Frances 3870 17th St San Francisco, CA 94114 While just under a year old, Frances has already received so much attention and critical acclaim that it can’t be ignored. Bon Appetit, Esquire and Forbes have all named it one of the best new restaurants in America in 2010, while the James Beard foundation named it…
Prospect Infinity Towers 300 Spear St San Francisco, CA 94105 Prospect is the latest restaurant opening by the team behind Boulevard, which has been a fixture in the SF dining scene for over a decade. One of the highly anticipated openings this year in the city, it features a contemporary American menu with an emphasis…
Drago Centro 525 S Flower St Los Angeles, CA 90071 Given my proximity to the restaurant and my love of their food, I come back to Drago Centro every so often; however, this has recently been only for lunch.I have a love-hate relationship with Drago Centro. I love the food, but the service (especially at…
Test Kitchen: Haru Kishi 9575 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90035 Haru Kishi is the new Executive Chef of the Beverly Hills location of Chaya Brasserie. What I find far more interesting is his culinary background. He was a part of the Joel Robuchon empire before coming to LA to be the head chef…
Hatfield’s 6703 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038 Hatfield’s was one of the longest tenured restaurants on my mental list of restaurants to go to in 2010. Others with an extended stay on that list were The Dining Room at the Langham, Animal, and Petrossian – all of which I had an opportunity to try…
LudoBites 6.0 at Max 13355 Ventura Blvd Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 I was excited to make a return trip to LudoBites after luckily snatching up a cancellation on OpenTable. Ludo changes up the menu pretty frequently, so it was exciting to be able to try some of the new dishes as well as some of…
Test Kitchen: Alain Giraud 9575 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles 90035 Alain Giraud has been around the LA dining scene for a while, most notably cooking at Citrus in the early ’90s and being the opening chef of Bastide in 2002; both of these were critically acclaimed. He left Bastide just as I had moved…
SUGARFISH Downtown 600 W 7th Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 I’d been hearing a lot about SugarFish’s latest location in downtown with everyone raving about fresh, delicious fish at reasonable prices. Given that I live and work in downtown, it was only a matter of time until I paid a visit. SugarFish is a more…