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Bar · Altadena
"Opened less than two months before the Eaton fire in January 2025, Good Neighbor Bar—owned by Randy Clement, April Langford and Emely Cubias—survived when so much of Altadena did not, and I watched it quickly become a protected gathering place where survivors process their feelings, share resources and rebuild community ties. After Clement used social media and the restaurant’s delivery app to check on evacuees’ homes, the bar turned into an emotional hub: neighbors compared stories at the bar, bartenders like Nathan connected with patrons who were also fire victims, and the patio area and parking lot hosted fundraisers and events. Outside the shop is an 8' x 14' color-coded map of the fire’s destruction by Noel McCarthy that became a meeting and remembrance site, and a bright mural by Eric Junker that helped raise funds after he sold posters (raising $40,000 for Altadena Mountain Rescue). Clement and Langford’s sons organized a school concert in the bar’s lot that raised $7,000, and the lot was the start for a multistop 50-kilometer ultra that helped raise $50,000 for local relief organizations. In short, I saw Good Neighbor evolve from a newly opened bar into an incubator for relationships and a pivotal community center in Altadena’s recovery." - ByEsther Tseng
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"I learned that Little Red Hen, a Black-owned coffee shop in Altadena, was destroyed in the Eaton fire." - ByEsther Tseng
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"Family-owned Fox’s Restaurant, a local fixture for 69 years, was not spared and was destroyed in the fire." - ByEsther Tseng
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"I learned that the independent pie shop Pizza of Venice was destroyed by the Eaton fire." - ByEsther Tseng
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"I learned that the independent pie shop Side Pie was destroyed in the Eaton fire." - ByEsther Tseng
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"The family-run fast food joint Everest Burgers was destroyed in the Eaton fire." - ByEsther Tseng
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"Aldi was among the businesses that burned during the Eaton fire." - ByEsther Tseng
Supermarket · Altadena
"Super King suffered temporary damage in the Eaton fire and, thankfully, is rebuilding." - ByEsther Tseng
Grocery store · Altadena
"Outlet Grocery was temporarily damaged by the Eaton fire and is in the process of rebuilding." - ByEsther Tseng
Wine store · Highland Park
"I learned that the owners of Good Neighbor are also behind other LA hospitality spots—Silverlake Wine, Highland Park Wine, Everson Royce Bar, Hippo and Triple Beam Pizza—and that adding a shop and bar in Altadena was a natural extension of their eastward migration of the city’s hospitality industry." - ByEsther Tseng