Restaurant: Capo [1, 2, 3] Location: 1810 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, Ca. 310-394-5550 Date: February 14, 2011 Cuisine: Italian with Cal influences Rating: Well done, particularly for a special night. _ Valentines is tricky restaurant-wise, and rarely shows off a place at it’s best. The economics…
Restaurant: Takao [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Location: 11656 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049. (310) 207-8636 Date: March 9, 2010 and February 12, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese / Sushi Rating: 9/10 creative “new style” sushi _ Takao is my local outlet…
Restaurant: Sushi Sushi [1, 2, 3, 4] Location: 326 1/2 Beverly Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (310) 277-1165 Date: February 11, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese Sushi Rating: Old school sushi – fantastic fish and presentation! ANY CHARACTER HERE Last week I ate at this…
Restaurant: Saam [1, 2, 3] Location: 465 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. 310.246.5555 Date: February 10, 2011 Cuisine: Spanish influenced Molecular Gastronomy Rating: Awesome, even better than The Bazaar. _ I’ve been to The Bazaar (REVIEW HERE) about 8-10 times. For the…
Restaurant: Xino [1, 2] Location: 395 Santa Monica PlSte 308Santa Monica, CA 90401. (310) 755-6220 Date: February 7, 2011 Cuisine: Modern Dim sum Rating: A little heavy, but I’m glad to have some more good dim sum on the westside. Xino is another…
Restaurant: Zengo [1, 2, 3] Location: 395 Santa Monica Place, b/w Broadway & Colorado, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Tel. 310.899.1000 Date: February 4, 2011 Cuisine: Latin-Asian Fusion Rating: Color me confused — It’s in a mall, and it’s pretty good. ANY CHARACTER HERE With…
During my mom’s birthday weekend we seized on the opportunity of a fridge filled with pizza ingredients to whip up a number of Gavin-style breakfasts. First I made my Spanish eggs (SEE HERE). The next day my brother cooked up one of…
For the second half of my mother’s birthday weekend we hosted a small pizza party. I’ve already detailed the entire process involved in the making of my Ultimate Pizza (CLICK HERE for the index page). This party was merely a refinement…
Restaurant: Fraiche Location: 9411 Culver Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232. 310-839-6800 Date: January 29, 2011 Cuisine: Cal French Italian Rating: Interesting, Tasty, and surprisingly reasonable. My office was in Culver City in 2007 and 2008 and somehow I never tried…
Restaurant: La Cachette Bistro [1, 2] Location: 1733 Ocean AveSanta Monica, CA 90401(310) 434-9509 Date: January 15, 2011 & December 7, 2011 Cuisine: (Cal) French Rating: Great food, good value for what you get. Movie night, and off to La Cachette Bistro…
Restaurant: Pearl Dragon Location: 15229 West Sunset Boulevard Westside CA 90272. (310) 459-9790 Date: Jan 16, 2011 Cuisine: Pan Asian / Sushi Summary: Great “new style” sushi. Pearl Dragon is one of the few dinner restaurants in Pacific Palisades, and the only…
Restaurant: Matsuhisa [1, 2] Location: 129 N La Cienega Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90211. (310) 659-9639 Date: January 23, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese Fusion Rating: As good as it’s always been! ANY CHARACTER HERE When I first ate at Matsuhisa 15 years ago it was…
Restaurant: Fig Location: 101 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, Ca 90401. 310-319-3111 Date: January 14, 2011 Cuisine: Farmer’s Market American Rating: Solid! It’s fairly impressive that the Santa Monica Fairmont invested in getting a REAL chef (Ray Garcia) and turned their…
Restaurant: Bistro LQ [1, 2] Location: 8009 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048. (323) 951-1088 Date: January 20, 2011 Cuisine: Modern French Rating: Legendary. Trufflumpagus is still squatting inside my skull. Back in December my Foodie Club friends and I had heard about this crazy “19…
Restaurant: Gjelina [1, 2, 3] Location: 1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd, CA 90291. (310) 250-1429 Date: Jan 11, 2011 Cuisine: New Californian Rating: Perfect lunch! _ My brother and I love Gjelina’s for lunch. Nowhere else in LA is the casual New American done…
Restaurant: Brentwood Location: 148 S Barrington Ave Los Angeles CA 90049. 310-476-3511 Date: Jan 9, 2011 Cuisine: American Brentwood is a local bar/restaurant perfect for the Sunday night with-the-kid dinner. It’s pretty straight up American, very tasty, but a…
Restaurant: La Terraza Location: Madrid Spain Date: June 29, 2010 Cuisine: Molecular Spanish Gastronomy Rating: Fantastic! We spent the month of June in Spain and this included a legion of fantastic meals. Recently I covered a traditional Spanish place (REVIEW HERE), but…
Restaurant: La Serenata Location: 1416 Fourth Street Santa Monica, CA 90401. 310-656-7017 Date: Jan 8, 2011 Cuisine: Mexican When I first started going 15-16 years ago, La Serenata was fairly eye opening — coming as I did from the world…
Restaurant: Divino Location: 11714 Barrington CourtBrentwood, CA 310.472.0886 Date: Jan 07, 2011 Cuisine: Italian Summary: Solid value. Divino is another of Brentwood’s seemingly endless supply of Italian eateries. I find this one in the upper middle of the pack. It’s pretty good,…
