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Maydan (Washington, DC)
Maydān Restaurant 1346 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009 202.370.3696www.maydandc.com Mon 09/30/2019, 06:55p-09:00p Yep, I'm back in DC once again. So during a meal at Reverie back in May, a couple...
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Rooster & Owl (Washington, DC)
Rooster and Owl Restaurant 2436 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 202.813.3976www.roosterowl.com Wed 10/02/2019, 08:15p-10:15p During my last visit to DC, the fine folks at Bresca named Rooster...
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Gravitas (Washington, DC)
Gravitas Restaurant 1401 Okie St NE, Washington, DC 20002 202.763.7942www.gravitasdc.com Thu 10/03/2019, 07:30p-11:45p I was dining at Eric Ziebold's Métier back in August last year, and when I asked...
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Mini Sushi Bar (Washington, DC)
Mini Sushi Bar at Mandarin Oriental 1330 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024 202.643.1225www.sushibardc.com Fri 10/04/2019, 12:15p-01:50p I last checked in with Chef Minoru Ogawa back in 2017, when I...
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Birdie G's (Santa Monica, CA)
Birdie G's Restaurant 2421 Michigan Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90404 310.310.3616www.birdiegsla.com Sun 10/06/2019, 06:30p-09:15p I last reported on Jeremy Fox back in August 2015, shortly after the opening...
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Haewah Dal (Long Beach, CA)
Hae Wah Dal Restaurant 5020 E 2nd St, Long Beach, CA 90803 562.343.7749www.haewahdal.com Sun 10/13/2019, 07:00p-09:00p If we're talking about types of restaurants I never expected to open in Belmont...
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Pasjoli (Santa Monica, CA)
Pasjoli Restaurant 2732 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90405 424.330.0020www.pasjoli.com Thu 10/17/2019, 09:00p-12:10a I last posted about Dave Beran back in September 2017, shortly after the debut of his...
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Toriki (Tokyo, Japan)
Toriki Kinshicho Kosaka Building 1F, 1-8-13 Kinshi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0013 03.3622.6202 Sat 10/26/2019, 09:00p-12:10a I recently found myself in Japan for the first time in over a decade, and after...
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Mikawa Zezankyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Tempura Mikawa Zezankyo 1-3-1 Fukuzumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0032 03.3643.8383mikawa-zezankyo.jimdo.com Sun 10/27/2019, 07:40p-09:10p I often bemoan the lack of tempura specialist spots here in the US,...
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Kanda (Tokyo, Japan)
Nihonryori Kanda Calm Motoazabu 1F, 3-6-34 Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0046 03.5786.0150www.nihonryori-kanda.com/english Mon 10/28/2019, 09:00p-12:20a After enjoying delicious presentations of...
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Narisawa (Tokyo, Japan)
Narisawa Restaurant 2-6-15 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 03.5785.0799www.narisawa-yoshihiro.com Tue 10/29/2019, 12:35p-03:55p Of all the meals I had in Japan recently, Narisawa was perhaps...
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Oniku Karyu (Tokyo, Japan)
Oniku Karyu Beef Restaurant K Building 1F, 11-11 Nihonbashi Kobunacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0024 03.3249.7776www.karyu-tokyo.com Tue 10/29/2019, 09:00p-11:45p Following a pretty stellar lunch at...
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Gion Suetomo (Kyoto, Japan)
Gion Suetomo Restaurant 4-151-73 Komatsucho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0811 75.496.8799gionsuetomo.kyoto Wed 10/30/2019, 06:00p-08:00p Though most of my time in Japan was spent in Tokyo on this visit,...
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Kiyota (Tokyo, Japan)
Kiyota Sushi 6-3-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 03.3572.4854 Thu 10/31/2019, 12:10p-02:25p Naturally I had to fit in some sushi during my time in Japan, and ended up at Kiyota. One of Tokyo's most...
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Nihonryori Ryugin (Tokyo, Japan)
Nihonryori Ryugin Midtown Hibiya 7F, 1-1-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006 03.6630.0007www.nihonryori-ryugin.com Thu 10/31/2019, 08:00p-11:25p RyuGin was the setting for the final dinner of my...
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Kioicho Mitani (Tokyo, Japan)
Sushi Kioi-Cho Mitani Kioi Terrace 3F, 1-2 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0094 03.6256.9566www.sushi-mitani.jp Fri 11/01/2019, 12:40p-03:10p I was able to fit in one last meal in Tokyo before flying...
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Jeune et Jolie (Carlsbad, CA)
Jeune & Jolie Restaurant 2659 State St, Carlsbad, CA 92008 760.637.5266www.jeune-jolie.com Fri 11/22/2019, 08:50p-12:05a I didn't expect to be eating in Carlsbad at all this year, but here I was....
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Jeong Yuk Jeom (Los Angeles, CA)
Jeong-yukjeom Korean BBQ 621 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005 213.384.2244www.jeongyukjeom.com Tue 12/10/2019, 07:40p-10:05p A friend's birthday dinner brought me to the latest player in LA's...
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Bar Restaurant (Los Angeles, CA)
Bar Restaurant 4326 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029 323.347.5557www.barrestaurant.la Wed 12/11/2019, 08:15p-11:30p The straightforwardly-monikered Bar Restaurant in Silver Lake was a spot that had...
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Gem Dining (Fountain Valley, CA)
Gem Dining Restaurant 10836 Warner Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 714.516.8121www.gemdining.com Fri 12/20/2019, 07:05p-09:05p Word on the street is that Gem Dining's the hottest restaurant to hit...
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