Live on Grand Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival 2013 Grand Avenue between 1st and 2nd Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dining date: 8/24/13 Live on Grand was one of the marquee tasting events of this past weekend’s LA Food & Wine Festival. Formerly called Live on the Plaza when the event was held at…
Lexus Grand Tastings: Saturday & Sunday Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival 2013 LA Center Studios 1201 W 5th St Los Angeles, CA 90017 Dining date: 8/24/13 and 8/25/13 This past weekend marked the third annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival. It’s the largest food/drink festival in the city with around 25 different events,…
Alma 952 S Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90015 Dining date: 8/20/13 Ari Taymor opened up Alma in the middle of last year, after having brought his pop-up restaurant slowly east from Venice to Silverlake and finally opening permanently in downtown LA. Taymor has had a relatively brief cooking career (he’s only 27), having spent time…
Wolvesmouth Underground Dining Various locations Dining date: 7/13/13 Chef Craig Thornton’s Wolvesmouth concept has continued to grow in popularity. It’s been written about time and time again (see this New Yorker write-up) and Thornton has even taken the show on the road, hosting dinners in NYC. While Thornton and team have been working on opening…
Charles Phan (The Slanted Door) M.B. Post 1142 Manhattan Ave Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Dining date: 8/12/13 Manhattan Beach Post (M.B. Post) has been a hot spot in the area since opening over two years ago (helping to spawn another restaurant, Fishing with Dynamite, earlier this year). Chef David LeFevre hosts a recurring guest chef…
Totoraku 10610 W Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90064 Dining date: 7/23/13 I haven’t been to Totoraku, the “secret beef place,” in just about two years. There are two main reasons for this: one, it’s very expensive ($200+) and two, I’m not actually able to make reservations. You see, only those that make some sort…
Badmaash 108 W 2nd St Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dining date: 6/21/13 and 7/16/13 Badmaash opened earlier this year in downtown LA, on the border of Little Tokyo, Civic Center and the Historic Core. I think it’s one of the more unique concepts to open recently calling itself an ‘Indian gastropub.’ Most of the menu offerings…
Plate by Plate 2013 Vibiana 214 S Main St Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dining date: 8/3/13 This weekend was the 11th annual Plate by Plate event. Each year, Project by Project partners with a local nonprofit to help fund-raise and promote awareness for their cause (this year it’s East West Players). The chief fundraising event…