Posts Tagged ‘starling diner’

LOCAL WISDOM: KRISTAL GREENLEA, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, THE GARAGE THEATRE

October 15, 2008

ILLUSTRATION by JOE MCGARRY
Kristal Greenlea, director of marketing and public relations for the Garage Theatre (thegaragetheatre.org), is every calendar editor’s dream: efficient, to the point, non-intrusive. Having lived in Long Beach for over a decade, Greenlea says she can’t remember the names of all the restaurants she’s worked at but happily notes her current employer: [...]

STELLAR STARLING SPECIAL

November 21, 2007

Break the budget once in a while with this somewhat guilt-free splurge: The Starling Diner lunch special. $8.99 (or is it $8.50? or $8.95?) gets you a rather large three cheese grilled panini sandwich on a baguette, a small house salad with fresh tomatoes, and  a hefty serving of soup. And a word on the [...]

THE THRIFTERS

October 17, 2007

Meow’s Kathleen Schaaf buying vintage when downtown was empty–except for the secondhand stores

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
It’s hard to believe today, with the new buildings like stents in the city’s heart—and the vacant lots with white plastic Redevelopment Agency fences around them—but in the late 1970s, downtown was one big thrift in many old buildings. The [...]

HEART AND SOUL

October 17, 2007

Starling Diner’s Joan Samson keeps the city alive

PHOTO by SUSAN SABO
Even in between service, Starling Diner hums with energy. There’s music echoing across the dining room and laughter pouring out from behind the counter—it feels alive. And for owner Joan Samson, that’s exactly how she wants it.
Samson, after all, doesn’t view restaurants as just places [...]

HOWDY, NEIGHBOR!

April 26, 2007

You’ll Welcome the Quaint Charm of the Starling Diner

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
For most people, I’d imagine, heading to one’s “happy place” involves multiple, spliced images of the tropical variety: piña coladas served inside coconut shells, a hammock tied between two palm trees, tanning without fear of UV rays and/or visible stretch marks. My happy place [...]

 

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