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A venerated Beverly Hills eatery has apologized for planning a “Prohibition” New Year’s Eve dinner amid the latest coronavirus surge and an in-person dining ban calling the incident a big misunderstanding. La Scala, a celebrity hangout offering upscale Italian food a stone’s throw from Rodeo Drive, was responding to backlash to an invitation it had slipped into diners’ takeout bags. Written in florid cursive lettering, the invite said the restaurant was considering taking reservations for a speakeasy-themed dinner party “inside,” if there was enough interest. “Please keep this discreet but tell all your friends,” the note said. The invitation, which was widely shared on Twitter, sparking scores of negative comments, prompted reaction from both the Beverly Hills Police Department and city officials. ....
By City News Service Dec 29, 2020 BEVERLY HILLS (CNS) - La Scala in Beverly Hills is doing some damage control regarding a note telling customers about a planned New Year s Eve dining party inside the restaurant. Managers of the gourmet Italian eatery at 434 N. Canon Dr. now say they never intended to violate state health orders that prohibit in-person dining amid the recent surge in coronavirus cases, and insist the note was merely worded poorly. The notes were recently placed in carry-out bags and made reference to a “speakeasy -style party. A copy of the invitation posted on Twitter, written in cursive script, said: “Welcome back to the 20s Prohibition. . We are currently taking reservations for New Year s Eve dinner. Inside. ....
Photo by Boris Dunand on Unsplash A generic image inside a restaurant By: Scripps National and last updated 2020-12-28 12:28:37-05 BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. â A restaurant in Beverly Hills is facing criticism for trying to plan a âdiscreetâ New Yearâs Eve dinner violating Californiaâs coronavirus restrictions. Indoor and outdoor dining have been banned in the Southern California region after the area reached ICU bed capacity earlier this month according to the stateâs health department. A journalist in the Los Angeles area tweeted an image of the invitation, which allegedly were inserted into to-go bags from La Scala. The dinner was supposed to have a 1920s prohibition/speakeasy theme. ....
A famous gourmet Italian eatery reportedly plans to hold a New Year's Eve dining party that city officials are hoping to halt as coronavirus cases surge in Los Angeles County. ....
Karen TownsendPosted at 11:01 am on December 27, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Just in case you have forgotten that we are not all in this together, here is yet another reminder. La Scala, a restaurant in Beverly Hills, California known for its celebrity clientele, was caught offering something it shouldn’t have been offering. La Scala is facing backlash for placing invitations in take-out orders which offer the possibility of indoor dining at the restaurant on New Year’s Eve. The management appears to have been attempting to take the pulse of customers to find out if there was interest in such an evening celebration. Ironically, the restaurant asked customers to spread the word but to do so discreetly. To prove just how dumb that gambit was, an invitation found its way into the hands of a Los Angeles journalist. ....