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, the Craft and Paley vet instead turned his attention to Ronnie’s Kickin’ — a fried chicken operation that ran out of his home and then from a leased food truck.
Ronnie’s, which also offers draft beer and classics-minded cocktails, is the first of four adjacent restaurants from Muñoz and business partner Rob Vinokur . Besties Burgers, which opened today in the former home of Twin Sliders, sells burgers, vegan burgers, fries and plant-based soft serve, while Todos Santos will be a more upscale Mexican restaurant serving tacos, ceviches and whole vegetable cooking, with items cooked over live fire in the former Mission Cantina space.
, Malibu’s Broad Street Oyster Co. is now heading east: The modern seafood shack will bring its uni-topped lobster rolls, burgers and fried clam strips to downtown’s Grand Central Market. Broad Street Oyster Co., which also operates in the nearby weekly food event Smorgasburg, is set to take over the former Prawn stall and is expected to open in May.This spring, the lobster rolls and other bites from Malibu’s Broad Street Oyster Co. can be found within Grand Central Market.L.A.