![]() ![]() He enlists Jean as his own personal murder Swiffer, there to clean up his villainous trail. ![]() He falls within the orbit of mob boss Nelson Clay, played by Brendan Coyle (better known as Bates, the source of the most boring plot lines on “Downton Abbey”). It’s only when his estranged brother comes back into town - carting with him a dead drug mule with a stomach full of saleable heroin - that Jean goes rogue. As an adult, Jean is still trying to scrub it away, running his own crime scene cleanup business for which he regularly gets elbow deep in enough blood and brain splatter to make the set designers of “Dexter” salivate. Haunted by a childhood trauma that appears in flashback to have taken place in post-apocalyptic Panem (but it was probably just somewhere in the French countryside), Jean and his brother Martin (played as an adult by Denis Ménochet) are involved in a gruesome crime. In “Spotless,” the first scripted drama series from Esquire, we find another hero who is forced to ply his craft at the service of the underworld, hoping to maintain the crumbling facade of his happy middle class life.īut that’s where the paths of Walter White and Jean Bastiere (André Grondin) diverge. Walter White of “Breaking Bad,” for example, was pressed into the service of meth-making once bills and a cancer diagnosis gave him few alternatives. Its website and phone numbers are down, and Yelp identifies its sites as permanently closed.Desperate men make for great drama. Spotless Burgers, Upland: This regional chain served plant-based meat substitutes with locations in Glendora, San Gabriel and Garden Grove in addition to this one at 1398 E. Albertaco’s Mexican Food moved into the space. Pappasito’s Mexican Grill & Seafood, San Bernardino: Yelp reviewers liked the carne asada nachos and burritos served in this place at 4000 N. The Original Cottage, Rimforest: This mountain eatery, known for both its breakfast menu and its pizza, closed in October, according to a Facebook post by owners Sandra and Esteban De Leon. Ontario Bakery: Founded in 1958, this business faced increasing competition from neighbors like Walmart when its most recent owners, Chris and Kathy Fabos, retired in February after running the place for nearly 40 years. Zero & Hanabi, which sells handcrafted fruit teas, is set to replace The Mug Shakes in Ontario Mill’s food court. Later it opened a location in Ontario Mills’ food court. The Mug Shakes, Rancho Cucamonga and Ontario: This milkshake shop opened in Victoria Gardens in 2016, serving its over-the-top desserts in fruit jars. 31 after 54 years, according to a sign posted by the owners, Norma and Jose Munios. Las Cuatro Milpas, San Bernardino: This restaurant at 856 N Mount Vernon Ave. Three locations in Moreno Valley remain open. It specialized in pastry and sandwiches as well as coffee drinks. It closed last summer after 14 years, but performers moved their annual “Holiday Follies” revue to the Lewis Family Playhouse in Rancho Cucamonga.Ĭupcake & Espresso Bar, Redlands: This Riverside County chain took over space formerly occupied by Augie’s Coffee on the ground floor of Citrus Center, the high-rise at 300 E. San Bernardino CountyĬenter Stage Theatre, Fontana: This dinner theater occupied a converted movie theater at 8463 Sierra Ave. Smoke & Fire Social Eatery quickly moved into the space at 5225 Canyon Crest Drive, No. Smokey Canyon BBQ, Riverside: Pam and Dan Nusser served diners at Canyon Crest Towne Center from 2007 until last spring. Its space was taken over by Griddle Me This. It closed in August, a few days short of the food hall’s fourth anniversary. The menu included pulled pork sandwiches and loaded fries with pork belly. Pig Pen Delicacy, Riverside: This was one of the first eateries in the Riverside Food Lab, 3605 Market St.
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