Maccheroni Republic 332 S Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90013 Dining date: 2/2/13 and 3/16/13 Maccheroni Republic opened at the end of last year, from the old owners of Locanda Veneta in mid-city. The location couldn’t be more different, from the Beverly Hills-adjacent Locanda Veneta to this spot across the street from Grand Central Market in…
Allumette 1320 Echo Park Ave Los Angeles, CA 90026 Dining date: 2/28/13 Allumette opened earlier this year, in what was a quick re-conceptualization of Echo Park’s Allston Yacht Club. Young chef Miles Thompson, formerly of Son of a Gun, brought his pop-up The Vagrancy Project to AYC last summer. It sounded like a successful run and I’d…
Truffle Dinner Series SAAM at The Bazaar SLS Hotel 465 S La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90048 Dining date: 2/23/13 It’s been a while since I’ve been to The Bazaar, Jose Andres’ ever popular molecular gastronomy/tapas restaurant. After more than two years, a truffle tasting menu is what brought me back to the restaurant’s…
San Tung 1031 Irving St San Francisco, CA 94122 Dining date: 12/24/12 San Tung is consistently one of San Francisco’s most popular Chinese restaurants, known for its long waits almost as much as its food. Located in the Sunset district of the city, the first-come first-served restaurant always seems to have a crowd waiting outside,…
this is not a pop-up: Evan Funke Square One 4854 Fountain Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029 Dining date: 2/6/13 this is not a pop-up, housed in Hollywood’s Square One Dining space, follows a similar concept to the now-defunct Test Kitchen, housing chefs for a short period of time to cook whatever they want. It’s a…
State Bird Provisions 1529 Fillmore St San Francisco, CA 94115 Dining date: 12/28/12 This was one of the restaurants I really wanted to try while I was in San Francisco (probably #1 on my list). Opened on the last day of 2011, it was named to numerous lists for best new restaurants of the year, including…
Oola 860 Folsom St San Francisco, CA 94107 Dining date: 12/27/12 This past year for my grandmother’s birthday, my cousins and I took her to dinner at Oola in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood. It’s a tradition we’ve been doing a number of years now, and something I look forward to each holiday season. This year,…
Rich Table 199 Gough St San Francisco, CA 94102 Dining date: 12/26/12 Rich Table was one of San Francisco’s bigger restaurant openings of last year and continues to be one of the hot tables in town. Evan and Sarah Rich are the couple behind the restaurant, whose collective resumes include San Francisco’s Quince, Michael Mina…