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Artsy Noodles at Tsujita LA

December 8th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Artisan or artesian?

Have you ever looked upon a meal and thought it was just too pretty to eat?  It happens to the best of us, and to be perfectly frank, a pretty-looking meal is often disguising a lack of flavor or creativity.  So when my buddy and I decided to head to Tsujita LA in West LA for lunch, I was a little concerned that their claim of “Artisan Noodles” would make for a pretty meal, but little else.  But when we showed up and found an obscenely long line of people waiting to get a taste of the noodles, I thought again. Continue Reading»

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Breaking the Hamburger Habit

August 8th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Stop scaring me, pickles.

Over in West LA, there is a burger place called Hamburger Habit.  As I habitually consume burgers, the place sounded just perfect for me.  The exterior of the joint loudly displays an award given to it by KABC as the best burger in Southern California.  The interior is also full of awards, but unfortunately the most recent date back to the Clinton Administration.  Still, I wanted to know what all the fuss was about.  Did Hambuger Habit start churning out terrible burgers or did they just get left in the dust by newer LA burgers? Continue Reading»

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Gator Sausage at Steingarten

March 21st, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Someone dropped a burn in my beer.

You know what’s great?  Sausage.  You know what goes great with sausage?  Beer.  So what does Steingarten, a recently opened restaurant/bar in West LA, have to offer?  That’s right, sausage and beer.  But not just any sausage and beer, sure they have your generic bratwurst, buckwurst, Polish and Italian sausages, but similar to Wurstkuche, they like to get exotic.  With rabbit, venison, alligator and elk, these are truly some sausages to be reckoned with and not for those with a weak stomach. Continue Reading»

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One Juicy Burger from Hole in the Wall Burger Joint

December 8th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Burger and pretzel is love.

For a while now I have been trying to make my way to Hole in the Wall Burger Joint.  Hidden behind Winchell’s Donuts in West LA, it is certainly not an easy place to find, which I suppose is how it got its name, but also likely contributed to my taking so long to get there.  Hole in the Wall is essentially the same style as The Counter, where you make your own burger.  Upon entering the restaurants, there is a small table with slips of your options, along with a stand showing their specialty burger of the day.  There are also a ton of signs telling you that the place doesn’t take credit card.  They have an ATM if you need one, but it’s best to pick up money beforehand to avoid paying those extra charges. Continue Reading»

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Back in America with The Six

November 24th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

This burger is the sixnit.

After a long trip abroad, full of dumplings, rice and steamed buns (which were all delicious), all I wanted to eat upon my return was a burger.   But not just some fast food burger, I could get that anywhere.  No, I wanted the kind of gourmet burger you can’t really find outside of LA.  Fortunately, my prayers were answered as we went to dinner at The Six Restaurant in West LA.  Named after The Society of Six, some crazy California painters, The Six has a pretty simple gastropub style interior with some pretty good beers on tap.  Fighting jet lag, I opted out of the beer and set my eyes on the burger. Continue Reading»

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Spicing My Broth at Asahi Ramen

July 5th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Mix one part curry noodles...

For a little post-tennis victory Japanese treat, I headed to Asahi Ramen in West LA with my vanquished tennis foe to get some…ummm ramen.  Now don’t be fooled by the name of the restaurant, as it apparently has nothing to do with delicious Asahi beer.  Confused myself, I took the liberty of looking up Asahi on the old interwebs and found that Asahi is the name of about ten different towns and cities in Japan, so for the name to carry over into both beer and ramen isn’t that surprising.  Anyway, enough with geography and economics, let’s get to the food. Continue Reading»

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Wasting Imports at Brooklyn Pizza

June 14th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Looks so normal.

In an attempt to try out some new pizza while at the girlfriend’s place, we looked into a little place in West LA called Brooklyn Pizza.  Knowing that we were not actually in Brooklyn, I thought this might have been some sort of a misnomer.  But misnomer it was not.  Instead, it seemed as though they were trying to create the sort of pizza that you could get in Brooklyn and seemed very excited to tell us over the phone that their tomatoes and cheese came from New York.  This seemed nice, but are the cheese and tomatoes really the things people love about New York pizza?  I thought it was the dough, but perhaps I am wrong.  Nonetheless, I checked out the menu and found their Double Pepperoni looked appealing. Continue Reading»

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An Hour of Happiness at Q’s

June 8th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

What sort of bed have these wings been laid upon?

Finding a happy hour around town on a Sunday afternoon isn’t the easiest thing to do.  You would think bars would be itching to get customers to come in for a post-Mass drink, but we had a to call a good four or five bars to find ourselves a nice happy hour with a combination of food and drinks.  The bar we finally landed on was Q’s Billiard Club in West LA.  Their happy hour involved $10 pitchers (of any beer) and half-off appetizers.  It all sounded perfect for a fun little hockey-watching Sunday. Continue Reading»

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Changing Plans at Upstairs 2

February 18th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Care for a date?

So in the middle of dineLA’s Restaurant Week, we decided to pay a visit to Upstairs 2 for some dinner.  This little restaurant hangs out above the Wine House in West LA and if you didn’t know what you were looking for, you would probably never find it.  Luckily, we knew what we were looking for and found it just fine.  After parking on the roof, I found the restaurant to have a pretty swanky atmosphere that was just light enough to read the menus. Continue Reading»

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Subpar-BQ at Barbie’s Q

January 25th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

The Q stands for quixotic.

So for my final truck on the Haiti Fundraiser day, I decided to visit an old truck that I still haven’t gotten the chance to try out.  This was Barbie’s Q, “A Rollin’ BBQ Joint.”  The idea of getting BBQ from a truck has always sounded kind of suspect, but my buddy told me it was pretty good, so I trusted him.  I also trusted the looks of the man taking orders outside the truck that looked like he had just walked out of a Willie Nelson concert or a shootout at the OK Corral.  Or both. 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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