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Columbia Room (Washington, DC)
Columbia Room Bar 124 Blagden Alley NW, Washington, DC 20001 202.316.9396www.columbiaroomdc.com Wed 10/18/2017, 08:00p-12:30a As regular readers will attest to, I do enjoy my cocktails, and given that...
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Testa (Los Angeles, CA)
Testa Restaurant 1111 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90015 213.973.5013www.testadtla.com Thu 10/26/2017, 07:35p-10:00p One of the newcomers to Downtown's booming South Park district is Testa, which...
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Pineapple & Pearls (Washington, DC)
Pineapple and Pearls Restaurant 715 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003 202.595.7375www.pineappleandpearls.com Thu 10/19/2017, 09:00p-12:00a For this latest visit to the Capital, the restaurant I was most...
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Commerson (Los Angeles, CA)
Commerson Restaurant 788 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.813.3000www.commersonrestaurant.com Sat 10/28/2017, 07:30p-10:40p Commerson (named after naturalist Philibert Commerson) was a...
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Sushi Ogawa (Washington, DC)
Sushi Ogawa Restaurant 2100 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008 202.813.9715www.sushiogawa.com Fri 10/20/2017, 12:05p-02:30p Friday was the final day of my recent visit to DC. I needed a lunch...
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ChiMac Star (Los Angeles, CA)
ChiMac Star Restaurant 3054 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005 213.383.0003chimacstar.wixsite.com/chimacstar / chimacstar.eat24hour.com Wed 11/01/2017, 08:20p-09:40p We were on the hunt for fried chicken...
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Milk Tavern (Los Angeles, CA)
Milk Tavern Dessert Lounge 528 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020 213.568.3770www.milktavern.com Wed 11/01/2017, 09:55p-10:55p After dinner at ChiMac Star, we were in the mood for some dessert and...
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Koshiji (Torrance, CA)
Yakitori Koshiji Restaurant 22807 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance, CA 90505 310.378.3787www.koshijiusa.com Tue 11/07/2017, 08:00p-10:30p My latest craving for skewered chicken led me to the South Bay once...
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Chapter One (Santa Ana, CA)
Chapter One: The Modern Local 227 N Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701 714.352.2225www.chapteronetml.com Sun 11/19/2017, 07:10p-09:20p Downtown Santa Ana has witnessed a sort of revitalization over the past...
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Sushi|Bar (Encino, CA)
Sushi | Bar at Woodley Proper 16101 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436 818.876.0818www.sushibarla.com Thu 11/30/2017, 09:00p-11:20p Los Angeles is, without a doubt, a sushi town, with options available in...
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Woodley Proper (Encino, CA) [2]
Woodley Proper Bar & Restaurant 16101 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436 818.906.9775www.woodleyproper.com Thu 11/30/2017, 11:20p-12:00a We recently checked out Phillip Frankland Lee's new sushi bar,...
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The Smoking Ribs (Garden Grove, CA)
The SmoKING Ribs BBQ Restaurant 14211 N Euclid St, Garden Grove, CA 92843 714.867.6057www.thesmokingribs.com Sun 12/03/2017, 8:00p-09:40p I recently found myself in Garden Grove and was in search of a...
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Chuan's (Temple City, CA)
Chuan's Chinese Restaurant 5807 Rosemead Blvd, Temple City, CA 91780 626.677.6667www.chuansla.com / www.chuanstemplecity.com Thu 12/07/2017, 7:45p-10:20p The road to this meal began back in June with...
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Maruhide Uni Club (Torrance, CA)
Maruhide Uni Club Restaurant 2130 W Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance, CA 90504 310.323.2864www.maruhide.us/en/uniclub/ Fri 12/15/2017, 7:40p-09:30p We were recently on the search for a place to dine in the...
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Cal Mare (Los Angeles, CA)
Cal Mare Restaurant at Beverly Center 8500 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048 424.332.4595www.michaelmina.net/restaurants/southern-california/calmare/ Sat 12/16/2017, 8:15p-12:15a Over the past 11...
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189 by Dominique Ansel (Los Angeles, CA)
189 by Dominique Ansel at The Grove 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.602.0096www.189byda.com / www.dominiqueansella.com Wed 12/20/2017, 7:45p-10:50p It'd been a long time since my last visit...
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LA Brisket (Artesia, CA)
L.A. Brisket BBQ Restaurant 18189 Pioneer Blvd, Artesia, CA 90701 562.356.8277www.labrisket.com Fri 12/22/2017, 7:55p-09:10p I recently found myself in the Artesia area looking to pick up some food to...
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Restaurant 917 (Carson, CA)
Restaurant 917 at the Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles 19800 S Main St, Carson, CA 90745 310.527.0917www.restaurant917.com Sat 01/13/2018, 05:40p-08:35p Restaurant 917 has got to be one of the...
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Kantaro Sushi (Torrance, CA)
Kantaro Sushi Restaurant 1542 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90501 310.320.0200www.facebook.com/pages/Kantaro-Sushi/116768978347286 (unofficial) Sun 01/14/2018, 07:30p-09:30p Kantaro's a spot that had never...
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The Hobbit (Orange, CA)
The Hobbit Restaurant 2932 E Chapman Ave, Orange, CA 92869 714.997.1972www.hobbitrestaurant.com Thu 01/25/2018, 6:40p-11:00p If we're talking about "old school" sort of restaurants in Orange County,...
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