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Quick Eats – Margo’s

July 17, 2018 | 0 Comments

A quick peak at this iconic Montana Ave space in its current incarnation…

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Racy Rosaline

July 15, 2018 | 0 Comments

Great fun with good friends at Ricardo Zarate’s latest, Rosaline…

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Hop Woo is Hop New

July 11, 2018 | 1 Comments

There is a small boutique Szechuan restaurant in Westwood disguised as venerable American Chinese Hop Woo…

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Valentino Rayas

July 9, 2018 | 1 Comments

Valentino plays host (again) to an awesome night with that most iconic of Châteauneuf-du-Pape…

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Back to the Bazaar 2018

July 6, 2018 | 0 Comments

A 2018 look at the state of the Bazaar’s cuisine through the eyes of its tasting menu…

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Great Grenache 2018

July 2, 2018 | 1 Comments

And so we come to the annual Grenache and Zin fest in Flintridge, always one of the best wine lunches of the year!

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GuYi — Szechuan in Brentwood?

June 29, 2018 | 3 Comments

It boggles the mind that this super American Brentwood mall has a brand new Szechuan restaurant!

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n10 with the Gang

June 27, 2018 | 0 Comments

A fun night with the Foodie Club at new WeHo hotspot n10…

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Fake Chard at Grand Harbor

June 25, 2018 | 3 Comments

Our second Dirty Dozen (in this case the Grubby Half Dozen) white wine lunch at Grand Harbor…

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Had to Write it Up – Mr Chow

June 22, 2018 | 1 Comments

We take a blast down memory lane with Mr Chows 50 year-old perspective on high end Chinese food…

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Is Majordomo a Major Deal?

June 20, 2018 | 5 Comments

Giant ribs and whole chicken and 1st growths and coche at a fabulous Foodie Club test of the new Majordomo…

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Quick Eats – Tumbi

June 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

Initial tastes at a new craft Indian kitchen near the Santa Monica Promenade…

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Cui Hua Lou – Szechuan Shed

June 16, 2018 | 0 Comments

Back to the shed behind one of LA’s most home-style Szechuan places…

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CR8 – el Jardin de Frida Kahlo

June 14, 2018 | 0 Comments

A truly epic CR8 event by Roberto Cortez blending food, cocktails, wine, and a Frida Kahlo theme — yeah, you read it right!

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The Last of Us II – E3 Gameplay

June 11, 2018 | 0 Comments

What would E3 be without some awesome new Naughty Dog game footage?

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Bourbon Birthday

June 11, 2018 | 0 Comments

It takes Chevy’s birthday to get me to drive all the way to Glendale for steak…

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Valley High

June 8, 2018 | 0 Comments

Slinging down tuna parts and drinking above the San Gabriel valley…

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Sage Champagne Nomad

June 6, 2018 | 1 Comments

A huge Champagne dinner event at the Nomad Mezzanine with over 22 wines from Vilmart and Pierre Péters!

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Hunan Mao

June 4, 2018 | 0 Comments

Hunan Mao is probably the second best known SGV Hunan restaurant and somehow I’d never been, so we decided to rectify that…

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LQ Seafood Tower

June 2, 2018 | 0 Comments

The LQ Seafood Tower is absolutely legendary — and huge — so we piled on an insane number of extra courses to really go after the wafer thin moment…

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