Frenchtown Confidential

I won't rehash the entire lengthy saga of the battle for Taix French Restaurant. That would take far too long. Here's the Cliffs No...

Dear Readers: I know, I know. I’ve written quite a bit already about the Taix situation. I have been researching an entry on a different fam...

Regular readers already know that  Taix French Restaurant is one of the final surviving links to the French Colony. And that  it was sold to...

Once upon a time, a long long time ago by Los Angeles standards, the city was just a tiny pueblo that lacked a proper bakery. You might assu...

Los Angeles is just as corrupt now as it was when Frank Shaw's goons were harassing reformers like Clifford Clinton. Regular readers kno...

The City Council is meeting today (Wednesday, June 2) to vote on the Taix HCM nomination. Here's the problem: Mitch O'Farrell and hi...

Dear Readers, Recently I was fortunate to be introduced to Jan Gabrielson, who visited the original Taix as a child  and generously gave me ...

Last Christmas, my brother and his new wife flew out from Florida to visit the rest of us. My sister-in-law and I had a "girls' day...

Recently, I asked for any vintage pictures of Taix that might be out there - it's an old restaurant; there had to be some . But they st...

Hi Everyone, The Historic-Cultural Monument application for Taix has been submitted. However, the Office of Historic Resources is requesti...

Regular readers (and anyone paying attention) know that Taix's longtime home, a French Country-esque building on Sunset Boulevard, is do...

Sometime around 1870, a family of bakers and sheepherders from the Hautes-Alpes left France, emigrating to Los Angeles. For decades, custo...