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Republic of Pie for Pi Day

March 14th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Pot pie?

Up in North Hollywood, the prospect of a new restaurant is always exciting. And when the theme of that new restaurant is pie, the excitement is off the charts. So in honor of Pi Day (March 14th) I ventured out to Republic of Pie with a couple of coworkers to see what they were all about. Republic of Pie has a total coffee shop feel to it, with a few couches here and there, an exposed ceiling industrial look and an iPad in place of an old-fashioned register. The number of people sitting around on their MacBooks drinking tea really helps drive the point home. This is a good thing, because no one wants to feel like they are in North Hollywood and this feels much more like Seattle or Portland. Continue Reading»

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Los Angeles, mac and cheese, north hollywood, pie, Republic of Pie, restaurants

LA’s Best BBQ at J “N” J Burger and Bar-B-Q

March 13th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Welcome to Adams.

The Eagles once wrote “If you call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye,” so it is with great trepidation that I roll out my review here. The meaning I have always taken from that line is that if you tell people about a great place, that place will cease to be great because more people will go there and ruin the experience. On the other hand, I feel the need to tell the world about J “N” J Burger and Bar-B-Q and hope that this review will not kill paradise, but simply give it more customers. Continue Reading»

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Barbecue, BBQ, Culver City, J "N" J Burger and Bar-B-Q, Los Angeles, meat, restaurants, ribs

Not Addicted to Chili Addiction

March 12th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

I'd like some chips with my salt.

My quest for challengers to the Chili John’s and Coney Dog empire of LA chili led me to Chili Addiction in West Hollywood. Their menu of insane chili concoctions really pulled me in the first time I saw their menu online and I really thought I had found myself a contender. I convinced my buddy to give it a try with me, both for company and so we could get multiple things to test out. Continue Reading»

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Burgers, Chili, Chili Addiction, hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Los Angeles, meat, restaurants

Tacos Por Favor, Please

March 8th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Por supuesto.

Santa Monica doesn’t exactly have a reputation for good food. And what reputation it does have usually tends to lean on the upscale. But reputation alone does not simply make a city, and Santa Monica actually has a surprising number of little gems hidden in its nooks and crannies. One of these, I had heard, was Tacos Por Favor.

Yet, aside from actually hearing of Tacos Por Favor, I hadn’t really been told what was good on their menu, so when I arrived and found a vast menu full of nearly every Mexican dish I had ever heard of, I was in trouble. Continue Reading»

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Al Pastor, Carne Asada, Los Angeles, meat, Mexican, restaurants, Santa Monica, tacos

Taco Bell Goes Doritos Locos

March 8th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

What dreams are made of!

How many times have you sat around late at night eating either Taco Bell, Doritos or both and thought how amazing it would be to combine the two? I know I have. So when Taco Bell first started testing their new Doritos Locos in Fresno and Bakersfield last year, I was almost tempted to pay one of those cities a visit. Thankfully, I did not make the mistake of setting foot in one of those cities, and the testing was obviously a success, because at midnight this morning Taco Bell rolled out their Doritos Locos Tacos for the nation. If you’re unfamiliar with the Doritos Locos, they are essentially your regular or supreme tacos, but with a giant Nacho Cheese Dorito as the shell. Usually I can wait to try Taco Bell’s new products, but for this I had to be there right at midnight. Continue Reading»

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Doritos Locos Tacos, Fast Food, Los Angeles, Mexican, National Chains, taco bell, tacos

Meet me at Meat

March 7th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

All to ourselves!

Once upon a time, Koreatown boasted an all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ joint called Manna and long before I had my own meat blog, I made my way to Manna for a protein-fest. The memory of this visit stuck with me as I visited the inferior Manna outpost in the Fox Hills mall. Granted, I wasn’t too disappointed, because you can’t really be disappointed with so much meat, but I knew there was something better out there. By the time I made it back to Manna in Koreatown, it was no longer Manna, but had become Meat, which is a far more appropriate name. Continue Reading»

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Buffets, Korean, korean bbq, Koreatown, Los Angeles, meat, restaurants

Food for the Soul at Chef Marilyn’s

March 5th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

My soul says thanks.

A couple of weeks ago, Squidink tossed out a list of the 9 Best Macaroni and Cheese Dishes in LA. Naturally, my mouth was watering profusely as I read through and saw the gooey, holy cheesus. And, while they all looked awesome, there was only one that I felt the need to eat immediately. This was Chef Marilyn’s Soul Food Express, which resides in that fascinating part of west LA on Pico and La Brea. Continue Reading»

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Carry-Out, Chef Marilyn's Soul Food Express, fried chicken, Los Angeles, mac and cheese, soul food

Coley’s and the Gang

March 2nd, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Jamaicapanada?

In a display of mercy, a work event of mine ended last week at a little Jamaican restaurant in North Hollywood called Coley’s. As it turned out, one of my bosses had been Jamaican all along, but none of us knew it. Yet, Jamaican boss or not, I had been wanting to check out Coley’s for a long time, as it sat in that weird area of town that seemed just a bit far for walking, but too close to hop in a car for. Continue Reading»

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Caribbean, Chicken, Coley's, Jamaican, Los Angeles, north hollywood, restaurants

Golden Road to Unlimited Libation

February 29th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

I'm all knotted up about this.

First off, no, there is no such thing as unlimited libation at Golden Road Brewing. But I just couldn’t resist making the painfully obvious Grateful Dead reference. Especially because there was nothing at all Grateful Dead about the brewery. As one of the few microbreweries in LA, Golden Road resides in a sketchy part of Glendale and is kind of personifies a blend of collar and hipster, at least in decor and and architecture. The food menu tries to bridge that gap as well, but leans heavier on the latter than the former, with a frightening number of vegan menu items and a couple of sandwiches to scare any blue collar visitors back to the smelting plant. Continue Reading»

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Beer, duck, glendale, Golden Road Brewing, Los Angeles, meat, microbrewery, restaurants, Sandwiches, sloppy joes

Lord Stanley’s Sliders

February 23rd, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Mini-sandwich-riffic

Up in the valley is a place called Stanley’s that I have been hearing about pretty much from the day I started dating my fiancee. Very little about the valley is exciting, but Stanley’s is in a stretch of Sherman Oaks on Ventura that’s pretty cool, so I found myself surprisingly excited to go. Previously, I had heard they have delicious wings, but we were in a rush and I am not a man who rushes wings. Instead, I went with my arch-nemesis. Continue Reading»

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Los Angeles, meat, restaurants, Sandwiches, sherman oaks, short ribs, Stanley's

Rants and Raves

Silly Monkeys, Eat Your Meat

December 21st, 2009

Meat? What meat?

A lot of vegans get down on carnivores, claiming that they live better and longer and whatnot, but when it comes down to it, they are just spouting out words without reason. We unvegans know the truth, or at least the research, and this research tells us that the reason we live as long as we do is because of our meat-eating.

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.

‘Los Angeles’

Republic of Pie for Pi Day

LA’s Best BBQ at J “N” J Burger and Bar-B-Q

Not Addicted to Chili Addiction

Tacos Por Favor, Please

Taco Bell Goes Doritos Locos

Meet me at Meat

Food for the Soul at Chef Marilyn’s

Coley’s and the Gang

Golden Road to Unlimited Libation

Lord Stanley’s Sliders

Rants and Raves

Silly Monkeys, Eat Your Meat

Going Global at Plan Check

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