GIGA GRANADA HILLS

On April 16-18, the carnival is coming to town!!! Whee!!! Friday from 5:00pm to 10pm and Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 10pm at Petit Park.

Escalating tensions between the Granada Hills North and South Neighborhood Councils came to a head last night when both councils approved motions to engage in a rumble at midnight tonight. The rumble will occur under the 118 freeway underpass at Chatsworth Street just west of Sepulveda. GHSNC President Dave Beauvais, urging the council to approve the motion, said "They might ask for blades, zip guns. And we've got to be prepared." GHSNC President Dave Beauvais The motion was seconded by Outreach Coordinator Sean "Rocket" Rivas, but the approval was almost derailed by objections from Jerry "Action" Askew, who questioned fellow council members' enthusiastic engagement in the turf battle, urging them instead to "make nice with the NN's." Askew's objections were overridden by a majority of council members, who voted overwhelmingly to "mix." Sue DeVandry of Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council had to overcome similar o...

In an encouraging sign that the food truck revolution is slowly trickling its way up to the G.H. -- and we need it more up here than they do in L.A., dammit -- the Crepe'n Around crepe truck came and served up their folded Frenchy wares to grateful GranadaHillsians outside of Menchie's on Chatsworth on Monday night. And there was NO LINE! In business for less than a week, Crepe'n Around serves both sweet and savory crepes. We sampled two of the savory kind: the ham and cheese was laden with seedy mustard and sweet carmelized onions, and the vegetarian featured grilled red peppers and eggplant with cheese and a balsamic reduction glaze. The verdict: YUM. Jamie, the truck's friendly proprietor, wasn't yet sure if another visit to GH would be in the future or not, but at least we can say, that for a few, brief, shining moments, we had a good French restaurant in this town.

A Granada Hills resident named "Valerie" was recently featured in Maxim Magazine's "Hometown Hotties ." I'm not really sure what else to say here.

On Saturday, March 27 at 10am, Petit Park will host a "Spring Egg Hunt." There will also be a moonbounce, "photo with bunny," and face painting. All publicity materials for this event conspicuously avoid use of the word "Easter," so I guess I will too.

Contradicting earlier accounts given to Giga Granada Hills , Biff Naylor of Tiny Naylor's, Biff's, and Du-par's fame called to set the record straight on the Du-par's eviction. "Almost none of that is true," Naylor said of the story that the business was evicted and patrons were escorted out of the restaurant. Almost? "That's a wild rumor. There were no patrons of the premises, we closed voluntarily, and turned the premises back to the landlord. There was an eviction served three days after we vacated the premises." Naylor said that they were behind on rent payments as "part of the negotiating strategy" with property owners whose rents Naylor said were too high -- "nearly twice what it is at Farmer's Market." So the management "dragged the rent to see if we could get them to come to the table. Of course we will pay them back rent." Naylor didn't rule out a return to Granada Hills. "If another locatio...

In a rather dramatic development for diners who were still mid-meal, the Granada Hills' Du-par's was closed last week by sheriffs, who carried out an eviction during business hours, escorting patrons out of the restaurant, sources said. It seems this isn't the first round of trouble for the Du-par's chain in recent years. The Thousand Oaks Du-par's was closed last year after losing its lease, and during its last years the location had been plagued with health department violations. Du-par's did not return phone calls requesting comment, nor did the property's landlord, Regency Centers.