Author: Colleen Corcoran

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Local Small Business

Local Business Spotlight: Yellow Paper Burger

Yellow Paper Burger is a popular smash-burger restaurant in Eagle Rock that started as a backyard pop-up in the San Gabriel Valley before opening a permanent location in 2025. It’s known for classic Southern California-style burgers wrapped in yellow paper (which inspired the name), along with hot dogs, tater tots, pickled eggs, and house-made hand pies.

Co-owner Colin Fahrner shared a bit of YPB’s history with us.

What is the story behind Yellow Paper Burger?
Husband and wife team Katie & Colin Fahrner started YPB as a popup in 2019. During the pandemic the couple setup in their backyard and served burgers out of their back alley. As things reopened, YPB went full time with popups around town. After years of looking for their own space, they finally found a home in Eagle Rock, opening their brick and mortar in Jan 2025.

What made you decide to move from operating a pop-up to a brick and mortar restaurant, and what made you choose Eagle Rock?
We felt like it was time to take the next step and challenge ourselves – we were consistenly selling out at our popups and it felt like the demand was there for a full-on restaurant. We looked for three years all over the East side, and when we found our current space in Eagle Rock, it was exactly what we had been waiting for. We did many popups in this area and the response was always positive, so we had a good feeling that setting up here would be the right fit.

What are some of your most popular menu items that people should be sure to try?
The burger of course! We also offer hot dogs, tater tots and a pickled egg. My wife Katie makes incredible fresh pastry every day as well – apple hand pies, brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts or whatever she feels like making that week!

What has the response been thus far to Yellow Paper Burger from the Eagle Rock community?
The response has been awesome – as we all know it’s a challenging time for independent bars and restaurants, and to have the support of our community means the world to us.

Yellow Paper Burger
1740 Colorado Blvd, Eagle Rock, CA 90041
Wed-Sun 12pm-8:30pm

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Eagle Rock

Supporting Local Business and Vibrant Public Space in Eagle Rock

As we head into fall, TERA is kicking off our work on two new committees that came out of our strategic planning process in March:



TERA’s Public Space Working Group will support safer and more accessible streets and sidewalks, as well as improvement, activation, and and access to park space in Eagle Rock. This committee This committee will continue and expand TERA’s ongoing work on safety initiatives like Slow Yosemite and Rock the Boulevard, and we will also explore opportunities for new projects like park activations, pocket parks, and other public space improvements around Eagle Rock.

TERA’s Happening in Eagle Rock Initiative will support new and legacy businesses in Eagle Rock with local knowledge and assistance with code compliance, to sustain and grow local economic development and community events. We are also beginning an audit of vacant storefronts in Eagle Rock, and we hope to help pop-ups and permanent businesses fill those spaces in the future. 

We’re looking for volunteers to get involved in both of these working groups. Reach out to us to find out more, if interested!
We’ll continue to share more volunteer opportunities and other ways to get involved with TERA soon. 

 

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Los Angeles

TERA’s comments on the City of LA budget

This month the City of Los Angeles undertook difficult discussions about setting a budget for the next fiscal year in the context of a $1 billion budget shortfall. TERA provided feedback on this process, expressing concern about the possibility of drastic layoffs. Read our letter to the Los Angeles City Council and comments on budget priorities:

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