Tag Archives: Beverly Hills

M Café: Accessible Macrobiotics & Plain Deliciousness

January 8, 2010 – 9:24 am

All good things – that require discipline – come to an end. That is, in my case, anyway; I had dabbled in Macrobiotics all but a week a few years ago before deciding that my palate wasn’t committed and my budget wasn’t copious. It’s not as if I didn’t agree with the basic theories behind the [...]

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Opening Night At Bouchon Beverly Hills

November 19, 2009 – 10:47 am

I had heard stories of the red carpet opening a couple nights prior, for which my credentials didn’t quite make the cut. Ultimately, I convinced myself, I was going to have a full meal at Bouchon on opening day – that is, one of the first meals ever served at the Beverly Hills outpost. While [...]

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Bouchon Brings French Country To Beverly Hills

November 13, 2009 – 12:09 pm

Add Bouchon Los Angeles to Yountville and Las Vegas, and then add Bouchon to The French Laundry, Per Se, Ad Hoc and Bouchon Bakery. This is Thomas Keller up front and right here in our city and on Cañon. And it’s about time, Chef: “I am very excited to open Bouchon in Beverly Hills. I [...]

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Destination: Happy Hour at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse

October 28, 2009 – 6:33 am

All photography graciously provided by Andrew Herrold
It’s a restaurant in Beverly Hills with Wolfgang’s name on it. And you would be sorely mistaken to think it were that Wolfgang – because it’s not. Zwiener, who is the former famed head waiter at New York’s Peter Luger Steakhouse, had built an identity and following of his [...]

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Rosé et Fromage at Maison 140

July 15, 2009 – 9:01 am

Maison 140’s Bar Noir is quite a unique spot. With Maison 140 being a boutique hotel housing only 43 unique guestrooms, it’s actually hidden away in an enclave in Beverly Hills. Bar Noir has Mandarin and French black-red themes and an intimate feel, which makes it the perfect place to relax with a few good [...]

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Accessorize Like a Rock Star: Soffer Ari Store Launch

June 17, 2009 – 9:44 pm

Soffer Ari reached a milestone by opening his own flagship store in the beginning of the month. It’s well-deserved; he’s been in the business for 13 years. I could really tell that everything in Soffer Ari’s store is not only handmade but made with the utmost care and the finest detail, the last finish. Rock [...]

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Getting Happy at Hokusai

June 3, 2009 – 9:53 pm

The space is special to me because I used to come when it was the bar formerly co-owned by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon called The Continental. And that was something special you could say about the nearest bar to your first post-college, entry-level job in Los Angeles.
Hokusai now occupies the remodeled bar-restaurant and is [...]

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In the Chef’s Cabana at blue on blue at Avalon Hotel, Beverly Hills

May 10, 2009 – 5:16 pm

I had driven past Avalon Hotel countless times before. Located at the base of Beverly Drive at Olympic Blvd., it’s a straight shot down from my place. I was always intrigued by the modern façade in the front overlooking a small, U-shaped driveway but had no occasion to visit. What I didn’t know was that [...]

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