Archive for the ‘Food and Drink’ Category
Restaurant Reviews (LA): Birds Rotisserie Chicken Cafe & Bar
Posted by: stella on: November 2, 2008
Birds Rotisserie Chicken Cafe & Bar 5925 Franklin Ave Los Angeles, CA 90028 (323) 465-0175 www.birdshollywood.com Six of us arrived for a quick dinner before catching an improv show at Upright Citizens Brigade one night. Birds was a very casual restaurant with no frills American meat dishes and sides. We first ordered the foot-long Beer-Battered [...]
Restaurant Review (LA): Skooby’s Hot Dogs
Posted by: stella on: October 19, 2008
Skooby’s Hot Dogs 6654 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028 (323) 468-3647 www.skoobys.com Andrew and I wanted to catch a showing of Burn After Reading, so we got together with MonKen, the single dating entity in Hollywood for an outing. We stopped by Skooby’s for a quick and cheap bite before the movie. Skooby’s is in [...]
Restaurant Review (LA): Café Verona
Posted by: stella on: October 13, 2008
Café Verona 201 S La Brea Ave Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 934-6188 This is a cute little gem on La Brea, near the Ralphs on the intersection of 3rd. If you are like me, you might have passed by this little restaurant a ton of times without ever realizing it was there. This garden/patio-type [...]
Restaurant Review (OC): Marché Moderne
Posted by: stella on: October 13, 2008
Marché Moderne 3333 Bristol St Ste 3001 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (714) 434-7900 www.marchemoderne.net The most delicious burger I have had in the entire west coast resides at this restaurant: Brillat Savarin Mini Angus Burger with truffle aioli, caramelized onion, pommes frites The perfect combo of a bite-sized buttery burger bun, juicy and thick angus [...]
Restaurant Review (LA): Susina
Posted by: stella on: October 12, 2008
Susina Bakery 7122 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 934-7900 www.susinabakery.com This is the safest little bakery in all of Los Angeles. I guarantee that there is at least one pair of policemen at any given time, and I’ve even counted up to 12 cops (strangely enough, always a male-female combo) during a two-hour [...]
Restaurant Review (LA): Lilly’s
Posted by: stella on: October 12, 2008
Lilly’s French Cafe & Bar 1031 Abbott Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA 90291 (310) 314-0004 www.lillysfrenchcafe.com A friend and I made our way to this darling little restaurant on Abbott Kinney on a weekday evening. It was a warm summer night, so the back patio area (which somewhat shares its space with Meditrina Cafe next door) [...]
Restaurant Review (LA): Orris
Posted by: stella on: October 12, 2008
Orris 2006 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 268-2122 www.orrisrestaurant.com We stopped by Orris after a trip out to Santa Monica a couple of months ago. I absolutely love the small sizes and the choices tapas offer, so combine that with Japanese food, I should be in love. I thought the food was just [...]
Restaurant Review (LA): JiRaffe
Posted by: stella on: October 12, 2008
JiRaffe 502 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310) 917-6671 www.jirafferestaurant.com I came here with a friend from out-of-town on a whim in July. The location sits at a busy corner with plenty of street parking. The service was impeccable from the time we walked in, even it were dressed a bit more casually [...]
Restaurant Review (NYC): Bourgeois Pig
Posted by: stella on: August 24, 2008
Bourgeois Pig 111 E 7th St New York, NY 10009 (212) 475-2246 www.thepigny.com Amazing. Randomly found it near the place we were staying at two years ago, and so decided to drop in for dessert. Had the white chocolate + raspberry fondue that came with pretty-good-for-NY-winter strawberries, banana slices, banana bread, and this really good [...]
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