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‘Serving Spoon’ restaurant owners will be virtual guests for President Biden’s speech By Kelli Johnson article INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The owners of a beloved community staple in Inglewood will be virtual guests during the Presidential Address to the Joint Session of Congress set for Wednesday night.  ‘Serving Spoon’ owners will be virtual guests for President Biden’s speech Congresswoman Maxine Waters announced Angela and J.C. Johnson, owners of the Serving Spoon re...

(Jamie A. Rosenberg) A cadre of local Black-owned businesses has teamed up to create exclusive food products and fashion merch for purchase via Doordash at a contactless pop-up drive-in movie event on March 26, 27 and 28 at Hollywood Park. In the mix are Blondie Beach Records, Neighbors Skate Shop, streetwear labels the Hundreds, Carrots by Anwar Carrots, Wckdthghts, Bricks & Wood and Total Luxury Spa; food brands Jah Mamah Sauce and Harun Coffee; and restaurants Simply Wholesome, Dulan’s So...

Black-owned soul food restaurant The Serving Spoon stays open after community support Replay Video UP NEXT "When I tell you, we are in need of help..." said Angela Johnson co-owner of Inglewood soul food restaurant The Serving Spoon. "This is one of the hardest things Ive had to do ever, and that is reach out for help," continued Johnson in a video asking her community for help. Angela Johnson co-owns the restaurant with her husband JC Johnson and she said The Serving Spoon is in its 37th year...

The Most Inspiring LA Food Stories to Arise From This Challenging Year Industry experts discuss their favorite restaurant stories, from charity organizations to generous workers Share this story 2020 will be the year that upended the restaurant industry. It’s difficult to talk about the year in review when everything changed, when people and businesses suffered during the pandemic. In light of the challenging year for everyone in Los Angeles, we asked food writers and industry folks for one r...

Rams Andrew Whitworth hands out gifts to kids, grocery gift cards to families for the holidays By KJ Hiramoto Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images VENICE, Calif. - Los Angeles Rams offensive lineman Andrew Whitworth and his family spent parts of the holidays spreading Christmas cheer to families at St. Joseph Center in Venice. According to photos shared by the Rams, the Whitworth family handed out gifts to 96 children and gave $500 grocery gift cards to each family, as well as ...

Read the 101 online or in print (Martina Ibáñez-Baldor / Los Angeles Times) Dec. 12, 2020 6:30 AM PT The mega-project that Patricia Escárcega and I spend months on each year is here! Its official title is “101 Restaurants, Dishes, People and Ideas That Define How We Eat” — a mouthful of a name that barely expresses the devastation of 2020 and the resilience that the restaurant industry continuously puts forth to survive this crisis. Enjoying this newsletter? Consider subscrib...

Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Intensive care unit bed capacity continues to diminish quickly in Los Angeles County, even as the county continues to reach new daily highs in coronavirus infections. The new one-day case total for Thursday stands at a staggering 12,741, while ICU availability fell to 7.7 percent — nearly 50 percent below the threshold set by California’s statewide Department of Public Health that led to the current stay-at-home order and regional shutdown o...

Rams Players $50,000 Donation Helps Inglewoods Black-Owned Serving Spoon Restaurant Stay Afloat Gordon Tokumatsu Patrons pick up food at the Serving Spoon in Inglewood on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Angela Johnson teared up as she put out a plea to help save the Serving Spoon that she and her husband, JC, have owned for four decades but was heading for disaster during the COVID-19 pandemic. "This is one of the hardest things Ive had to do ever," she said as she choked back tears in...

Rams Andrew Whitworth, wife donate $50K to Inglewood restaurant following emotional plea INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Rams tackle Andrew Whitworth and his wife, Melissa Whitworth, donated $50,000 to The Serving Spoon in Inglewood following their emotional video plea asking the community to save their restaurant. The Serving Spoon is a well-known, Black-owned restaurant in Inglewood, serving the community for 37 years. During the pandemic, the restaurant has struggled like many restaurants across the cou...

Courtesy of Subject; Courtesy of Loloi Rugs Left: Station 19 star Boris Kodjoe, with son Nico, wearing masks by Gymwrap, a fitness brand the actor founded with wife Nicole Ari Parker. Right: Jungalow’s Justina Blakeney. "I’ve been pretty surprised that a lot of the support has been sustained," she says. While one owner says "support Black was just a fad for some" amid the summer’s racial justice protests, others report a continued increase in sales. Following the police killing of George ...