February 12, 2010 – 3:03 pm
Arguably the location of the best Chinese food on the West Coast, San Gabriel Valley neighbors Pasadena. Sometimes, though, you’re just in the mood for something a tad more posh, like cushioned wicker chairs with a garden view. Or a cheese plate. Or oysters on the half-shell. Or interesting small plates. Sometimes you’re just in the [...]
January 20, 2010 – 11:18 am
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 [...]
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Tagged Cube LA, Dine LA, DineLA family tree, Dinner, Eva, Hollywood, launch party, lunch, Palate, Petrossian, prix fixe, restaurants, Roosevelt Hotel
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December 22, 2009 – 7:28 pm
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 [...]
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Tagged 8 Oz Burger Bar, Bottomless bubbly, bottomless champagne, celebration, champagne toast, Charlie's Malibu, Dakota Chop House, Dinner, dinners, Little Cave, los angeles, New Year, New Year's Eve, New Years Eve parties, Nobu Los Angeles, Nobu West Hollywood, NYE, NYE 2010, parties, Petrossian, Pourtal, prix fixe, Rivera Restaurant, Roosevelt Hotel, Royal/T, Vertical Wine Bistro, Yamashiro
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December 10, 2009 – 11:31 am
Photo credit to Velo Steve on Flickr
Let’s start this countdown to Christmas, shall we? (That is – if you celebrate.) Starting this Saturday, the “Wine Dude” over at Vertical Bistro in Pasadena, David Haskell, will select a different sparkling wine every day (with the exception of Mondays) to be featured in the bar and lounge for just [...]
November 9, 2009 – 12:02 pm
Ready to dine out for a good cause?
Buy a Dining Out to End Cancer card for $25 and for the month of November, get 20% off the entire check – excluding alcohol, tax and gratuity – at participating restaurants.
Proceeds from the sale of Dining Out to End Cancer cards will support highest priority cancer research at [...]
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Tagged 20% off, Dining Out to End Cancer, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Savings card, UCLA
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October 2, 2009 – 9:37 am
Everybody probably knows even better than we do how we don’t really have a “fall” here in L.A. Seeing how September was frickin’ hot, and the temperatures have cooled down (before they warmed up again yesterday), I can say with confidence that fall, as Angelenos know it, is finally here. If weather won’t do it, [...]
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Also posted in Deals, Events, Mid-Town, eagle rock
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Tagged Autumn Fest, beer fest, Eagle Rock Music Festival, Farmer's Market, Free museum admission, L.A., LA museums, museums, Museums Free-For-All, Music festival, Pasadena Wine Festival
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September 4, 2009 – 9:41 am
Photo credit to elakerfan on Flickr
I’m going to New York next week. Though I’m very much a subway girl while there, there will be a lot of taxis – and at that, ones you can hail. I doubt any of us ever instructed anybody to “hail a cab” as a means of getting around Los [...]
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Tagged 777222, cab, GoFastCab, los angeles, taxi, text messaging, Yellow Cab
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August 18, 2009 – 6:22 am
Suckling pig, pistachio beans, onions, OJ, coriander
Michael Voltaggio embodies brave, bold cooking. There is no doubt that at the other end of the meal, your palate will have changed, been expanded and ultimately a different palate than before. It will be one more open to new ideas.
Just a glance at the tasting menu I had [...]
Lemon Ricotta Hotcakes
How many times have we all visited a diner in the wee morning hours with the express intent of soaking up the previous night’s libations? Never mind that it was actually just hours before – the reason we order breakfast foods is at least partly because we can. Oh, you rebel, you. But [...]
