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Otium (Los Angeles, CA) [2]
Otium Restaurant 222 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 213-935-8500www.otiumla.com Thu 08/29/2024, 08:20p-11:35p One of the latest restaurant closures to hit LA is that of Otium. The spot was opened in...
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Mori Nozomi (Los Angeles, CA)
Mori Nozomi Sushi 11500 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064 424-273-1146www.morinozomi.com Sat 08/31/2024, 07:00p-10:00p 2024's most significant sushi opening thus far has to be that of Mori Nozomi, the...
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Alimento (Los Angeles, CA) [3]
Alimento Restaurant 1710 Silver Lake Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026 323-928-2888www.alimentola.com Mon 09/02/2024, 08:45p-10:50p I recently posted about Otium's closure, and sadly, the announcement of...
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Vespertine (Culver City, CA) [5]
Vespertine Restaurant 3599 Hayden Ave, Culver City, CA 90232 323-320-4023www.vespertine.la Sat 09/21/2024, 08:00p-12:25a Chef Jordan Kahn opened Vespertine back in July 2017, and it quickly garnered...
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Button Mash (Los Angeles, CA) [2]
Poltergeist Restaurant at Button Mash 1391 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026 213-250-9903www.buttonmashla.com Wed 09/25/2024, 08:00p-10:50p We come to yet another restaurant closure, this time of Echo...
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Star Leaf (Pasadena, CA)
Starleaf Restaurant 641 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101 626-345-5371www.starleafusa.com Sat 10/05/2024, 06:35p-08:50p A recent birthday dinner brought me out to Star Leaf, a new Thai-leaning...
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Son of a Gun (Los Angeles, CA) [3]
Son of a Gun Restaurant 8370 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048 323-782-9033www.sonofagunrestaurant.com Wed 10/09/2024, 08:20p-10:45p Last June, I paid one final visit to Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook's...
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Paco Meralgo (Barcelona, Spain)
Alta Taberna Pacomeralgo Restaurante C/ de Muntaner, 171, L'Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain +34 934 30 90 27www.restaurantpacomeralgo.com Tue 10/15/2024, 07:55p-09:45p Wed 10/16/2024, 10:00p-12:05a I...
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Sips (Barcelona, Spain)
Sips Drinkery House C/ de Muntaner, 108, L'Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain +34 619 64 14 02sips.barcelona/drinkery-house/ Tue 10/15/2024, 10:30p-12:20a Thu 10/17/2024, 12:20a-02:00a After an excellent...
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Cocina Hermanos Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
Cuina Germans Torres Carrer del Taquígraf Serra, 20, Les Corts, 08029 Barcelona, Spain +34 934 10 00 20www.cocinahermanostorres.com Wed 10/16/2024, 01:25p-04:15p Following a rousing night of tapas at...
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Disfrutar (Barcelona, Spain)
Disfrutar Restaurant Carrer de Villarroel, 163, L'Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain +34 933 48 68 96www.disfrutarbarcelona.com Thu 10/17/2024, 07:30p-12:10a Disfrutar was pretty much the impetus for...
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Alkimia (Barcelona, Spain)
Alkimia Restaurant Rda. de Sant Antoni, 41, L'Eixample, 08011 Barcelona, Spain +34 932 07 61 15www.alkimia.cat Fri 10/18/2024, 02:30p-05:00p Given that I was spending my entire time in Spain in...
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Esencia (Barcelona, Spain)
Sips Esencia C/ de Muntaner, 108, L'Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain +34 619 64 14 02sips.barcelona/esencia/ Fri 10/18/2024, 09:15p-10:55p During my recent trip to Barcelona, I enjoyed a visit to Sips,...
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Estimar (Barcelona, Spain)
Estimar Restaurant Carrer de Sant Antoni dels Sombrerers, 3, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain +34 932 68 91 97www.restaurante-estimar.com Sat 10/19/2024, 08:30p-11:25p During my time in Barcelona,...
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Paradiso (Barcelona, Spain)
Paradiso Bar Carrer de Rera Palau, 4, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain +34 933 60 72 22www.paradiso.cat Sat 10/19/2024, 11:30p-01:05a Sun 10/20/2024, 11:55p-02:05a After a stellar seafood meal at...
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ABaC (Barcelona, Spain)
Àbac Restaurant Av. del Tibidabo, 1, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 08022 Barcelona, Spain +34 933 19 66 00www.abacrestaurant.com Sun 10/20/2024, 08:00p-11:20p After visiting both Sagrada Família and Park Güell...
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Enigma (Barcelona, Spain)
Enigma Concept Carrer de Sepúlveda, 38, 40, L'Eixample, 08015 Barcelona, Spain +34 932 20 19 74www.enigmaconcept.es Mon 10/21/2024, 07:00p-11:05p On my final day in Barcelona, I finally made my way...
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Tsuruichi Wagyu (Fountain Valley, CA)
Tsuru Ichi Wagyu 18950 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 714-884-3750www.instagram.com/tsuruichi.wagyu/ Sat 10/26/2024, 05:30p-07:40p If we're talking about yakiniku in Orange County, then my...
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Trust (Santa Ana, CA)
Trust DTSA 220 E 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701 714-732-0598www.trustdtsa.com Thu 10/31/2024, 06:00p-10:15p For over the past decade, some of the most ambitious cooking in OC has been happening inside an...
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Udatsu (Los Angeles, CA)
Udatsu Sushi LA 6634 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 323-493-3461www.udatsusushila.com Sat 11/16/2024, 05:45p-08:10p There's no dearth of sushi joints in Southern California, and new debuts don't...
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Budonoki (Los Angeles, CA)
Budōnoki Restaurant 654 Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004 323-928-2320www.budonoki.la Sun 12/08/2024, 08:05p-10:20p Back in 2022, I paid a visit to Melody in East Hollywood, which was playing host to...
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Darkroom (Santa Ana, CA)
Dark Room Restaurant 3751 S Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana, CA 92704 657-777-3275www.wearedarkroom.com Fri 12/20/2024, 05:40p-08:40p I've often bemoaned the lack of more ambitious restaurants in Orange County,...
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Bar Becky (Long Beach, CA)
Bar Becky at Long Beach Exchange 3860 Worsham Ave, Long Beach, CA 90846 562-421-0200www.barbecky.com Sun 12/29/2024, 06:40p-09:00p It'd been a while since my last meal in LBC, and my latest dinner in...
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Café Triste (Los Angeles, CA)
Cafe Triste 980 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 213-278-0820www.cafetristela.com Mon 12/30/2024, 08:25p-09:45p After an engagement in San Marino fell through, I found myself with nothing to do on a...
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