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In 1972, actress Beverly Garland and her husband Fillmore Crank built The Garland Hotel on seven acres in North Hollywood, just minutes from the hub of TV and film studios in the San Fernando Valley. Three decades later, the 250-room hotel was handed down to their son James Crank, who launched a $20-million renovation.
The final phase, completed this year, included the addition of a new restaurant called The Front Yard, which opened earlier this month.
Recruited as executive chef was Chris Turano, who was previously chef de cuisine at Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, CA. That job he got after appearing on the Food Network show Chef Wanted in 2013.
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Turano is managing foodservice throughout the hotel, including several busy banquet spaces on property, as well as working to bring in more than just hotel guests to The...