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Big Ride to Big Oaks

July 5, 2017 | 1 Comments

Gorgeous canyon location, terrible roadhouse food…

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Belle Vie

July 3, 2017 | 0 Comments

Small modernized French Bistro in the Santa Monica midlands…

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Tallulas – Segundo Mexicano

July 1, 2017 | 1 Comments

Disjointed but interesting try to iterate on the Mexican concept in this Rustic Canyon location…

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Great Grenache

June 28, 2017 | 4 Comments

Crazy volumes of big Grenache and even bigger Zin paired with some amazing food…

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Lum Ka Naad

June 26, 2017 | 1 Comments

Very solid Ventura Blvd Thai place…

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Yunnan Garden

June 23, 2017 | 0 Comments

Who knew one of American’s only Yunnan restaurants is just a hop skip and a jump away?

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Grand times at Grand Harbor

June 21, 2017 | 3 Comments

Very good dim sum and White Burgundy meal at a new and over-the-top-decorated

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Moon House

June 19, 2017 | 0 Comments

A passable inexpensive Chinese American place on the westside…

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Taj Tandoori

June 16, 2017 | 0 Comments

Solid made to order curries in Culver City…

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Culina with Friends

June 14, 2017 | 2 Comments

A return trip to Culina has us exploring the regular menu — to excellent effect…

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Bad Boys at Brandywine

June 12, 2017 | 0 Comments

The incredible Brandywine is changing owners soon, so we had to get in at least one final fling…

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Dirty Dozen at Doma

June 9, 2017 | 2 Comments

The “soothing white table cloth” Doma is the location for this Bordeaux themed Dirty Dozen blind dinner…

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Market Ramen

June 7, 2017 | 0 Comments

Straight up, well made, tonkotsu-based ramen in the Mitsuwa Market…

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Duck House – Crawl part 4

June 5, 2017 | 1 Comments

The last stop in our epic Chinese crawl had to be for some Peking Duck…

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Broiling Pit is the Pits – Crawl part 3

June 2, 2017 | 1 Comments

Stop three on our crawl was just not particularly good in an area with so many good places…

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Yay for Yaha – Crawl part 2

May 31, 2017 | 1 Comments

Ultra bargain good Chinese in the far eastern way out…

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Seconds at Chi Spacca

May 29, 2017 | 6 Comments

A special elite dinner of great wines and serious meats…

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Little Fatty

May 26, 2017 | 1 Comments

Really tasty modern Chinese in Mar Vista!

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Italian? – Tom George

May 24, 2017 | 0 Comments

I’m not sure I get these Italians that aren’t really that Italian…

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Not so Glorious

May 22, 2017 | 0 Comments

Some casual Mexican Salvadorian food in Culver City…

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