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Eater
25-06-2025
- Business
- Eater
An Iconic Santa Monica Diner Resurrects as an Art Deco American Bistro
One of Santa Monica's most charming restaurants has reopened with a fresh new look and name. Diner Antonette, named after owner Bob Lynn's late mother, opened on June 18 in the former Ingo's Tasty Diner along Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica, sporting a new adjacent retail wine shop, gift boutique, and spacious hidden back patio. Inside, Ingo's darker teal tones and chalkboard display have been replaced by warm neutral tones, sleek black leather upholstery, and three showcase paintings by artist Sara Abbott (Lynn's wife). Outside, an Art Deco Streamline Moderne facade with a beaming neon sign beckons diners in while the former restaurant's original terrazzo flooring remains, a reminder of the building's storied history. Restaurateur Bob Lynn operates seven restaurants in Los Angeles and the Phoenix area, including the Misfit in Santa Monica. In March of this year, his Pasadena restaurants, La Grande Orange and Luggage Room Pizzeria, closed after 18 and 10 year runs, respectively. Lynn, a trained chef who had a 25-year career as an executive at Hillstone group opening restaurants like Rutherford Grill in Napa, Gulfstream in Newport Beach, and Cafe R&D (which later became R&D Kitchen), tries his best to purchase the buildings his restaurants operate in (except the Pasadena ones, which contributed to their closures) in order to set them up for long term success. Lynn acquired the barrel-ceiling bowstruss-reinforced building that now houses Diner Antonette years ago, which also had the next-door Vienna Bakery. He and Abbott, who live a few blocks away, were always charmed by the diner, which felt like a neighborhood bistro in Brooklyn or Paris with this sunken floor counter and cozy booths. Lynn waited for the owner of the former Callahan's diner to retire before opening Ingo's there in 2014, then waited for the owners of Vienna Bakery, who were in their 80s, to retire and close in 2021 after 57 years of business. From 2021 to 2025, Lynn and his team took apart the bakery to make way for the retail area and patio, exposing its glorious ceiling and even some catwalk mezzanines. Lynn thinks owning the property should give Diner Antonette staying power long after he eventually retires, and hopes it becomes a neighborhood institution like Callahan's and Vienna were before. Although Ingo's had operated for four years until its hiatus, Lynn refreshed the American bistro menu with the help of his longtime director of culinary Jordan Lynn (who also happens to be his son). The menu features plenty of ingredients at their seasonal prime, like poached baby artichokes, peaches with scratch-made ricotta and sorrel pesto, and pan-roasted Scottish salmon with braised Tuscan kale. Ingo's popular crispy Brussels sprouts remain, served with marcona almonds and baked goat cheese. The mains will seem familiar and timeless, like meatballs and rolled spaghetti, steak au poivre with fries, and a cheddar-topped burger using a meat patty that's ground to order (something Lynn claims no one else does). Whole roast branzino Provençal comes with the perfume of vermouth and the comfort of sliced roasted vegetables, while dungeness crab and lobster are served over handmade pasta. For dessert, there's an olive oil cake with saffron and gelato from Lynn's Phoenix-based artisanal Grateful Spoon ($20 to try every flavor, with a 'Do It!' on the menu). Expect quality, smaller producer wines by bottle or glass and a tight set of inventive cocktails. 'We never spent a dime on PR or marketing, like Hillstone. What we do is be patient and focus on execution,' says Lynn, who still praises the consistency and overall operation of his former employer. Still, he thinks Diner Antonette's food takes the familiar American bistro classics and brings them into a more appropriate California-inflected seasonality: 'We're not running items all year long, we're much more focused on what's in season. We try and use all of our seafood daily instead of carrying it overnight. It's just a younger attitude.' Eventually, Diner Antonette will have brunch service, an appealing proposition with that airy patio that fits 60 people, and an expedited 'lunch hour' with reasonably priced, quick-fired items to cater to the neighborhood. Diner Antonette is open daily for happy hour at 4 p.m., with dinner commencing at 5 p.m. It closes at 10:30 p.m., with lunch and brunch service to come. Located at 1213 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA, 90403. See More: Eater Inside LA Restaurant News
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
New Hampshire House tables legalized assisted suicide bill
The New Hampshire House of Representatives meets for a voting day in the State House on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Representatives voted to table a proposal legalizing assisted suicide. (Photo by William Skipworth/New Hampshire Bulletin) By a single vote, the New Hampshire House of Representatives decided to table a proposal to legalize assisted suicide. House Bill 254, sponsored by Windham Republican Rep. Bob Lynn, seeks to legalize medical aid in dying in New Hampshire. If enacted, it would allow adults to end their life through doctor-prescribed drugs. In order to receive the fatal drugs under this bill, two different doctors would have to determine those adults to be likely to die within six months or they would have to be in Medicare-certified hospice care with a terminal condition. The patient receiving aid-in-dying drugs would also need to have the mental capacity to 'understand and appreciate health care options available' and give informed consent. The drugs must be self-administered. The medical provider must also determine the patient is not being coerced into the assisted suicide. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW is in a crisis, call, text or chat the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. To reach the New Hampshire Rapid Response Access Point, call or text 833-710-6477. If you need help with grief and loss, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention offers advice and resources. You can also call the National SAMHSA Helpline, 1-800-662-HELP, with services in English and Spanish, toll free 24/7. By tabling this bill, the House decided not to advance it to the Senate, but didn't kill it entirely. Lawmakers can still bring it back up for a vote should they choose. The bipartisan vote to table it was 183-182. 'I do enjoy a debate of nine speakers such as we have lined up here as much as the next guy,' House Majority Leader Jason Osborne said, advocating for the House to skip debate and simply table it. 'But I also know that we don't need to have the same debate every year.' The debate over assisted suicide is not a new one in the New Hampshire State House. The practice was almost legalized last year when 2024's House Bill 1283, a very similar piece of legislation, was approved by the House, but failed in the Senate. In hearings leading up to Thursday's vote, proponents of the bill argued it provides a way for people with terminal illnesses and conditions to avoid some of the suffering they may face in their final days of life. Opponents of the bill argued it would lead to a so-called slippery slope where doctors give up on treating people with disabilities and severe conditions in favor of encouraging them to choose death. Opponents were also concerned it would be abused by people with depression and suicidal ideation. Assisted suicide is already legal in 10 U.S. states — including Vermont and Maine — and Washington, D.C. It's also legal in countries like Canada, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Belgium.
