Ешь вволю, пей в меру While we continue to tinker with our own birria-borscht hybrids at home, John Sedlar is honoring Mother Russia at Rivera with a $70, May 2 menu available today to Blackboard Eats subscribers. The chef is celebrating “the end of Communism” with cocktails of Russian vodka (but probably stolen from the [...]
The new beer hall Mike and Chris Simms opened their second outpost of Simmzy’s in Long Beach this weekend, bringing even more taps, burgers and Anne Conness’s menu is similar in spirit to the original location, but featuring new additions like farmers’ market fritters and wood-fired pizzas, plus weekend brunch. Specials change nightly, with homey [...]
Tappin’ the taps Tony’s Darts Away, Tony Yanow’s first beer in Burbank, celebrates its second anniversary this Saturday, April 21, with an all-day beerfest. $30 gets you five “generous” pours of anything on tap, including some rare specialties like Cuvee de Tomme and Supplication, and a commemorative glass. There will be vegan and non-vegan food [...]
Puck When Wolfgang Puck shared his diet with us a few weeks back, we became just a little concerned that he wasn’t checking out L.A.’s restaurant scene enough, understandably preferring to eat amongst his own empire. This week the great chef broke the mold, giving us a sigh of relief as he paid a visit [...]
Breaking the bonds of trust Following this week’s news that seafood is being majorly mislabeled in L.A. and a national scandal over salmonella-spreading “tuna scrape” that lead to a recall of 59,000 pounds of tuna, it’s clear there’s something really (wait for it) fishy going on in the world of U.S. seafood. HuffPo reports on [...]
Wild Fish Fair To celebrate its embrace of sustainable seafood, Chaya Brasserie in Beverly Hills is running a special menu of eight dishes piled high with wild Alaskan fish and shellfish through April 30. Chef Shigefumi Tachibe’s recipes include a mushroom tart with sea urchin and Alaskan king crab, ravioli stuffed with mi-cuit wild salmon, [...]
Sonata Wines Just in case you’re left stranded and still wandering the desert following Coachella next weekend, there could be an oasis waiting for you at Rancho las Palmas, the resort that plays home to chef Sean O’Connell at BluEmber restaurant, which is planning a musically-inspired food event of its own. From 7:30 to 10:00 [...]
Lagunitas Lagunitas Brewing Company makes just about our favorite readily-available IPA on the market. The Petaluma-based company started humbly in 1993 after Tony Magee, now the CEO, tried a home-brewing kit and liked the results so much he gave one of his pale ales to his pal, Ron Lindenbush, the brewery’s current COO. The rest [...]
“It’s the way I’m feeling I just can’t deny…” Rihanna made her 1,574th trip to Giorgio Baldi this week, but the Bahama mama refused to let the media push up on her as she made an exit. Making a break for it (lookin’ all fine in the process) the singer hid her face, got into [...]
The Piccolo team at its new space Our drawers are already bunched up over the heinous new mixed use condo/shopping center now marring Rose Avenue in Venice, soon to be followed by a perfect storm of strollers and Google staffers. But at least one prized local is taking the cue to set up camp in [...]
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