Knowing I would be at loose ends in L. A. with our 8 year old on a summer Saturday night, I seized the chance to visit Animal Restaurant on Fairfax, white hot popular and still bustling since their opening in 2009. I called ahead to try and get a 6 p.m. slot. Their new […]
Category: Reviews – Food and otherwise
Chinese food is everywhere. Indian food is everywhere and who would have thought people would be eating seaweed and raw fish in every major city in America? So Korean food may be next. I was in on a so-called “soft opening” last week of a new Bibigo location in Beverly Hills. I had not […]
I met an old friend for dinner at The Wood, one of the many casual dining spots in Culver City, a subsection of west L.A. that has its own mayor, city council, and white hot food scene that gives Silver Lake a run for its money. The venerable cook and gourmet food supply shop […]
Los Angeles has an ever-replenishing supply of consumers under 30, aided by the presence of lots of top tier colleges, and, oh yes, the draw of Hollywood fame and fortune. Are they eating 3 course meals and sipping $100 bottles of wine? Not so much. Pizza? Yep. And not Pizza Hut, Papa John’s or Domino’s. […]
Maybe you have a distant memory of going to a “fancy” restaurant when relatives were in town or a cousin was off to college. There were white tablecloths, a jacketed waiter and “continental’ specials. The kitchen somehow came up with kid’s plates that weren’t on the menu, and the staff had been there forever. Oh, […]