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The Upland Chamber of Commerce will hold its "First Friday" networking breakfast meeting 7 to 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Carnegie Building, 123 E. D. St. in Upland.
Cost to attend is $10 for Chamber members and $15 for prospective members.
Cost is $15 at the door.
The meeting is sponsored by David H. Gilbert, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Upland.
Breakfast will be provided by Pine Haven Catering and Confections.
Reservations must be made today by calling 909-204-4465.
The city is inviting the public to help them celebrate the grand opening of Jersey Mike's Subs on Wednesday at their new location in the Colonies Crossroads shopping center at 1945 N. Campus Ave.
Residents can stop by Upland City Hall at 460 N. Euclid Ave., the Upland Public Library at 450 N. Euclid Ave. or the Upland Recreation Office at 651 W. 15th St. to pick up coupons for 50 percent off.
For every coupon redeemed between Wednesday and Sunday, Jersey Mike's will donate $1 to the city's Adult Literacy and Build-A-Dream scholarship programs, which benefit underprivileged youth.
Deli V Bakery & Cafe in downtown Upland was named the Small Business of the Month by San Bernardino County Supervisor Gary Ovitt's office.
Every month Ovitt's office accepts the nominations of small businesses that are successfully working to improve the local economy and are making a difference in the community.
Deli V Bakery at 134 N. 2nd Ave. #H, was honored last week
The bakery is owned by Visa and Tong Lam.
"Visa Lam has demonstrated the values of entrepreneurship and determination through her opening this successful small business," Ovitt said in a news release from his office. "The Inland Empire and in particular Upland are honored to have a Le Cordon Bleu trained chef offering an international festival of culinary dishes."
The bakery has been involved with and provided services for numerous community activities including the Scheu Family YMCA of Upland annual Incredible Edibles fundraising event, providing gift cards to charitable causes and mentoring youth in the community.
Nominated businesses need to be located within the cities of Chino, Chino Hills, Montclair, Ontario and the portion of Upland south of Foothill Blvd.
Nominations must include the name of the business, name of the owner, address and reason why they are being nominated.
They can be nominated by emailing supervisorovitt@sbcounty.gov or call 909-465-1895.
Kids Galore at 172 D. St. would like to be a place for residents to drop off their unneeded gently used children's and baby items this holiday season.
The store sells gently used baby and children's items.
They accept donations as well as buy and trade items.
They can be reached at 909-946-6220.
Teresa Tims, president of TDR Mortgage in Upland, is offering families and friends of members of the armed forces a special gift this holiday season.
They can stop by the office at 180 D. St. from 2 to 7 p.m. on Friday to receive a free video and family portrait to send to their loved ones serving in the military.
Professional Photographer Kerstie Kooiman will donate her time to take the photos.
For more information call 909-920-3500.
The Inland Empire chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women will be hosting a holiday party from 5 to 7 p.. Thursday at the Carnegie Building, 123 D Street in Upland.
The party will be an evening of "retail therapy," appetizers, wine and networking.
Cost is $10 per person at the door.
Advance RSVP is required due to limited seating.
The retail therapists participating in the party include Scentsy, I [heart] IW, Skin Tuition Spa Studio, Silpada Sterling Silver Jewelry, The Dress Farm Boutique & Spa, Gourmet Chocolates by Krysten Peterson, Gigi Hill, Quackenbos Computer Solutions, Mary Kay, The Pampered Cher and Norwex.
For more information call 951-639-3794 or email crewinlandempire@gmail.com
UPLAND - Mediterranean fusion is headed to downtown.
The City Council recently approved a lease agreement with Eden Garden Fusion Grill, which will allow the restaurant to move into the recently renovated Lemon Growers Building, 392 E. A St.
The Finance and Economic Development Committee reviewed the lease and business operations before recommending for the approval.
"Once it was the concern of the committee, it was the other restaurants, there's one in Glendora and one in Pasadena, how do those fit in with the community," said Brendan Brandt, council member and committee chairman. "I know staff did research on that and they fit in really well. There's been little if any complaints whether it be police activity or whatever, which I think are the issues the committee were concerned with."
Council members sent the item to the committee for review due to concerns about the restaurant being a sports bar and having live entertainment, such as belly dancing.
At that time, the restaurant's name was Eden Garden Sports Bar and Grill.
The tenant, Art Villegas, who owns the two similar restaurants in Pasadena and Glendora, said he will change the restaurant's name from Eden Garden Sports Bar and Grill to Eden Garden Fusion Grill to avoid the misconception that it is a sports bar.
Previously, Mayor Ray Musser said he had concerns about the restaurant not being family friendly and patrons being able to smoke
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However, Musser changed his mind after attending a dinner at Villegas's Pasadena restaurant.
"We went in and I appreciated very much what I'd seen. I was proud to be part of what the atmosphere was there," Musser said.
"We were on the patio in this case. The patio was just a very nice situation. It was very pleasant. It was elegant. It was family."
The city co-owns the building with the San Bernardino Associated Governments, and shared the costs to renovate the building constructed in the 1930s.
The city will receive 52.5 percent of lease revenue, while SanBAG will receive 47.5 percent.
The restaurant will pay $3,225 in monthly rent, but will receive the first six months free.
Eden Garden's lease has an initial term of 10 years as well as two, five-year extensions.
The restaurant will also pay property taxes, insurance and maintenance costs.
The city reserved $60,000 in the project's budget to complete improvements to the building once a tenant was secured.
Improvements will be made to fixtures in the kitchen - including a ventilation system and flooring.
"We have learned from experience that when we improve a building for a restaurant, it would not be beneficial to us to assume what type of flooring the restaurant would want to place inside the building," said Jeff Zwack, the city's development director.
"So we held off on that improvement knowing a future tenant could come in and we could say here is money that was budgeted for improvements. This is not a loan. It's money we budgeted and would have spent otherwise on improvements."
For the owners to have live entertainment, such as belly dancing or music, they will need to be granted a conditional-use permit by the Planning Commission, Zwack said.
Parking issues would also be addressed by the commission, he said.
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Christophe's Restaurant and Lounge in downtown Upland has won first place in two categories on the CityVoter Inland Empire HOTLIST.
They won "Best Place to Impress a Date" and "Best Specialty Cocktail."
"To have this tiny 18-table restaurant win this means so much to me and to win both categories - I'm tickled pink," said Janet Speaks, manager at Christophe's.
Besides receiving recognition, Speaks said HOTLIST winners have a chance to be featured on Good Day LA.
The restaurant recently introduced their "101 Martini's List," which they hope will become even more popular with their "best specialty cocktail" win.
"Customers are just going crazy over it," Speaks said.
Since the restaurant's opening a year and a half ago, there have been many changes in order to boost patronage.
They have changed their menu, lowered prices and are offering various promotions.
Business is getting there," Speaks said. "Because we're still so young, our weekdays are questionable. We still need business during the weekdays, which is why we're trying to do so many coupons and promotions and advertising we can."
Christophe's is at 296 North 2nd Ave. in downtown.
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