‘Pico-Robertson’

Compunding Words at MexiKosher

August 29th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Fun with puns!

Who doesn’t love a good pun?  Or even better, who doesn’t love an awesome compound word.  Combining giant and enormous gave us ginormous.  Combining lion and tiger gave us liger.  And combining terrible and institution gave us Ohio State University (yes, I know that is technically three words, but I stand by it).  Now joining the ever-growing list of compound words is a restaurant named MexiKosher in (surprisingly) Pico-Robertson.  I love a good compound word as much as the next guy, but could this new Kosher Mexican restaurant make a happy unvegan?  I intended to find out. Continue Reading»

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When in Bella Roma…

May 13th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Look how thick that cheese is.

About a five minute walk from the apartment of my special lady friend at Pico-Robertson is a restaurant called Cafe Bella Roma.  In the five years that she has lived there, she has never set foot in said restaurant, and since she is leaving the location next month, I was able to convince her to check it out.  So if it sucked she could be like, “Good thing I’m getting out of here,” but if it was awesome she could be like, “That’s worth returning to my old stomping grounds for.”  Which one would it be? Continue Reading»

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The Wrong Dragon at Twin Dragon

January 25th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

It wasn't even the green stuff.

On a stretch of Pico right in the middle of Jew Central, there happens to be a crazy amount of Chinese restaurants.  I know my people love Chinese food on Christmas, but the fact that these places are able to stay in business beyond that holiday must surely mean they have good food.  To test out this theory, we headed to Twin Dragon one morning to see what they could offer.  Twin Dragon claims to have Shanghainese food, so I was especially interested in seeing how it could hold up to the Chinese food I know the best. Continue Reading»

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A Late Night with Kosher Grill on Wheels

December 16th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Does this look Kosher to you?

On my way home from the bar one night, I was unsurprisingly jonesing for some grub.  The trouble was that I was driving through the area of Pico and Robertson, which isn’t exactly known to be a late-night food hub.  But just when I thought my snack options were going to be limited to whatever leftovers I could find in my fridge, I saw a shiny beacon of hope that seemed to be a food truck.  When I pulled over to explore, I found that although not exactly a truck, I had stumbled upon some sort of mobile food purveyor.  It was called Kosher Grill on Wheels and a schwarma sounded like heaven to me (and with any luck, eating Kosher would bring me one step closer to that heaven). Continue Reading»

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Eating the Desert at Nick’s Coffee Shop

March 9th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Hmm what's the ruling on cactus?

For a nice little Sunday brunch, the girlfriend and I headed over to Nick’s Coffee Shop at Pico-Robertson.  Coffee shop is kind of a misnomer for this place, since it’s really more of a diner in the S & W vein.  The place is pretty small, so there was a bit of a wait, which wasn’t a big deal on the sunny morning.  By the time we took our seats, I was hankering for some food.  I perused the extensive menu and found an omelet that looked pretty good to me.  It was called the Cactus Omelet and the menu described it as being packed with nutrients.  This was confusing, but then I saw that the ingredients included Hebrew National Salami and Jack Cheese.  It came with a side, so I got myself some grits. Continue Reading»

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I Could Use More Mo Mo Sushi

March 4th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Gimme some mo'

They say mo’ money, mo’ problems.  And by they I mean Puff Daddy and the Family.  But for me, Mo Mo Sushi is less less problems.  To start off, Mo Mo Sushi is anything but trendy.  It sits in a tiny little corner strip at La Cienega and Olympic with 3 or 4 other shops and a 7-11.  Although the inside is certainly Japanese, it doesn’t have any of that overdone Japanese decorum that makes trendy places look more Japanese than Japan itself.  So for a sushi place, Mo Mo already had me happy before I looked at the menu. Continue Reading»

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Like Bacon at Pico Kosher Deli

February 24th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Looks like a bacon burger.

When some Kosher cousins of mine came to visit LA, it was time for me to pay another visit to Pico and Robertson, also known as Little Israel.  Once again, it would have been a waste to go to a Kosher place on the dairy end of the spectrum, so we went to Pico Kosher Deli to get some meat going.  Sometimes it’s hard for me to get meat without topping it with a cheese of some sort, but the deli had something interesting to top their meat, while still staying Kosher. Continue Reading»

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Keeping Kashrut at Haifa

February 10th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

100% Kosher

As a Jew who clearly doesn’t keep Kosher (see any entry on bacon, cheeseburgers or shellfish), I sometimes find it fun to eat a meal the way my Kosher brethren do.  In LA this means a trip to Pico and Robertson, which my girlfriend affectionately calls “Little Israel,” although actual Israel can hardly be called “big.”  Kosher restaurants either serve meat or dairy, so to take care of my unvegan needs, this Kosher pilgrimage took me to the meat-based Haifa Restaurant. Continue Reading»

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A Multi-Meaty Sandwich from Factor’s Deli

July 30th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
These colors don't run.

These colors don't run.

Over at the Pico-Robertson area is Factor’s Deli, a Jewish-style deli with delivery!  Sometimes I wonder why more restaurants don’t deliver, but luckily I don’t need to wonder about that for Factor’s.

For some reason, I wasn’t in the mood for pastrami, so it took some time to figure out what I wanted to order.  Eventually, I found the multi-meaty sandwich to conquer my hunger.  This was the combination sandwich entitled No. 1, featuring turkey, corned beef and swiss cheese to ensure that it is un-Kosher.  It also had Russian dressing and was served on triple-layer rye bread.  As a bonus, it also came with a choice of two sides, so I chose the unhealthiest of all, fries and homemade chips. Continue Reading»

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Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

The taste of skiing?

Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State.  No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries.  While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery.  The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.

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