October 2010
11 posts
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L.A. Date Night: Taco-Grazing, Star-Gazing (Oct....
(L.A. Date Night 3.0 — for AOL City’s Best.)
Featuring Yuca’s, 2056 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz
Read the full article here.
EXTRA READING: L.A. Date Night: Wine, Swine and Sexy Gelato (Oct. 15, 2010) L.A. Date Night: Latin Adventure + Vegan Cupcakes (Oct. 22, 2010)
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48 Hours in NoCal -- This Is What Happens
The Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco —
Rye, SF’s Tenderloin —
Shrimp ‘n’ Grits, Brenda’s French Soul Food, SF’s Tenderloin —
Hendry Ranch Winery, Napa —
The Napa Valley Railway Inn, Yountville —
Monday BBQ Night at Ad Hoc, Yountville —
The oyster bar at Bouchon, Yountville —
The Wisconsin Sourdough Burger at...
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Maximum Balloon — “Communion (Feat....
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L.A. Date Night: Latin Adventure + Vegan Cupcakes...
(L.A. Date Night 2.0 — for AOL City’s Best.)
Featuring BabyCakes LA, 130 E. 6th St., Downtown
Read the full article here.
EXTRA READING: L.A. Date Night: Wine, Swine and Sexy Gelato (Oct. 15, 2010)
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The Best L.A. Bites Not on the Menu (Oct. 22,...
(Four off-the-menu musts in L.A. — for AOL City’s Best.)
Featuring the soft-shell crab po’ boy at Uncle Darrow’s, 2560 Lincoln Blvd., Marina Del Rey
Read the full article here.
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From TV to Kitchen: 'Top Chefs' Are Cooking in...
(The Top 5 ‘Top Chef’ chefs in L.A. — for AOL City’s Best.)
Featuring the Lavender Duck sandwich, Alex Eusebio’s Sweetsalt Food Shop, 10218 1/2 Riverside Dr., Toluca Lake
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L.A. Date Night: Wine, Swine and Sexy Gelato (Oct....
(It’s a weekly thing — for AOL City’s Best.)
Featuring GelatoVino, 5940 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood
Read the full article here.
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Mobile Meals: The Best L.A. Food Trucks (Oct. 13,...
(The Top 5 in L.A. — for AOL City’s Best.)
Featuring the Coolhaus Truck — a moving target.
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Food (& Cocktail) Coma Aftermath: J Gold’s...
(My recent contribution to Dig Lounge.)
(Las Perlas — the Spiced PaQui Tequila Daisy)
(And my beautiful date, above.)
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L.A.'s Hottest New Restaurants (Sept. 15, 2010)
My first (of many more) contributions to AOL City’s Best — featuring Salt’s Cure, Test Kitchen and Tinga, or “L.A.’s Hottest New Restaurants.”
The chef fellas at Salt’s Cure handling house-cured lardon, 7494 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood
Read the full article here.
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L.A.'s Best Bar Eats -- AOL City's Best (Sept. 13,... →
August 2010
2 posts
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Food Coma Aftermath: Plate by Plate (August 14,...
(My recent — and first — contribution to Dig Lounge.)
Beef heart on a stick — you’re awesome, Mo-Chica.
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That Tinga Sensation -- A Taco Shack With Fried...
(My recent contribution to UrbanDaddy LA.)
Tinga, 142 S. La Brea Ave.
July 2010
6 posts
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Cary Ann Hearst — “Hell’s...
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The Camptown Swizzle -- I Do It, You Do It
Last month, it was the birthday of Dig Lounge’s Matt. First, an 18-person Korean BBQ smokeout at Moodaepo II. Then, we filed into Caña Rum Bar, eschewing membership fees, and proceeded to do what else but drink copious amounts of rum. I don’t even like rum. (Except mojito rum.) But now? I like Camptown Swizzle rum.
Photo: LA Times Magazine
The Camptown Swizzle is a drink (pictured...
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Couple's Killer Spared -- Pasadena Star-News →
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Five Weeks of Jury Duty Has Its Gastro-Perks
So, I’m serving as a juror on a big case — through most of July. Two good things:
1. Every day kind of feels like The Wire, Dexter or Six Feet Under.
2. I get to eat my way through Downtown. Every day, 12-1:30PM. (Meet me! Really.)
Last week was my first — Elwood met me for a ramen bowl at the acclaimed Daikokuya. A revelation, always.
Later in the week, CP drove me first to...
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June 2010
7 posts
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The Comme Ca Burger -- Murdering It
” … consistently juicy, perfectly seasoned and precisely medium-rare. The patty is charred on the outside and rosy pink from edge to edge.” — “The Perfect Burger and All Its Parts,” The New York Times
Photo: The New York Times
Michael David (former executive chef of Comme Ca), right, created the burger. The bun is by Hidefumi Kubota. Me? I got to put the...
