Day: March 16, 2015

Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade-adjacent Asian-fusion restaurant Buddha’s Belly closed last year and reopened in January of this year as The Independence.  Initially, the kitchen was to be headed up by b.o.s. chef David Bartnes, but those plans fell through.  Instead, chef Tom Block, formerly of Beelman’s Pub, helms the back of the house.  Earlier […]