Flickr/Lauren Manning In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. “Somebody had a great week once in Provence, and wants the Meatpacking District — and the swinger
April 9, 2011 | Posted in
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I missed the last Ciclavia but I won’t let that happen again: Sunday is the day when 8 miles of streets are closed to cars from Heliotrope to Boyle Heights from 10 am to 3 pm, right through the middle of Downtown. Here’s a few places to eat en route: Guisados Tacos on 1st St. [...]
April 8, 2011 | Posted in
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Bad news rocked us this week, as we learned there are two more Katsuya-loving spawns of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, Kyle and Kendall Jenner, just waiting to turn old enough to dumb down our TV screens. Elsewhere, Christina Aguilera appears to have had a slight break-up with Mozza, taking her chauffeured dog-and-drunken-pony show to Giorgio Baldi [...]
April 8, 2011 | Posted in
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In the spring, some urbanites seek out wildflowers, and others, cocktails. Luckily, the latter are coming up like poppies. Here are a few: Cana Rum Bar: Bar manager Allan Katz has rolled out a spring menu with drinks categorized under "daggers, pistols and cannons." A "diabolically tasty" Pimm's Cup "remix" called the Bad Passenger has Beefeater, [...]
April 8, 2011 | Posted in
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Guzzle & NoshPuffed rice from Street.April is National Grilled Cheese Month and National Poetry Month, but it’s also a month of evil. It’s tax month. To help, here are a few tax day and, in som
April 8, 2011 | Posted in
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No, no, it’s not another battle! The poster just makes it look like a food fight. With so many spots jockeying to fill the pop-up power void left behind by the dissolving of Test Kitchen, Eater announces that the Culver City location of Fraiche has jumped into the game with a guest-chef series of its [...]
April 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila took the Bay Area by storm recently, hitting the culinary jackpot: Six great restaurants in six days. (It's harder than it might seem, even in a foodie haven like San Francisco.) Did she miss any of your favorite places to eat in and around San Francisco? What would you recommend [...]
April 7, 2011 | Posted in
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What a difference one letter makes. As of April 14th, Santa Monica’s LGO (La Grand Orange) is getting a name change — to M Street Kitchen. The menu will mostly remain the same except for the season
April 7, 2011 | Posted in
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The Ginger Rogers always had a special place in my heart, it was the first “serious” cocktail I’ve ordered — at the ripe age of twenty-month & a month at Dupont Circle’s Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe (also known for their everything-but-the-kitchen sink Dysfunctional Family Sundae) — and a far cry from the collegey drinks I’ve [...]
Just in case you’ve managed to get your appetite back following Gustavo Turner’s extensive interview with Detroit’s Insane Clown Posse, today the L.A. Weekly scribe is back to tell us where the guys like to eat in L.A. In a Twitter message left last Friday, the group’s Violent J calls out Carney’s as “our favorite [...]
April 6, 2011 | Posted in
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