Featured Stories  A gem on Hawthorne  The former Cafe Lena gets
a new look complete with tantalizing breakfast and lunch options
In the case of new daytime nosh spot Jam on Hawthorne, the
moniker refers both to the sweet spread you can slather on toast
and to the genre of trippy, meandering music made famous by
bands such as Phish and the Grateful Dead.  Homemade strawberry
jam, band posters running the length of Jam's dining room and a
tuna melt called Split Open & Melt (an apparent Phish reference,
according to an observant friend) amply support this
supposition.  But Jam on Hawthorne is not exclusively a hippie
haven. The concert posters are neatly framed and hung, meat is
on the menu, and servers are attentive and quick. Overall, it's
a measurable improvement upon the restaurant's previous
incarnation as Cafe Lena, as it existed under Karen Harding's
stewardship.  It was only recently that the storefront at 2239
S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. began changing hands on a yearly basis.
After a good, solid run as a poe