Axe, Los Angeles (CLOSED): ChefDb: The Chef and Restaurant Database

Santa Monica Boulevard (1990 - 1995)
1009 Abbot Kinney Boulevard (1999 - 2014)
Los Angeles, California

(1990 - 2010 ; 2011 - 2014)

Opened in Santa Monica in 1990 and closed for 3 months after the Northridge earthquake of January 1994. It reopened for 9 months and closed at this location in 1995.
At the Venice location Axe was closed by fire August 2010, reopened July 27, 2011.

Philip Pretty Executive Chef 2012 - 2014	>
Brian Dunsmoor Chef 2011	>
Daniel Holzman Chef 2005 - 2006	>
Joanna Moore Chef & Owner 1990 - 2014	>

From the Axe website: AXE (ă • shay) is a salutation borrowed from Yoruba (where Nigeria is today) that means, "go with the power of the Gods and Goddesses".