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20-654: The Parlour Club was a venue located on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood , California and managed by Andrew Gould. Among its notable events included the speakeasy -themed night Bricktops (established by Vaginal Davis ), series of spoken-word sessions The Unhappy Hour (created by Lydia Lunch with Andrew Gould), and performance art night Touché (created by Clint Catalyst ). 34°04′59″N 118°20′52″W  /  34.0831°N 118.3477°W  / 34.0831; -118.3477 Santa Monica Boulevard The western terminus of Santa Monica Boulevard

40-865: A six-episode documentary television show about the cuisine of immigrant neighborhoods throughout the U.S., hosted by chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson . The show, No Passport Required , marked Eater 's first television production project. Vox Entertainment produced the show, which premiered in July 2018. Vox Media executives Jim Bankoff and Marty Moe serve as two of several executive producers . In January 2018, Eater and SB Nation aired an online three-episode celebrity cooking competition series sponsored by PepsiCo . The show featured National Football League players Greg Jennings , Rashad Jennings , and Nick Mangold as competitors, as well as chefs Anne Burrell and Josh Capon . In 2020, Eater debuted its first TV series in partnership with Hulu, Eater’s Guide to

60-643: A team devoted to video. The site produced a web series called Savvy , which featured chefs, restaurateurs , and sommeliers discussing dishes and cooking techniques . The program's second season aired in 2015. In 2017, Vox Media greenlit the series Cult Following and You Can Do This for Eater . Eater’s video program is currently focused on mid-form docu-style video, with series such as Mise en Place, The Experts, Smoke Point, and Vendors. The program has earned five New York Emmy awards, including two for Vendors (one in 2022, another in 2021), and four Daytime Emmy nominations. Eater and PBS collaborated on

80-737: Is at Ocean Avenue near the Pacific Ocean. From there until the San Diego Freeway ( Interstate 405 ), Santa Monica Boulevard is a densely urban commercial street. It assumes the designation California State Route 2 between Centinela Avenue at the Santa Monica–Los Angeles border, and the Hollywood Freeway ( U.S. Route 101 ). The portion between Centinela Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica

100-466: Is noted that the south roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills is a city street while the north roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard is a California state highway, each roadway handling bi-directional traffic. On May 31, 2020, local protests following the murder of George Floyd turned into riots which saw numerous buildings vandalized, looted and burned along Santa Monica Boulevard, with

120-718: The Curbed Network, in late 2013. In 2017, Eater had around 25 local sites in the United States, Canada, and England. The site has been recognized twelve times by the James Beard Foundation Awards . The food and dining site Eater is a brand of the digital media company Vox Media . It serves as a local restaurant guide, offering reviews as well as news about the restaurant industry. The property earns revenue via advertising, sometimes displaying content generated by Vox Creative. Eater

140-602: The Eater app for iOS, featuring all of the maps from all 23 of the website’s cities and Eater.com—in total 10,000 maps from over 100 cities worldwide. Eater was initially led by co-founders Leventhal and Steele, who also served as president of the Curbed Network, ranked number 34 in The Daily Meal 's 2011 list of "America's 50 Most Powerful People in Food", for his role as a founder of Eater . In 2014, Amanda Kludt

160-518: The Sunset Junction neighborhood of Silver Lake . The south roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard, often called Little Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, runs parallel to the state highway (north) roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard from the city's west limit to Rexford Drive. After Rexford Drive, Little Santa Monica turns east, becoming Burton Way. Burton Way merges into San Vicente Boulevard at its intersection with La Cienega Boulevard . It

180-455: The United States and Canada at the time. In 2021, Vox Media acquired drinks website Punch as a brand within Eater . Eater may be best known for its maps, which serve as guides to readers on where to eat in specific cities. In 2022, Eater launched their Eater 38 maps, which share 38 essential restaurants in each Eater cities. Other Eater maps include Eater heatmaps which spotlight

200-777: The World . The seven-episode show was hosted by Maya Rudolph and explored unique dining experiences across the world, with episodes spotlighting Los Angeles, Costa Rica, Casablanca, and more. Eater has a robust digital footprint and presence across the most influential social platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook, reaching over 30 million people a month across digital platforms. In 2022, Eater announced its first book deal in partnership with Abrams publishing. In 2023, Eater released its first cookbook featuring restaurant recipes, edited by former Eater restaurant editor Hillary Dixler Canavan. In 2024, travel guides to New York City and Los Angeles. In 2024, Eater launched

220-468: The analytics company comScore . The site began using Vox Media's content management system , Chorus, and producing more video content. Steele said he sold Eater partly to observe Chorus' influence on the site. The platform allows Eater to enhance map, journalistic, and visual features, and improves user engagement via forums . In mid 2017, Eater launched a London site, the network's first outside North America. Eater hosted 23 sites for cities in

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240-704: The company's South Hollywood–Sherman Line and Sawtelle Line as well as the Owensmouth Line and San Fernando Line which served the San Fernando Valley . Eater (website) Eater is a food website by Vox Media . It was co-founded by Lockhart Steele and Ben Leventhal in 2005, and originally focused on dining and nightlife in New York City . Eater launched a national site in 2009, and covered nearly 20 cities by 2012. Vox Media acquired Eater , along with two others comprising

260-510: The magazine included Steele and Leventhal in their "Tastemaker Awards" list, recognizing fifteen people who had significant impact on the food and wine industries by age 35, for their "ingenious" posts. The network's content has been recognized twelve times by the James Beard Foundation Awards , established to honor excellence in cuisine, food writing , and culinary education in the United States. Eater has also won six awards from American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) and five Emmys. On

280-547: The middle of West Hollywood, Santa Monica, now north of Melrose Avenue turns to run east. In West Hollywood, between Doheny Drive and Fairfax Avenue along Santa Monica Boulevard, bronze name plaques are embedded in the sidewalks as part of the West Hollywood Memorial Walk . The original southern end of California State Route 170 was at the intersection with Highland Avenue . Santa Monica Boulevard merges on its eastern end with Sunset Boulevard in

300-893: The most visible destruction being at the site of the popular Japanese-themed restaurant Sake House. Wexler's Deli co-owner Mike Kassar stated to Eater that "Basically every food and beverage establishment for ten blocks got trashed". Metro Local line 4 and Santa Monica Transit Line 1 serve Santa Monica Boulevard, with the latter serving the boulevard in West Los Angeles and Santa Monica. A portion of West Hollywood-operated The PickUp operates on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. The Metro B Line serves an underground station on Santa Monica Boulevard at its intersection with Vermont Avenue . The Pacific Electric operated Red Car interurban trains and streetcars over Santa Monica Boulevard until 1953. The street hosted

320-496: The network went national in 2009, and covered approximately 20 cities and one U.S. state (Maine) by mid 2012. Vox Media purchased the Curbed Network for approximately US$ 30 million in November 2013. Traffic to Eater increased by 250 percent following the acquisition. In early 2014, Business Insider reported that Eater was generating approximately 2 million of Vox Media's 45 million unique monthly visitors, according to

340-454: The newest restaurants in cities; as well as maps focused on certain cuisines or certain neighborhoods. The majority of Eater maps showcase restaurants across the 23 US cities for which it has dedicated sites, but there are also maps identifying the best restaurants in popular national and international destinations including St. Louis, Honolulu, Kansas City, Barcelona, Rome, Paris, Tokyo, and Florence. In addition to written content, Eater has

360-855: Was also originally part of California State Route 2. From Centinela Avenue, Santa Monica Boulevard heads northeast through the wealthy areas of West Los Angeles , Westwood , Century City , and Beverly Hills before entering the decidedly urban West Hollywood . Santa Monica Boulevard, being a major street, is for most of its length at least four lanes wide. Most of the Westside car dealerships are located on Santa Monica Boulevard. After Sepulveda Boulevard , Santa Monica Boulevard passes by Century City and its shopping center , and intersects with Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. After intersecting with Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica Boulevard continues northeast towards West Hollywood, spanning Beverly Boulevard and Melrose Avenue . At Holloway Drive, in

380-445: Was co-founded by Lockhart Steele and Ben Leventhal in July 2005, and initially focused on New York City's dining and nightlife scenes. The blog was one of three comprising the Curbed Network, founded by Steele in 2004, along with the real estate and fashion networks called Curbed and Racked , respectively. By 2007, Eater was receiving tens of thousands of readers per day. After expanding into Los Angeles and San Francisco,

400-420: Was named Eater 's first editor-in-chief , and Robert Sietsema was hired to be a New York-based food writer. In March 2022, Stephanie Wu became Eater’s second-ever editor-in-chief, succeeding Amanda Kludt. Kludt is now the group publisher of the lifestyle publications at Vox Media, comprising Eater, PS, Punch , and Thrillist . Food & Wine has called Eater "required reading". In 2006,

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