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When you get hungry, take a quick walk to Checker Hall, a neighborhood bar and restaurant that serves California-Mediterranean food such as skewers, turkish chicken and chicken schnitzel.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Nearby, a man fanned skewers sizzling on a barbecue grill while a couple played badminton and retirees sang cheerfully on a park bench.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Here, Melville is an American Kafka or Gogol, and in this guise, he skewers our pervasive national ethos that values ambition and striving above all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

You can even make the drink an entire meal by adding mini sliders on skewers.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

A man just ahead was selling skewers of roast meat from a cart, and die procession halted as the Poor Fellows moved him out of the way.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin