned Movietown Plaza complex of condo towers, senior apartments, and retail spaces was approved last year by the West Hollywood City Council.  It will replace the dingy Trader Joe’s shopping center on the site, at Santa Monica Boulevard between … Continue reading →

The restaurants keep coming to the neighborhood. The latest to open is The Fat Dog, a gastropub that is the offshoot of a well-known Montrose (Glendale) restaurant.  It has opened in the new 801 N. Fairfax building (northwest corner of … Continue reading →

Our neighborhood council, Mid City West Community Council, is our liaison with City government.  Mid City West will be holding its board meeting tonight at 7:00 pm, at the NCJW building, 543 N. Fairfax Avenue (one block south of Melrose … Continue reading →

There are many, many good restaurants in our neighborhood. Some of these restaurants are particularly good at getting press.  In that category, we have to hand it to Animal on Fairfax Avenue.  Animal and its chefs, Jon Shook and Vinny … Continue reading →

The monthly Melrose Night event took place last night, and from what we could see, it was a lot of fun – despite being held on a cold and windy night. We dropped by toward the end of the event, … Continue reading →

The new monthly special event on Melrose hosts its latest incarnation tonight, from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm.  It’s called Melrose Night.  The idea is to get people out and about on the avenue, where they can eat, shop, have a … Continue reading →

The latest city-wide data show that crime continues to drop, with an 11.4% reduction over last year.  Los Angeles is now the safest it has been in a half-century. Our neighborhood is also getting safer, thanks to the great work … Continue reading →

The heart of L.A.’s gay community is a couple miles west of our neighborhood, centered on the stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard between La Cienega and Robertson.  Nonetheless, Melrose Village scored well in the recent “Best of Gay L.A.” cover … Continue reading →