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Locanda Portofino – In the Neighborhood

May 30, 2011 | 1 Comments

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…

Go Go Go Sushi!

May 29, 2011 | 4 Comments

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,…

Zengo – Macro Mall Medley

May 27, 2011 | 3 Comments

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…

Sam’s by the Beach 3D

May 25, 2011 | 5 Comments

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…

Rustic Canyon 4

May 22, 2011 | 2 Comments

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…

Sushi Glutton – Takao Three

May 19, 2011 | 9 Comments

Restaurant: Takao [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Location: 11656 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049. (310) 207-8636 Date: May 15, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese / Sushi Rating: 9/10 creative “new style” sushi _ I’ve already covered Takao in some detail HERE and then separately here, but we went…

Sushi Sushi – Small Omakase

May 17, 2011 | 4 Comments

Restaurant: Sushi Sushi [1, 2, 3, 4] Location: 326 1/2 Beverly Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (310) 277-1165 Date: May 10, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese Sushi Rating: Old school sushi – fantastic fish and presentation! ANY CHARACTER HERE I had the sushi craving and went back again to my new…

Palisades Yogurt Shoppe

May 14, 2011 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Yogurt Shoppe Location: 873 Swarthmore Ave, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. 310-459-0088 Date: Friday May 13, 2011! Cuisine: Frozen Yogurt Rating: Yummy & Popular. ANY CHARACTER HERE Recently a new frozen yogurt place opened in the heart of the Pacific Palisades Village. This…

Chili Addiction – The Heartstopper

May 12, 2011 | 0 Comments

Restaurant: Chili Addiction Location: 408 N La Cienega Blvd. (323) 203-1793 Date: May 7, 2011 Cuisine: Comfort Food Rating: Tasty! ANY CHARACTER HERE Last Saturday a good friend of mine had a bunch of people over for a BBQ. He got all his…

Margarita Madness – Mother’s Day

May 11, 2011 | 1 Comments

Yesterday I covered the making of awesome margarita mix. Today I’ll show how easy it is to pull the stuff out of the fridge and turn it into incredible frozen drinks. The secret here is the Blendtec. Every summer I…

Margarita Madness – The Mix

May 10, 2011 | 4 Comments

I tend to error on the obsessive compulsive side (no duh). So, about six years ago when I first started making Margaritas seriously I went through a lengthy experimentation phase to find the perfect recipe. Now one could (and I…

Matsuhisa – The Private Room

May 8, 2011 | 6 Comments

Restaurant: Matsuhisa [1, 2] Location: 129 N La Cienega Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90211. (310) 659-9639 Date: May 6, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese Fusion Rating: As good as it’s always been! ANY CHARACTER HERE Some good friends were in town who had never tried Nobu Matsuhisa‘s…

The Lobster claws at the pier

May 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

Restaurant: The Lobster Location: 1602 Ocean Ave. Santa Monica, California 90401. 310.458.9294 Date: April 29, 2011 Cuisine: Seafood Rating: Great view, decent food. ANY CHARACTER HERE Every couple months we go to the Lobster. It’s located right at the top of…

Palmeri again

May 5, 2011 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Palmeri [1, 2] Location: 11650 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049. (310) 442-8446 ‎ Date: April 3, 2011 Cuisine: Italian Rating: Great, and good value. ANY CHARACTER HERE Palmei is one of our Sunday regular places. I’ve already covered the basics in my previous…

Josie Restaurant

May 4, 2011 | 1 Comments

Josie’s doesn’t disappoint. Very solid farmer’s market driven new American. There’s even a good bit of game!

Ford’s Filling Station

May 3, 2011 | 2 Comments

Restaurant: Ford’s Filling Station Location: 9531 Culver Blvd, Culver City. 310-202-1470 Date: April 28, 2011 Cuisine: Gastropub Rating: Always great for lunch. ANY CHARACTER HERE It was a gorgeous day (again) in LA, so I headed out to find another…

Seconds at Sotto

May 1, 2011 | 4 Comments

Restaurant: Sotto [1, 2, 3] Location: 9575 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035 310.277.0210 Date: April 26, 2011 Cuisine: Sicilian and Sardinian Italian Rating: Bold flavors, off to a great start! ANY CHARACTER HERE We needed a restaurant to celebrate the end of passover that…

Mark’s Duck House

April 29, 2011 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Mark’s Duck House [1, 2] Location: 6184 Arlington Blvd # A, Falls Church, VA 22044 703-532-2125 Date: April 23, 2011 Cuisine: Cantonese Chinese Rating: Very very good cantonese. ANY CHARACTER HERE This seeming hole in the wall in Falls Church…

Taking back Little Saigon

April 28, 2011 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Little Saigon Location: 6218 Wilson Blvd, Falls Church, VA 22044-3210 (703) 536-2633 Date: April 22, 2011 Cuisine: Vietnamese ANY CHARACTER HERE One of my favorite places back “home” (Washington D.C.) is Little Saigon, a local hole in the wall Vietnamese place with absolutely stellar food….

Fogo de Chao – Beef!

April 27, 2011 | 4 Comments

Restaurant: Fogo de Chao Location: 133 North La Cienega Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211-2206 (310) 289-7755 Date: April 21, 2011 Cuisine: Brazilian Grilled Meats Rating: Meat meat meat! ANY CHARACTER HERE I’m not normally a big fan of chains, but Fogo is one…

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