Ask ten Encino residents what defines the neighborhood in July and you will get ten answers that all sit inside a two-mile stretch of one street. That is the strange thing about summer here. The boulevard has quietly acquired the kind of dining density that used to require a drive over the hill, but the civic rhythm underneath it, the Sunday morning at the farmers market, the walk through Los Encinos, has not changed in a generation. Both things are true on the same block. Living here well in summer means knowing when to pick which layer.
The new arrival everyone is trying to place
The most talked-about opening on Ventura this year is Popular, at 18047 Ventura Boulevard.
