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…
Bäco Mercat 408 S Main St Los Angeles, CA 90013 Dining date: 7/15/13 I’ve been to Josef Centeno’s popular Baco Mercat multiple times for lunch and have been meaning to try it for dinner. I live relatively close but have procrastinated for so long; two weeks ago, I finally made this dinner visit as my…
Mo-Chica 514 W 7th Street Los Angeles, CA 90014 Dining date: 4/29/13 and 6/25/13 Ricardo Zarate and business partner Stephane Bombet have been a busy tandem, opening three restaurants in the past two years. Mo-Chica opened just over a year ago, the current middle-child in the growing group of restaurants. Given its downtown location is…
Bestia 2121 7th Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90021 Dining date: 3/28/13, 4/27/13, 6/7/13 Bestia opened in downtown LA late last year, and continues to be one of the most popular restaurants in the neighborhood. Ori Menashe is the chef here (formerly of Angelini Osteria) cooking up Italian food based around a house salumi program, a…
Chego 727 N Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dining date: 5/3/13 The street food-slinging Kogi food trucks are undoubtedly what chef Roy Choi is most known for, but Chego may be my favorite of his restaurants (I haven’t been to A-Frame yet though). Chego shares the same in-your-face, full-flavored approach as Kogi, but primarily in the form…
Le Grand Fooding Crush Paris – Los Angeles The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA 152 N Central Ave Los Angeles, CA 90013 Dining date: 4/26/13 and 4/27/13 This past weekend, Le Grand Fooding made its first foray into Los Angeles. The traveling event, hosted in San Francisco and New York in past instances, seeks to promote…
Colori Kitchen 429 W 8th St Los Angeles, CA 90014 Dining date: 3/22/13 Colori Kitchen has been a popular spot downtown for as long as I’ve been living in the area. It’s popular with the Yelp crowd and been one of the lone noteworthy Italian restaurants in the area up until recently (Drago Centro, Bestia,…
Marugame Monzo 329 E 1st St Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dining date: 4/5/13 I’ve always been surprised that Little Tokyo (or LA really, for that matter) didn’t have any udon specialists. Ramen is big here, of course, but there aren’t any shops dedicated to the thick, white noodle (I have heard there are a couple…