Jen JonesThe Churchill’s interiorAngelenos have three new bars they can hit this weekend: The Churchill, Oldfield’s Liquor Room and the Hollywood Magic Bar. (The opening of Josef Centeno’s new
October 21, 2011 | Posted in
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Chop chop Howard Ko, who tells us he’s a cook at Melisse, writes to tell us about a dinner he’s helping to organize at Il Grano along with seven other chefs with varying positions in restaurants like Church & State, Joe’s, and Melisse in a benefit for Breast Cancer Connections. On November 6th, Ko will [...]
October 20, 2011 | Posted in
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Those who want to enjoy the first two offerings from the new-on-the-scene Golden Road Brewing at home won't have to wait for the outfit to start offering cans, which won't be available until late November or early December. This weekend the brewery will open one of its three warehouses to start selling 32-oz. growlers for $10 apiece. The [...]
October 20, 2011 | Posted in
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As we’ve noted before, among the many ways you can ID a food lover in this town is the presence of a mole-stained copy of EAT: Los Angeles in the glove compartment of the car. Along with, say
October 20, 2011 | Posted in
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Naya’s dining area goes white-on-white Most restaurants could use a little freshening up every few years, and after 10 years as Tantra, the Sunset Junction Indian spot has gotten a re-do as Naya. Naya’s grand opening is on Monday. We stopped by for the preview night and saw that the menu is similar to Tantra [...]
October 20, 2011 | Posted in
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The Bäco It’s finally here! Lazy Ox Canteen chef Josef Centeno is opening Bäco Mercat for lunch this Monday to serve his proprietary taco/gyro/pizza invention the bäco, which has popped up over the years at the chef’s various restaurants. We’ve been looking forward to Centeno’s new spot for a while, and are excited to see [...]
October 20, 2011 | Posted in
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Allegra McEvedy has been cooking professionally for more than 20 years, working her way through a batch of restaurants in London, most notably the River Café and the Cow, in addition to stints at American eateries Rubicon (now closed) and Jardinière in San Francisco, and New York's Tribeca Grill. The Cordon Bleu alumnus was chef-in-residence [...]
October 20, 2011 | Posted in
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Adam MurrayA mirror reflects the interior of Josef Centeno’s Bäco Mercat (in its final construction phase).Update: 10/19, 4:29 p.m. Centeno has alerted us that Baco Mercat won’t open Oct. 24, a
October 20, 2011 | Posted in
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The Bazaar serves traditional Spanish fare, but it is still Los Angeles’s favored temple of molecular gastronomy. coffeebrownies recently ordered mostly off of the avant-garde menu and said the meal was “amazing.” According to ozsj0402, dishes like the cotton candy foie gras are a must-try; yesilovestotravel agrees: “First you get the sweetness from the cotton [...]
October 19, 2011 | Posted in
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A perfect Pie Hole pie Former Eveleigh GM Sean Brennan opened The Pie Hole today in Downtown, across the street from Wurstkuche in The Arts District. Is there anything you don’t already love about that name? Do you think employees will say “time to shut our pie hole” each night? Anyway, we predicted that pie [...]
October 19, 2011 | Posted in
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