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Still Cuts It

March 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

An epic night at Cut with lots of meat and a vertical of Léoville Las Cases…

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Crawling with an Old Friend

February 27, 2019 | 1 Comments

My oldest friend and I have been eating Chinese food together for about 40 years, so he was totally down for a 7 stop SGV “crawl”…

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OOToro Five O

February 25, 2019 | 0 Comments

OOToro may be far but it’s amazingly good sushi — some of the LA area’s best…

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Sauvage Spring

February 22, 2019 | 0 Comments

An epic 4+ hour wine lunch at this gorgeous but weird Beverly Hills space featuring great Barolo and Barbaresco and some excellent Italian food…

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Isole e Olena il Pastaio

February 19, 2019 | 1 Comments

An amazing dinner by Celestino Drago with 23 different and amazing wines from one of Tuscany’s best producers…

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Eating Mammoth – Jimmy’s

February 15, 2019 | 0 Comments

Mammoth’s Greek taverna is one of the town’s better looking spots…

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Quick Eats — Ippudo

February 13, 2019 | 0 Comments

Fancy Pande express ramen chain comes to Santa Monica…

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Sauvages Chinois

February 11, 2019 | 1 Comments

An incredible custom lunch in the private dining room with a legion of Tête de cuvée Champagne…

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Quick Eats – Heroic Deli

February 7, 2019 | 6 Comments

A very modern take on old fashioned sandwiches…

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Eating Mammoth – Skadi

February 6, 2019 | 0 Comments

Nordic Cuisine: Smoked Red Deer Heart with Cloudberries & Spruce Salt…

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Takao Reprise

February 4, 2019 | 0 Comments

Takao is an excellent old-school family run Matsuhisa-style Japanese place in Brentwood…

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8 (Million) Ways to BBQ in LA

February 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

An awesome Christmas Eve where we explore 9 flavors of pork belly BBQ — year it’s named after 8 but actually they have 9…

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Sebi Mastro’s 2018

January 30, 2019 | 1 Comments

Sebastian’s birthday bash at Mastros brings out a big pile of First Growth Bordeaux…

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Goodbye Valentino

January 28, 2019 | 1 Comments

My last meal at the legendary Valentino is a real Bordeaux blow out in true Sauvages style…

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Molto Miro

January 25, 2019 | 0 Comments

We venture Downtown to open up a whole mess of great wine over pizza, pasta, and meats at our friend Sandi’s place, Miro…

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Rooftop Umeda

January 23, 2019 | 0 Comments

An amazing (and long) evening in Hollywood with friends old and new, sushi, and lots and lots of Champagne…

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Nothing Boring about Bavel

January 21, 2019 | 0 Comments

Bavel is a new Modern Middle Eastern place from the Bestia people — and like that place it’s hip and crowded…

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Elephant Jumps

January 18, 2019 | 1 Comments

Back in the Washington DC area, we decided to check out a new Thai place my parents have been frequenting…

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Salty Saturday 2018

January 16, 2019 | 1 Comments

The Saturday after Thanksgiving always includes some real Philadelphia deli in our family…

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Fatty Friday 2018

January 14, 2019 | 1 Comments

Fatty Friday is almost as good as Thanksgiving itself — and follows right on the heels of that bad boy…

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