Proposed annexation of land sparks battle between cities. (Spotlight on Calabasas).(Calabasas, Los Angeles dispute land parcel)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: November 4, 2002| Author: Bronstad, Amanda | Copyright information

WHEN Bob McCord opened the Sagebrush Cantina on Calabasas Road in 1974, he was in the "Old West" of Los Angeles - a two-lane road lined with dirt and hitching posts. "I was the only game in town," McCord remembers.

Now, McCord's Sagebrush Cantina is perennially among the county's top grossing restaurants, seating 1,000 diners a day and generating more than $6 million in annual sales.

That success has helped make the blocklong stretch of Calabasas Road, now kn...

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