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Living Large at Larchmont Wine & Cheese

June 21st, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Sandwichy bliss.

The little area known as Larchmont in the middle of Los Angeles is LA’s version of Main Street America. Populated mostly by mom and pop shops, it features a few chains and also its fair share of shuttered establishments. In the middle of this strip of Americana resides Larchmont Village Wine, Spirits & Cheese. Though the place certainly has its fair share of wines, spirits and cheeses, the main draw is the sandwiches. The long, yet swiftly moving line is a testament to these sandwiches. They offer only seven select sandwiches and not one of them is extravagant. Continue Reading»

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Hollywood, Italian, larchmont, larchmont village wine spirits & cheese, Los Angeles, prosci, Sandwiches

Tasting Anger at the Avocado Grill

February 16th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Filled with anger.

Larchmont in Hollywood is a delightful little street that is a nice change from what you would typically consider Holywood to be. There are some great restaurants and shops that usually treat me pretty well. My most recent visit to that street, however, only led me to a meal of disappointment. This came at the hands of the Avocado Grill, a pretty simple Mexican place that reminded me a bit of places like Qdoba. Continue Reading»

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Breakfast, Hollywood, larchmont, Los Angeles, Mexican, restaurants

Pizza the Hollywood Way at Village Pizzeria

August 14th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

It's like half of my pizza is dead.

Village Pizzeria in Hollywood is LA’s version of New York pizza. Located on Larchmont Street, it isn’t really a Hollywood-style place at all, which is pretty comforting to someone like me who doesn’t work in the entertainment industry. To test the place out, I went with a friend of mine.

Since we were unable to compromise on a pizza that we both liked, we decided to go halfsies. I got my half in the pepperoni style, while she agreed to the pepperonis, but also ordered a disturbing fungus called mushrooms. Unnecessarily worried, I also ordered some garlic rolls in the expectation that the pizza wouldn’t be enough food for me. Continue Reading»

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California, food, Hollywood, larchmont, Los Angeles, meat, pepperoni, Pizza, restaurants, Reviews, village pizzeria

Rants and Raves

“Does Everybody Hate PETA?”

May 14th, 2009

That was the interesting question was raised by the LA Times recently. It was asked in response to PETA’s attempts to seemingly put an end to dog shows. As a proponent of simply eating animals, I don’t have too much of a say in the matter and my actual opinions of other PETA actions have been been documented in the past. Click here for the article and let me know if you agree with the comments.

Going Global at Plan Check

Fries of the world.

A couple of weeks ago, The Backyard Bite invited me to The Burger Culture Clash, sponsored by Stussy (which apparently still exists) and Plan Check. Plan Check, by the way, is a sort of new (since February) restaurant in West LA with Chef Ernesto Uchimura of Umami Burger fame. As my love of burgers, especially those of the umami variety, I jumped at the opportunity.

Although I arrived alone, I was not the only lone eater. Just next to where I was seated, I met e*star LA and we decided to share a meal called loneliness, because it’s better than eating alone. We made quick friends over our respective blogs and Midwestern roots, then got to work at dissecting the special menu, which Plan Check will be featuring for the next month if anything tickles your fancy.

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Living Large at Larchmont Wine & Cheese

Tasting Anger at the Avocado Grill

Pizza the Hollywood Way at Village Pizzeria

Rants and Raves

“Does Everybody Hate PETA?”

Going Global at Plan Check

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