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You have to get out of your car and walk to really see all the changes happening. But they’re there, all right. In Hollywood, on Harrison Street, it’s hip. My girlfriend, Gwendolyn, and I dropped by the other night for dinner, followed by a nice walkaround and a little shop browsing. We both were impressed. We first noticed all the major renovation going on in Young Circle, of course, which is becoming a landscaped ArtsPark, with a sculpture garden, performance stage, plazas and water features. Hollywood Boulevard retains its laidback ambience, with some excellent clubs and cafes and shops. But Harrison Street? It’s now coming into its own.
We began our Harrison experience with a fabulous meal at Sushi Blues Café – really, we both raved. The atmosphere inside the large restaurant is tastefully chic, but prices are incredibly reasonable. We each started with their honey ginger carrot soup and shared a salad with a great wasabi bleu cheese dressing. Then we split gyoza dumplings and a spicy tuna roll. And sake. The bill was just under $30. We plan to return there for dinner. Soon.
After the meal, we wandered into an unusual art gallery called Heart Studio, which features unique pieces by Carlos Augusto Pereira and is very much in the mold of the new Harrison Street. Cool, artsy, with a bit of an attitude. All up and down Harrison, dance studios and art studios and art galleries are appearing. The work is far from finished, but you can feel the changes sweeping over this formerly underused street. It’s coming alive, one ballet class and glazed pot at a time, and turning into a place that is, well … very hip, man.
We began our Harrison experience with a fabulous meal at Sushi Blues Café – really, we both raved. The atmosphere inside the large restaurant is tastefully chic, but prices are incredibly reasonable. We each started with their honey ginger carrot soup and shared a salad with a great wasabi bleu cheese dressing. Then we split gyoza dumplings and a spicy tuna roll. And sake. The bill was just under $30. We plan to return there for dinner. Soon.
After the meal, we wandered into an unusual art gallery called Heart Studio, which features unique pieces by Carlos Augusto Pereira and is very much in the mold of the new Harrison Street. Cool, artsy, with a bit of an attitude. All up and down Harrison, dance studios and art studios and art galleries are appearing. The work is far from finished, but you can feel the changes sweeping over this formerly underused street. It’s coming alive, one ballet class and glazed pot at a time, and turning into a place that is, well … very hip, man.
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