Restaurant: Ristorante La Frasca Location: Cervia / Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 9, 2011 Cuisine: Adriatic Italian Rating: Top top traditional ANY CHARACTER HERE A mere two nights have gone by without a truly elaborate starred restaurant dinner, so we headed to…
Restaurant: Lo Sporting Location: Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 9, 2011 Cuisine: Trendy Italian Rating: Decent food, but overpriced ANY CHARACTER HERE One of the cool things about the beach town of Cervia / Milano Marittima is that there are a…
Restaurant: Palace Hotel Location: Cervia / Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 9-11, 2011 Cuisine: Italian Rating: Great hotel breakfast ANY CHARACTER HERE The Palace Hotel in Cervia fits into an interesting class of European hotel. It’s a beach resort, and elegant, but…
Restaurant: Locanda dei Salinari Location: Cervia, Italy Date: June 8, 2011 Cuisine: Adriatic Seafood Rating: Great seafood ANY CHARACTER HERE After three days in the Modena/Parma/Bologna area we relocated west to the Adriactic coastal town of cervia/Milano Maritima. While technically still in…
Restaurant: Il Fantino Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 7, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Big portions, too big! ANY CHARACTER HERE This evening we took to wandering around Modena. We stopped into a local restaurant at 7:30 or so but they weren’t open yet (in the…
Restaurant: Trattoria Leonida Location: Bologna, Italy Date: June 7, 2011 Cuisine: Bolognese Rating: Big menu, great food ANY CHARACTER HERE We continue our sojourn across Emilia-Romagna. It was a rainy day in Bologna, and we stopped for lunch in this Trattoria in the…
Restaurant: Osteria Francescana Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 6, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Amazing Italian Molecular! ANY CHARACTER HERE Our first fancy meal of the trip was at Osteria Francescana, a modern Italian in Modena with 2 Michelin stars. Francescana has an unusual…
Restaurant: Cocchi Ristorante Location: Parma, Italy Date: June 6, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Amazing traditional! ANY CHARACTER HERE Today we ventured out to Parma, home of Parmesan and Prosciutto. We met up with a friend of a friend who took us…
Restaurant: Hotel Real Fini Via Emilia Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 5-8, 2011 Cuisine: Breakfast Buffet Rating: Typical Italian Hotel Breakfast ANY CHARACTER HERE Italian hotels almost always include breakfast. The Real Fini in Modena’s is extremely typical of mid range hotels….
Restaurant: Osteria del Pozzo Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 5, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Very good casual ANY CHARACTER HERE This post kicks off the food portion of my 2011 Europe trip, Eating Italy. We begin our month of gastronomic excess…
Restaurant: Mezze Location: 401 N La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. 310.657.4103 Date: May 31, 2011 Cuisine: Modern Middle Eastern Rating: Really tasty! ANY CHARACTER HERE For a long time in the 2000s Sona was my favorite restaurant in LA, and I was sad…
It was my brother-in-law’s birthday, and a warm California Friday in late may, so his wife organized a little get together in the Santa Monica mountains at Malibu Wines. Now, I’m not super partial to California wines in general (too…
Restaurant: Craft Location: 10100 Constellation Blvd. Century City, Ca. 90067. 310-279-4180 Date: May 26, 2011 Cuisine: Farmer’s Market California Rating: Nice little power lunch ANY CHARACTER HERE I was meeting a friend in Century City at the Annenberg Space for Photography…
Restaurant: Locanda Portofino Location: 1110 Montana Ave. Santa Monica, Ca 90403. 310-394-2070 Date: May 20, 2011 Cuisine: Northern Italian Summary: Tasty neighborhood Italian ANY CHARACTER HERE For whatever reason Los Angeles has a lot of Italian restaurants. There’s a lot of competition and innovation, and…
Restaurant: Go’s Mart [1, 2] Location: 22330 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA 91303 818.704.1459 Date: May 28, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese Sushi Rating: Possibly LA’s best sushi! ANY CHARACTER HERE The Food Club has been talking about taking a trip to Go’s Mart for months,…
Restaurant: Zengo [1, 2, 3] Location: 395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Tel. 310.899.1000 Date: May 20, 2011 Cuisine: Latin-Asian Fusion Rating: Color me confused — It’s in a mall, and it’s pretty good. ANY CHARACTER HERE As I discussed previously, this is a slightly commercialized…
Restaurant: Sam’s by the Beach [1, 2, 3] Location: 108 W. Channel Rd.(PCH), Santa Monica, CA90402. 310-230-9100 Date: May 14, Sept 4, & Oct 30, 2011 Cuisine: Cal French International Rating: Stellar food and unparalleled service. ANY CHARACTER HERE I already covered the background…
Restaurant: Rustic Canyon [1, 2, 3, 4] Location: 1119 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, Ca 90401. 310-393-7050 Date: May 13, 2011 & December 2, 2011 Cuisine: Farmer’s Market Californian Summary: Excellent Seasonal New American ANY CHARACTER HERE As a seasonal market driven California restaurant Rustic canyon can be counted on to mix…
