Category Archives: Downtown LA

Tonight: Joe Brooke Takes Over Radio Room and The Edison

So. What are you doing tonight?
It’s a good night as any to head downtown as Radio Room returns to The Edison. If you don’t already know, Radio Room is a sometimes-monthly event with only the best mixologists flown in from top bars from all over. Tonight, it’s Joseph Brooke – of Santa Monica’s Copa d’Oro and winner [...]

Flock of Food Trucks: L.A. Street Food Fest

Tired of chasing the food truck of the moment all over town? Wish you could sample things from multiple trucks for a smorgasbord? Does your favorite food truck never come by your work, no more?
Never fear, because a couple of native Angelenos (yes, they exist) have brought the entire Los Angeles food truck movement together [...]

Super Bowl XLIV Sunday in L.A.: The Round-Up

Got a place to watch the Super Bowl this year? If not, you have a few options around town. These are great if you’re the kind of fan who doesn’t like to clean up afterwards. And there are other great lists which include those I’ve forgotten (see notes) on teh internets LA food pubs so don’t [...]

Pairing of the New Decade: Sake and Wisconsin Cheese

I had first met Barrie Lynn of The Cheese Impresario over planning for Blogger Prom. Our party was so swank, you would bring your cocktail over from the bar to Barrie Lynn – whereby she would taste a straw-full of your cocktail and pair the appropriate cheese to the libation in your glass. If you [...]

Vegan Desserts A Delight Around LA

Los Angeles is a perfect city in which to eat – whether it entails having access to the cuisines of countless ethnicities or healthful options that honor our moral obligations. There’s a tricky thing, however, about desserts for vegans – most of which incorporate butters, understandably, into their recipes. LA vegans have reason to rejoice, [...]

Dine LA Restaurant Week Launches Sunday

Last week, the food and restauranteur community of Los Angeles gathered at The Hollywood Roosevelt to celebrate the launch of the winter installment of Dine LA – a two-week-long collaborative effort to offer diners three-course lunches and dinners at six specific price points.

$      Deluxe Dining   $16  $26
$$    Deluxe Dining   $22  $34
$$$   Fine Dining       $28  $44

The red carpet was [...]

New Year, New Decade: The NYE Dinner-Party Round Up

Photo credit to Stephanie Hillberry on Flickr
It’s not even Christmas Eve but if New Year’s plans give you a fraction of the headache it gives me, you could use this list. Whether you’re simply looking for some celebration bubbly with the guys or gals or for a full-on (or not so full-on) dinner, I’ve got [...]

Inspired Sustenance At Lazy Ox Canteen

It can’t be the easiest time to open a restaurant. While everyone else downsizes, Josef Centeno and Michael Cardenas take the opportunity to fill a niche in Little Tokyo. The aim would be to create a neighborhood canteen. That is, a watering hole with inventive yet casual plates at which you could count on to be [...]

Drago Centro Does $25 Prix Fixe – And Fast

Photo credit to MyLastBite on Flickr
Do you work in downtown LA? Are you running out of quick, interesting lunch options? Drago Centro has come up with a solution – set to change regularly according to season and intermittently featuring some favorite menu items straight out of Chef Celestino Drago’s kitchen. It will run you $25 [...]

Sundays at The Water Grill: The Epic Lobster Clam Bake

Below photos courtesy of Lindsay at LAist
I am always a sucker for seafood. So when I was invited to join Caroline on Crack, Maya of ShopEatSleep and Lindsay of LAist to feast on – what else? – I was all in. Never mind that it was the same day as Great Chefs of LA. I [...]