Search Results: DICKEY

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit

By Teri Marin / November 11, 2021

BBQ chain eatery featuring house-smoked meats, stuffed baked potatoes & classic sides.

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RESTAURANT REVIEW: Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Redondo

By Richard Foss / July 23, 2015

Once a term gets embedded in language, it’s pretty hard to dynamite it out. A case in point – we still speak of dialing a phone call, even though the last rotary phones were manufactured in 1985. Children who are shown a phone with an actual dial have no idea what to do with it…

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A La Carte: the Phelan Good Café, Dickey’s BBQ, Chinese Friends, fried chicken and Abigaile

By Richard Foss / February 8, 2012

Puns With Your Lunch… I enjoy wordplay, so I had to smile when I saw the Phelan Good Café, a tiny establishment located by the corner of Phelan and Robinson in North Redondo. This used to be the North Beach Café, but the new owner has renamed it, and I approve of the change. I…

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Surf awards, surf films, surf music, surf vendors

By Kevin Cody / April 18, 2023

The Surfer Walk of Fame Weekend begins Friday, April 21 at 6 p.m with a free evening of awards, and films celebrating the South Bay’s rich surfing history. A screening of Chris Miller’s “Legends of Surf”, celebrating Surfer Walk of Fame inductees since the walk’s inception in 2023. The inductees date back to the pioneer…

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Campus Clash: Healthy Living Campus draws flak in Redondo Beach

By Garth Meyer / December 22, 2022

  After five years of plans, modifications and opposition, the Beach Cities Health District’s proposed Healthy Living Campus approaches a decision point    by Garth Meyer Last September, Beach Cities Health District CEO Tom Bakaly, and the district’s Community Services Director Melissa Andrizzi-Sobel, knocked on the doors of neighbors with blue and white StopBCHD signs…

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Holy cow, a new barbecue in Redondo

By Richard Foss / November 26, 2022

I have spent a lot of time around people who enjoy food a lot and love arguing about it even more, and fans of barbecue are some of the most obsessive. They’ll quibble over the proper texture of the meat, components of the rub, appropriate level of smokiness, balance of sweetness, vinegar, and peppers in…

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Letters to the Editor 11-03-22

By Kevin Cody / November 1, 2022

Two for number one priority Dear ER: In the upcoming Hermosa Beach City Council election, voters can select two candidates who will continue, and expand on, the city council’s support for our police department — Mayor Pro Tem Ray Jackson and Rita Gerace. Public safety is the highest priority of the city council and staff.…

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Best of the Beach 2022: American BBQ, American Contemporary, Asian Fusion, Bar Food

By Easy Reader Staff / April 14, 2022

American BBQ Lucille’s Smokehouse BBQ Unlike a lot of competitors, Lucille’s offers not only excellent barbecue, but a delightful environment in which to enjoy it. Many people get it to go, but miss the hokey murals, attentive service, and the chance to enjoy their food from a plate rather than a to-go container. Lucille’s makes…

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Best of the Beach Dining and Entertainment 2022 Complete List of Winners & Runner Up

By Special Contributor / April 14, 2022

WINNER American BBQ Lucille’s Smokehouse BBQ Del Amo Fashion Center 21540 Hawthorne Blvd. #401B Torrance 310-370-7427 lucillesbbq.com RUNNER UP Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 407 N. Pacific Coast Hwy. Redondo Beach (424) 398-0025 dickeys.com   WINNER American Contemporary The Stanton HB 844 Hermosa Ave. Hermosa Beach1 (310) 372-7462 thestantonhb.com RUNNER UP The Strand House 117 Manhattan Beach…

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Best of the Beach – Dining and Entertainment 2019

By Judy Rae / April 11, 2019

The winners are in!

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Vistor’s Guide 2018 – Place to go Things to EAT

By Judy Rae / July 9, 2018

All the place to go and EAT

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Endless Session, Day 285: Every Crab Claw Has Its Thorns

By Easy Reader Staff / May 5, 2016

A fresh crew was here.  Arriving late last night, KenJen Miller, ripping charger of only 5 years and charger Kristina Chang and her beau, the Dickeys, a couple of lovebird pairs from San Diego, and a twosome from Peru were all amped and ready to dive into the highly sought after Couples Week at Cardon…

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Easy Reader South Bay Dining Guide

By Kevin Cody / January 25, 2016

View a wide ranging selection of South Bay restaurants with links to their webs sites and to Easy Reader reviews.

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Letters 11/05/15

By Kevin Cody / November 5, 2015

Huntington-ed Dear ER: Don’t fall for this propaganda from the city, builders and the chamber (“Mixed feelings on development in Redondo Beach,” ER 10/29/2015). They fooled the public into approving high density in Huntington Beach by lying that it was a “Commercial Revitalization” and started building 100-unit per acre buildings. The citizens rose up last…

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Dickie’s: Best American BBQ

By Richard Foss / March 19, 2015

The stainless steel cabinets behind Dickie’s counter don’t look much like a traditional smoker, but it sure works like one, turning out tender brisket, ribs, chicken, and sausages with hickory flavor infused into the meat.

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American Barbecue: Lucille’s Smokehouse

By Richard Foss / March 24, 2014

The favorite restaurant for Southern barbecue among readers of this coast-oriented publication is miles inland. Lucille’s is decorated like a traditional barbecue shack, and the massive smoker you see as you enter the dining room turns out ribs, chicken and brisket that have the flavor you get only from lots of time trimming the meat,…

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