Restaurant: Sam’s by the Beach [1, 2, 3] Location: 108 W. Channel Rd.(PCH), Santa Monica, CA 90402. 310-230-9100 Date: March 12, 2011 Cuisine: Cal French International Rating: Stellar food and unparalleled service. ANY CHARACTER HERE I already covered the background to Sam’s in…
Last Friday we hosted a little dinner party. I can’t say it was purely an excuse for more cooking and food photos, but well, here they are. Everything in this meal is made from scratch. The first course in summary….
Restaurant: Sushi-Don Location: 970 Monument St #118, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. (310) 454-6710 Date: March 9, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese / Sushi Rating: Not bad for a $20 lunch. There seems to be a strange trend going on right now where top…
Restaurant: Tavern [1, 2, 3, 4] Location: 11648 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049. (310) 806-6464 Date: March 10, 2011 Cuisine: Market driven Californian Rating: Good for dinner too! Every couple of months I get together with a group of friends who all…
Restaurant: Tavern [1, 2, 3, 4] Location: 11648 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049. (310) 806-6464 Date: March 6, 2011 Cuisine: Market driven Californian Rating: Not just your typical short order brunch — but better. Tavern is a favorite midend brunch spot of…
Restaurant: La Sandia Location: 395 Santa Monica Place 305N,Santa Monica, CA 90401. Tel. 310.393.3300 Date: March 5, 2011 Cuisine: Mexican Rating: Tasty, but some serious service issues need working out. I’ve been questing through the various new offerings in the retrofitted Santa…
Restaurant: Caffe Delfini Location: 147 West Channel Road, Santa Monica, CA 90402. tel (310) 459-8823 Date: February 6, 2011 Cuisine: Italian Rating: Good Italian, great value! Caffe Delfini is one of our regular “sunday night” places. LA has a lot of neighborhood…
Restaurant: Sushi Sushi [1, 2, 3, 4] Location: 326 1/2 Beverly Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (310) 277-1165 Date: March 1, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese Sushi Rating: Old school sushi – fantastic fish and presentation! ANY CHARACTER HERE After discovering this place about a…
Restaurant: Piccolo [1, 2] Location: 5 Dudley Ave, Venice, Ca. 310-314-3222 Date: February 26, 2011 Cuisine: Northern Italian Rating: Neighborhood Italian, hybridizing toward modern. Piccolo is a neighborhood Italian located in a rather sketchy area of the venice boardwalk. For a previous review,…
Restaurant: Momed Location: 233 S Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (310) 270-4444 Date: January 31 & April 16, 2011 Cuisine: Modern Middle Eastern Rating: Interesting, and tasty modernized Middle Eastern. ANY CHARACTER HERE I met a friend here for lunch. I…
Restaurant: Kreation Kafe Location: 1023 Montana Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90403. (310) 458-4880 Date: January 21, 2011 Cuisine: Modern Mediterranean Rating: Tasty and modernized take on kabobs and mezzas On the once bustling Montana (now home to more than a few empty…
Restaurant: Rustic Canyon [1, 2, 3, 4] Location: 1119 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, Ca 90401. 310-393-7050 Date: February 25, 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 up…
Restaurant: Palmeri [1, 2] Location: 11650 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049. (310) 442-8446 Date: February 13, 2011 Cuisine: Italian Rating: Great, and good value. ANY CHARACTER HERE Palmeri is one of Brentwood’s vast array of Italian restaurants. It’s one of our favorites though…
Restaurant: Sunnin Location: 1776 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310) 475-3358 Date: December 24, 2010 Cuisine: Lebanese Rating: Cheap tasty Lebanese A couple years ago I had an office a couple blocks from Sunnin, and we used to go…
Restaurant: Gladstones [1, 2] Location: 17300 Pacific Coast HwyPacific Palisades, CA 90272. (310) 454-3474 Date: Jan 18, 2011 Cuisine: American Seafood Summary: Updated classic coastal seafood Just 48 hours after our Sunday trip down the coast to Paradise Cove (REVIEW…
Restaurant: Paradise Cove Location: 28128 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California 90265. 310-457-2503 Date: Jan 16, 2011 Cuisine: American Summary: Great place to spend the day. Food is fine but hardly inspired. Sunday morning rolled around, January 16, and the temperature…
Restaurant: Nobu Malibu [1, 2, 3] Location: 3835 Cross Creek Road # 18, Malibu, CA 90265 (310) 317-9140 Date: February 16, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese Fusion Rating: Maintains it’s very high standards, and price. In my continuing quest to eat the oceans of the…
Restaurant: Drago [1, 2] Location: 2628 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403. T: 310/828-1585 Date: February 5 & October 15, 2011 Cuisine: Italian Rating: One of LA’s top Italians! _ Celestino Drago and his brothers have a bit of a mini Italian culinary empire…
