San Fran – RN74
Restaurant: RN74 Location: 301 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel: 415.543.7474 Date: February 10, 2012 Cuisine: American Rating: Good, but not spectacular _ I really wanted to go to Michael...
View ArticleWolfgang Puck’s Cut – A cut above?
Restaurant: Wolfgang Puck’s Cut Location: 9500 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, California 90212. P: 310-276-8500 Date: April 12, 2012 Cuisine: Steak House Rating: Great, but I think Mastro’s is slightly...
View ArticleInk – At the Cutting Edge
Restaurant: Ink Location: 8360 Melrose Ave. Ste 107. Los Angeles, CA 90069. (323) 651-5866 Date: May 5, 2012 Cuisine: ?Modern? Rating: Very tasty, hard to pigeonhole _ I’ve wanted to go to chef Michael...
View ArticleRound 2 Closed!
I’ve official “sold” all 100 tickets in ROUND TWO of the Naughty Dark Contest. So I fired up the Ruby interpreter and asked it to compute the appropriate pseudorandom number, which turned out to be 3....
View ArticleBack to the Bazaar
Restaurant: The Bazaar [1, 2] Location: 465 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. 310.246.5555 Date: May 7, 2012 Cuisine: Spanish influenced Molecular Gastronomy Rating: Awesome, one of LA’s best...
View ArticleN/Naka – Farewell to Foie
Restaurant: N/Naka [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Location: 3455 S. Overland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034. 310.836.6252 Date: June 22, 2012 Cuisine: Modern Kaiseki Rating: Awesome ANY CHARACTER HERE It’s been an...
View ArticleGiorgio Baldi – Canyon Perks
Restaurant: Il Ristorante di Giorgio Baldi Location: 114 West Channel Road. Santa Monica Canyon, California 90402. 310-573-1660 Date: March 3, 2012 Cuisine: Italian Rating: Overpriced, but so so good...
View ArticleSugarfish – Sushi by the Numbers
Restaurant: Sugarfish Location: 11640 W. San Vicente Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049. Phone: 310 820-4477 Date: August 13, 2012 Cuisine: Sushi Rating: Fish is good, format is annoying _ My relationship...
View ArticleKiriko Days – a la Carte
Restaurant: Kiriko Sushi [1, 2] Location: 11301 Olympic Blvd #102, West Los Angeles, CA 90064. TELL (310) 478-7769 Date: August 21, 2012 Cuisine: Japanese / Sushi Rating: Very nice! ANY CHARACTER HERE...
View ArticleSons of Anarchy
Title: Sons of Anarchy Genre: Crime Drama Watched: October, 2012 Summary: A dramatic juggernaut 10/10 ANY CHARACTER HERE Sons of Anarchy could be loosely described as The Sopranos with bikers....
View ArticleQuick Brunch with Joe
Restaurant: Joe’s Restaurant [1, 2] Location: 1023 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291 Date: June 23, 2013 Cuisine: California Farmer’s Market Rating: Consistently good _ I’ve been coming to Joe’s...
View ArticleSay Hi to Shi Hai
Restaurant: Shi Hai Location: 1412 S Garfield Ave. Alhambra, CA 91801. (626) 282-3888 Date: January 26, 2015 Cuisine: Cantonese Dimsum Rating: Fun dishes, good, but dumpling skins too thick _ My quest...
View ArticleOliverio 10x10x10
Restaurant: Oliverio [1, 2, 3, 4] Location: 9400 W Olympic Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (310) 407-7791 Date: January 6, 2015 Cuisine: Italian Rating: Awesome Food & Wine _ Like I do, Foodie Club...
View ArticleForget the Duck Soup, More Meat!
Restaurant: Tasty Duck [1, 2, 3] Location: 1039 E Valley Blvd. Ste B102. San Gabriel, CA 91776. (626) 572-3885 Date: February 28, 2015 Cuisine: Chinese Rating: Great Duck! _ Tasty Duck is a regular...
View ArticleValentino – 2007 White Burgundy part 2
Restaurant: Valentino Santa Monica [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Location: 3115 Pico Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90405. (310) 829-4313 Date: March 4, 2015 Cuisine: Italian Rating: Fabulous! _ This dinner is the second...
View ArticleSauvages in the Forest
Restaurant: John Gerber Location: Flintridge Date: May 22, 2015 Cuisine: New American _ Today’s Sauvages lunch is a lunch in honor of late Co-Poobah Steve Levin. It’s graciously hosted by Paul at at...
View ArticleOcean Star isn’t such a star
Restaurant: Ocean Star Restaurant Location: 145 N Atlantic Blvd #201-203, Monterey Park, CA 91754. (626) 308-2128 Date: October 6, 2015 Cuisine: Cantonese Dim Sum Rating: Mediocre cart dim sum _ I go...
View ArticleCalifornia Dreaming
Restaurant: Private Club Location: Somewhere in California Date: December 9, 2015 Cuisine: American Rating: Awesome _ After the Foodie Club met for our epic Truffle Dinner, we hit on the idea of a...
View ArticleInotheke – Modern Greek
Restaurant: Inotheke Location: 606 Broadway #101, Santa Monica, CA 90401. 310) 458-3366 Date: March 19, 2016 Cuisine: Modern Greek Rating: Good flavors _ I’m always on the lookup for new local...
View ArticleGrand Grenache
Restaurant: John Gerber [1, 2] Location: Flintridge Date: May 27, 2016 Cuisine: New American _ Today’s Sauvages lunch is a lunch in honor of late Co-Poobah Steve Levin. It’s graciously hosted by Paul...
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