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Art and Ruinart

May 31, 2018 | 1 Comments

A stunning gallery event showcasing Ruinart Champagnes and tons and tons of caviar…

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Night + Market + Sahm

May 28, 2018 | 1 Comments

Unusually for me, I wait nearly an hour to try out this hip new westside entry in the mini Night+Market empire…

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Big Guns at Providence

May 26, 2018 | 1 Comments

The main Foodie Club core combines big gun Burgundy with Providence’s most epic tasting menu…

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K-Zo Long Later

May 23, 2018 | 0 Comments

After 10 years I return to K-Zo sushi to see what this straightforward nigiri place in Culver City has been up to…

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Day of the Dumplings

May 21, 2018 | 4 Comments

Juicy Dumpling is a great place in one of the Valley’s largest Maxi-Malls for tasty northern style dumplings, plus after we pigged out on those, we stopped by Spicy City!

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(Not) Trimming Capo

May 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

In which the Foodie Club combines almost 30 wines from Trimbach, some first growth, and a mega dinner at Capo…

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Long Lunch at Longo

May 16, 2018 | 1 Comments

An amazing 4 hour power lunch out in the SGV…

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Northern Chinese

May 14, 2018 | 0 Comments

Another Sunday, another fun trip to San Gabriel for more awesome Chinese…

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Rogue Reunion

May 11, 2018 | 1 Comments

An amazing experience at Wolfgang Puck’s unique experimental kitchen/restaurant inside the Pacific Design Center…

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Put a Spring in your Step

May 9, 2018 | 0 Comments

Spring is unusual for LA, It feels and tasted like a high end Paris museum restaurant…

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MTN – Upscale Izakaya

May 7, 2018 | 3 Comments

Travis Lett of Gjelina fame has opened a high end Japanese Izakaya featuring $20-24 ramens — but it’s not a ramen joint.

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Lunetta All Day

May 5, 2018 | 0 Comments

The former Josie’s has turned into a pair of more formal and casual restaurants. We try the latter out for brunch…

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Scopa Italian Roots

May 2, 2018 | 0 Comments

Scopa Italian Roots (name is just too cheesy) is a recent Venice/MDR entry into the “New Style Rustic Italian” pool…

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Food as Art – Vespertine

April 30, 2018 | 4 Comments

Completely unique. An experience. This is seriously Food as Art = Art as Food…

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Quick Eats – Summer Fish

April 28, 2018 | 0 Comments

Some passable supposedly fast sushi on Robertson…

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New Century Lobster

April 26, 2018 | 1 Comments

One of our old favorites, Shaanxi Gourmet, recently went under and was replaced by a new Chiu Chow place called New Century Lobster…

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St Patrick’s with Laurent Quenioux

April 23, 2018 | 0 Comments

Another epic mega-meal at our house cooked by master chef Laurent Quenioux…

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Akbar Reborn

April 20, 2018 | 1 Comments

Supporting Avi and “testing out” the brand new Kapoor’s Akbar in DTLA…

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James Beard at 71Above

April 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

71Above and the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin play host to a fabulous James Beard Foundation lunch…

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2010 Montrachet at Melisse

April 16, 2018 | 0 Comments

Our epic 2010 White Burgundy tasting series concludes as usual with Mostly Montrachet at Melisse…

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