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An Engaging Dinner at Michael’s

February 3rd, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

I did it for the ziti!

Well, you must have known the day was gonna come eventually.  You know, the one where that lady I often refer to as “the girlfriend” in my reviews becomes “the fiance.”  Yes, I’m sorry for not consulting you wonderful readers of mine ahead of time, but it was something that had to be done.  So, while in Breckenridge, Colorado for a bit of a ski trip with the family, my parents decided to take everyone out to dinner to celebrate the engagement.  We picked out a mid-range Italian place called Michael’s, thinking it would be a great place to make everyone happy. Continue Reading»

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Electing to Eat at Lukshon

February 2nd, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Delukshus!

A while back, Sang Yoon opened up a place called Lukshon in Culver City.  For some, this was a time to rejoice, as this was the man behind the Father’s Office burger.  But for me, it was a time to…well…consider trying out Lukshon.  You see, if you know me, you know my disdain for the Father’s Office burger.  So it took until dineLA’s Restaurant Week to get me out to Lukshon.  I went with a sizable crowd, collectively known as the Suppah Club, and we had ourselves a seat at a massive table on Lukshon’s patio in Culver City. Continue Reading»

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Palihouse Goes All DineLA

January 31st, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Man salad? My assssss.

Well, it’s that wonderful time of the year again – dineLA’s Restaurant Week.  Yes, it’s the time of the year where I spend too much, eat too much, and still feel happy about it.  Unless, of course, I’m eating at Katana.  This time around, we went with a couple friends to Palihouse in West Hollywood.  I’d been to Palihouse once before, late at night when it was trying to be a bar/club.  It’s also a hotel.  But on this night, it was simply a restaurant to us. Continue Reading»

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Overloading on Larry’s Chili Dog

January 30th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Classic dog-in-bun.

Up in Burbank is a classic-looking hot dog shack called Larry’s Chili Dog.  They have an awesome neon sign that looks like it was built in the 1970s at the earliest, but likely goes back even further.  The true age of the joint is bit difficult to ascertain, for while another, smaller sign says “SERVING BURBANK FOR OVER ’50 YEARS,’” I’m not really sure what 50 years amounts to when you put them in quotes. Whatever the case, this place was definitely old and old school. Continue Reading»

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FuRaiBo Knows

January 26th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

FuRaiBo knows fried chicken.

Oh, Little Little Tokyo, the gem of the LA’s west side.  Aside from Little Ethiopia, there’s really nowhere else that you can be driving along regular LA streets, suddenly find yourself in a foreign country for two blocks, and then pop back out into regular LA again.  There’s a pretty steady stream of awesome restaurants and stores in this foreign territory and for this review a group of us headed to FuRaiBo.  In order to be seated immediately, we had to sit in their floor room (like a tatami room, without the tatami).  This meant sitting on the floor.  While this sort of seating is not common in modern Japan, it certainly still exists.  The trouble with this seating at FuRaiBo, however, is that their floor seating gives a distinct lack of leg room, such that my legs couldn’t even get under the table.  Nonetheless, while seating played a role in the meal, it didn’t define it. Continue Reading»

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Chipotle x 8 at Ocho Mexican Grill

January 19th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

The S stands for stubby.

Chipotle is kind of the gold standard of Mexican fast food (I mean, unless we’re talking Taco Bell).  You can find it pretty much anywhere, the prices are pretty good and there is no doubt that it’s fast.  But it is not alone…all over there are copycats and similar joints that may or may not have existed before the rise of Chipotle.  Ocho Mexican Grill in downtown LA is one of those copycats…sort of.  A combination of my buddy Joel and a 50% Scoutmob discount convinced me to visit this downtown twist on Mexican fast food fare and I entered with high expectations. Continue Reading»

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Dining in Cooks County

January 18th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Say cheese!

You may think that as a meat blogger I am constantly defining which restaurants my girlfriend and I eat at.  Often that is the case, and for no other reason than that people are constantly giving me suggestions, but this weekend we reversed the trend and she took me out to dinner at a place from her own to-eat list.  The place was Cooks County in Mid-City and although a quick Google search will reveal no county named Cooks, there is certainly at least one Cook County (in Illinois), which may be some sort of basis for the naming of this restaurant. Continue Reading»

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Old Western Eating in Temecula

January 13th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Like all those Old West burger places you hear about.

Temecula is a strange part of California.  Somewhere between LA, San Diego and Palm Springs, it’s essentially the middle of nowhere.  Except it’s not.  It’s wine country, it’s gated communities and it is the Old West.  Nowhere is the latter felt more than Old Town Temecula, which is a blend of truly old buildings and new buildings made to look like cowboys once had shootouts inside.  Front Street Bar & Grill sits in Old Town, but doesn’t try to look like a cowboy outpost.  Instead, it has the looks of colonial mansion, with a great outdoor patio. Continue Reading»

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Classing it Up at The Tar Pit

January 10th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

What resides within my gnocchi?

Once upon a time, I read an interesting review of The Tar Pit on LAist.  It wasn’t exactly positive, but it only covered their happy hour and seemed to be more concerned with Chef Mark Peel’s children running around than with the food itself.  Most disheartening, though, was Peel’s comments to the review.  Needless to say, such a big time chef should not have been so concerned about one bad review and his concern made me less likely to go than the review itself.  Yet, to The Tar Pit I went, and I was glad for it. Continue Reading»

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Waffling at Bru’s Wiffle

January 3rd, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Chicken and wiffles?

While “the bun” has undergone many iterations (pretzel, brioche, etc…) and sandwich bread is known for its varieties, there is one bread-like breakfast conduit that still hasn’t really seen much glory as far as being put to alternate uses. It is the waffle, but Bru’s Wiffle in Santa Monica is out to change that.  You see, Bru’s thinks that waffles need more of the limelight and they are willing to give it.  At Bru’s, you can get a pizza waffle, taco waffles and even “sliders” with waffle buns.  Of course, Bru’s offers waffles in their sweet breakfast form, but the savory offerings were really what drew me to Bru’s. 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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