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Matt Denny's: past and future success. Matt McSweeny talks about his early days owning Matt Denny's restaurant at 145 E. Huntington Drive, opened in 1997 and thanks the people who supported it for 19 years. He has sold it to new owner Long Nguyen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35094
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Matt Denny's Restaurant
McSweeny, Matt
Nguyen, Long
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Item ID
35283AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Iconic Denny's windmill in Arcadia makes a grand slam through the roof. George Fasching says plans to rebuild are already underway. On Friday, December 29, 2017, the iconic landmark fell off and one blade sliced through the restaurant around 7:30 AM. The restaurant and windmill were originally built in 1967 as a Van de Kamp's Restaurant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35040
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Restaurants, bars, etc.-Van De Kamp's Restaurant
Item ID
35231AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's historic Derby Restaurant may be relocated. A mixed-use project may take the place of The Derby and Embassy Suites at 211 East Huntington Drive - 233 East Huntington Drive. Local historian Sandy Snider expressed concern that the 99 year-old building may end up being razed. George Woolf bought the Derby in 1938, originally named Proctor Tavern when it operated in 1922. Councilman Paul Cheng supports the relocation of The Derby. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 2, August 13, 2020 for "The Derby-what's next?"

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35768
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 2020
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 2020
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Cheng, Paul
The Derby Restaurant
Embassy Suites
Historic Buildings
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Proctor Tavern
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Snider, Sandy
Woolf, George
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Newspaper Index
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Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. opens their newest restaurant at 400 S. Baldwin Avenue, at the Westfield Santa Anita Mall in Arcadia, on the second story of Promenade Shops near Macy's on January 9, 2012.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32713
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 5, 2012
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 5, 2012
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Restaurants, bars, etc.--Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.
Item ID
32910AN
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Matt McSweeny charts a new course in life. Arcadia speakeasy bar Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant sold to new owner.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35080
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2018
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2018
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
McSweeny, Matt
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Item ID
35269AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant celebrates 15 years in Arcadia. Dennis Hartman and Matt McSweeny are the founders and opened it on January 17, 1999.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33732
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2014
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2014
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Hartman, Dennis
Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant
McSweeny, Matt
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Item ID
33928AN
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Newspaper Index
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Denny’s colorful windmill lights up Arcadia’s holiday spirits. The blades have been carefully fabricated and the official “turn-on” took place Friday, November 30. It now runs counterclockwise, 24-hours a day with LED lights. The restaurant used to be Van De Kamp’s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35347
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Denny's Restaurant
Van De Kamp's Restaurant
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Fasching, George
Route 66
Item ID
35537AN
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Newspaper Index
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Business spotlight on new owner of Matt Denny's Restaurant, Long Nguyen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35182
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 17, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 17, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association
Nguyen, Long
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Item ID
35371AN
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Newspaper Index
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Facing COVID-19 fines, some restaurants say the punishment does not fit the crime, as restaurant owners have found it hard to keep track of the county and state mandate changes. Closures, new protocols, and restrictions in the face of COVID-19 have caused the restaurant industry to suffer. The cities of Monrovia, Arcadia, Pasadena and Sierra Madre have stepped up to help the ailing restaurant businesses by either waiving fees or offering outdoor dining expansion opportunities, such as using parking lots as dining areas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35857
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Small business
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Locally oned Chick-Fil-A to open in Westfield Santa Anita today. Restaurant will employ upwards of 50 team members. The owner of this franchise location at Westfield Santa Anita mall, in the food court, is Zach Zimmerman. He was born in Mission Viejo and graduated with a business economics degree with a minor in education from University of California Irvine.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35655
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 30, 2020
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 30, 2020
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Chick-Fil-A
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Zimmerman, Zach
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Spotlight on Mexican restaurant called Original Peppers Mexican Grill and Cantina, a family-oriented, family-owned restaurant at 181 Colorado Place, that has been serving the area for almost 40 years. Chef Amador Cortez has been running the kitchen for over 30 years. Co-owner is Virginia Disegna.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32793
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2012
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2012
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Cortez, Amador
Disegna, Virginia
Original Peppers Mexican Grill and Cantina
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Item ID
32990AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gusty Santa Ana winds wreak havoc to local business and residents in Arcadia. The patio outside the restaurant Matt Denny's Ale House was destroyed by the heavy winds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35656
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 6, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 6, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Matt Denny's Ale House
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Santa Ana Winds
Weather
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City of Arcadia to implement two new restrictions on plastic waste in 2022. Phase One will restrict the distribution of disposable food service ware items such as utensils, napkins and condiment packets to by-request only, beginning February 3. Phase Two will prohibit the use of polystyrene containers for prepared food and beverages and will require the containers be made from alternative materials, beginning December 3.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36169
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 20, 2022
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 20, 2022
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Environmental issues
Plastic
Polystyrene
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Tallest building in Arcadia sells for $25.6 million. It has been sold to Positive Investments, Inc. by Farazian Family Trust. It has 8 floors, anchored by Bank of America. Another tenant is former Arcadia City Mayor Jim Helms of Helms & Myers, a law firm. Bank of America is 180 N. Santa Anita Avenue, Helms & Myers is at 150 N. Santa Anita Avenue, Suite 685.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35081
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
McSweeny, Matt
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Item ID
35270AN
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Newspaper Index
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Classic car club "Carcadia at Route 66" will meet last Sunday of every month at Denny's Restaurant at 7 W. Huntington Drive in Downtown Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35091
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Car shows
Clubs, organizations
Denny's Restaurant
Oyoung, Glenn
Item ID
35280AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia establishments that serve food will be required to post the health grades they receive from the county under a new ordinance adopted by the City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31068
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Eateries
Health grades
Ordinances
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Item ID
31263AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A history of the Van de Kamp's windmill atop the Denny's Restaurant currently at the northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The Arcadia windmill was built nearly 40 years ago as part of an architectural movement called programmatic architecture, or roadside vernacular, wherein the buildings reflected their tenants. See hard copy in VF "Buildings."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31206
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Architecture
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's
Windmills
Item ID
31401AN
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Newspaper Index
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The windmill will stay as part of the redesign of Denny's at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The windmill was originally built for a Van de Kamp's coffee shop in 1967.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26977
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 12, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 12, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Restaurants - Denny's
Restaurants - Van de Kamp's
Architecture
Item ID
27176AN
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The history of local restaurant The Derby, since it was originally founded in 1922 as Proctors Tavern, to being bought by jockey George Woolfe in 1938, then sold to Dominic and Lorene Sturniolo, or Sturinolo (article has it spelled both ways) is presented. See VF "Restaurants, Bars, etc." for copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30533
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
The Derby
Restaurant reviews
Restaurants
Item ID
30721AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Chef Tony takes dim sum to new culinary heights at Chef Tony Dim Sum Arcadia on Baldwin Avenue. Chef Tony's culinary career is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36303
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 18, 2022
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 18, 2022
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Chef Tony
Chinese food
Dim sum
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Collection
Newspaper Index
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