Tag Archive: foodie alert

DTLA: St. Vincent’s Court

The second cicLAvia happened a couple of weeks ago, giving me the perfect opportunity to walk around DTLA to explore. We started on the cicLAvia route in Little Tokyo and headed up 7th… Continue reading

Border Grill DTLA: Top Chef Masters Viewing Party

Chef Mary Sue of Border Grill made it through another round of Top Chef Masters! Border Grill will throw a viewing party for Top Chef Masters at all location this Wednesday, May 4… Continue reading

Terranea: New Bar Bites at mar’sel

I was invited to check out the new bar bites  menu at mar’sel, one of the restaurants at the Terranea resort. Terranea opened in the summer of 2009 and I had been curious… Continue reading

Gee Whiz, Son of a Gun!

Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook, the guys behind Animal opened up a seafood restaurant a couple of months back named Son of a Gun. I made it over last week after hearing how… Continue reading

MDR: Brunching at Vu

When Vu first opened late last year, everyone was buzzing about Chef Kyle Schutte’s Southern Molecular Gastronomy dishes such as chicken fried watermelon, pork belly with root beer gelee, Sprite ice, mayo powders… Continue reading

DTLA: The Spice Table

In the last few years, one of my friends from my old dining club and I have been haphazardly pursuing restaurants with cuisines tinged by communism. It’s an odd theme but relatively quirky… Continue reading

BoHo Reopens at Hollywood & Highland

BoHo reopened this week at Hollywood & Highland. Previously, the location was on Sunset, near the Arclight Theatres. Now in a bigger space with similar decor, it feels less like Grandma’s house and… Continue reading

Hollywood: Night + Market

In my continuing series of seeking non-dive Asian food*, I headed over to Night + Market to see what all the fuss was about. I should have known I would fall in love… Continue reading

Hollywood: Public Kitchen & Bar at the Roosevelt Hotel

I was invited to the new Public Kitchen and Bar at the Roosevelt for dinner last week. We started with some cocktails at the bar. It’s rare to find a cocktail in Hollywood… Continue reading

Beverly Hills: Bouchon

In the buzz for newish restaurants, Bouchon certainly loomed in my mind. For years, I’ve wanted to go to the French Laundry and the closest I came to Thomas Keller’s food was the… Continue reading