Los Angeles Food & Wine Red Carpet Recap

The First Annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival is now a memory but what fabulous times they were! There were 100 celebrity chefs, 300 wineries and 70 city-wide events. I attended the… Continue reading

Get Your Tickets for LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade This Sunday

There are food events and then there are FOOD events. The LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade event raises funds to fight against childhood cancer. It comes to Culver Studios this Sunday from 12 to… Continue reading

LAFW: Lunch at Patina with Joachim Splichal, Jonathan Waxman and Daniel Boulud

Have you ever been thrown in a foodie frenzy? On Friday, October 14 there were so many special lunches as part of the Los Angeles Food and Wine Festival that I had a… Continue reading

DTLA: Dinner at Bar | Kitchen

It’s not often I make it a dineLA lunch and dinner at the same place. Of my five dineLA meals last month, I went to Bar | Kitchen twice, once for lunch and… Continue reading

Rivera: Another Blast From The Past, St. Estephe

  Chef John Sedlar’s St. Estephe menu ended in September at Rivera but then dineLA came around early October and elements from that menu were offered for both lunch and dinner at Rivera.… Continue reading

DTLA: Lunch at Tiara Cafe

As dineLA hit its second week, I made it over to Tiara for lunch. It’s been a few years since I last went. It was around the time it first opened and I… Continue reading

West Hollywood: Drinks at ink.

  Just when people started referring to bartenders as “mixologists,” bartenders have now proudly reclaimed the word “bartender” in the name of hospitality. And Devon Espinosa, the bar manager at ink. has done… Continue reading

DTLA: One-Eyed Gypsy Now Open

The One-Eyed Gypsy, the carnival-themed bar, is now open in Downtown Los Angeles. The space is one of LA’s oldest bars  and most recently was Bordello and Little Pedro’s before that. While chatting… Continue reading

New StrEAT Menu at Windows Lounge at the Four Seasons Los Angeles

I recently was invited to check out the new StrEAT menu at Windows Lounge inside of the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. I’m familiar with the Four Seasons as that’s where… Continue reading

Chaya Brasserie October Industry Night Recap

  With the next Chaya Brasserie Industry Night coming up on Monday, November 7th, I thought I should recap this past month’s event. The first couple of events featured roast pig tacos and… Continue reading