Faith & Flower 705 W 9th St Los Angeles, CA 90015 Dining date: 4/3/14 Faith & Flower is one of the bigger downtown restaurant openings lately, brought to us by a powerful partnership between Coastal Luxury Management (Pebble Beach Food & Wine, Los Angeles Food & Wine) and Stephane Bombet (Picca). It’s the first LA…
Corazon y Miel 6626 Atlantic Ave Bell, CA 90201 Dining date: 4/5/14 Corazon y Miel opened just about a year ago and has been well-received in its short life. Located about 10 miles southeast of downtown in Bell, California, it’s not exactly in a part of town I think about for dining destinations. But chef…
Studio 30801 Coast Hwy Laguna Beach, CA 92651 Dining date: 3/29/14 I’ve known about Studio for a while and always figured it to be a good option if I was ever in need of a nicer restaurant in the southern part of Orange County. Just recently I found myself on a weekend trip to OC…
Scratch Bar 111 N La Cienega Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Dining date: 3/15/14 Scratch Bar opened almost a year ago, a relatively young entrant to La Cienega’s Restaurant Row. The menu, created by chef Phillip Frankland Lee, has been described as modern American yet in a fun and whimsical manner. Something a bit different….
Chi Spacca 6610 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90036 Dining date: 3/14/14 Chi Spacca opened last year and is the latest restaurant to join the Mozza corner at Melrose & Highland. It replaced the Scuola di Pizza, yet in a way is a permanent extension of the restaurant. Chad Colby, who used to helm the…
Bourbon Steak 237 S Brand Blvd Glendale, CA 91204 Dining date: 3/27/14 Bourbon Steak is Michael Mina’s return to the Los Angeles restaurant scene since the closure of XIV in 2011. This is Mina’s fifth location of the steakhouse, a restaurant blending a traditional steakhouse with modern touches, joining San Francisco, Scottsdale, Washington DC, and Miami….