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Jon Esformes founded the Westwood Country Market in 2005.  The restaurant serves delicious California cuisine, great coffee, fresh fruits, tasty deserts and a variety of specials.  The atmosphere is a refreshing aside from the hectic pace of West Los Angeles.  Mr. Esformes concept for the restaurant was to provide fresh and healthy foods typically found in a small gourmet country market.  The restaurant is accompanied by a boutique market with wine, fresh fruit and vegetables, specialty deli and lots of other great stuff.  If you are a having a special event that requires a special menu and great service, in our humble opinion, the team at the Westwood Country Market is the best catering company in town. 
 
Jon’s restaurant provides opportunities to newly sober people to get back into the workforce.  Since the inception of the organization Jon has employed over 10 recovering individuals.  The 12 Angels chose the Westwood Country Market for our spotlight section during our hunt for a venue for our meeting.  Consistent with our theory, The Westwood Country Market is a great example of how entrepreneurship in the recovery community can provide jobs and opportunities. 
 
We wish Jon Esformes and his team much success.

 

Jon Esformes
Interior of
Country Market
Sara Vic

The first project successfully handled by the 12 Angels was the opening of Wonderland Center in July.

Wonderland Center is a new residential treatment center located in Laurel Canyon. The opening included two parties hosting over 350 people from the sober community.

The center is fully operational, providing residential treatment, out-patient services, sober companions, and sober living accommodations. The Wonderland Treatment team brings together the best of LA's addiction prevention professionals, and nearly all of the 12 beds available were full within the first month.
Small Business Report, LA Times June 21, 2006

Giving a Chance to the Newly Sober
Recovering addicts can be among the best workers. Ask L.A. cafe owner Jon Esformes. -
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