Osteria Mozza 6602 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038 Dining date: 10/5/13 I haven’t been to Osteria Mozza in three years and it’s still one of LA’s most popular Italian restaurants. Since opening in 2006-7, the Mozza restaurants have been consistently popular. I’m amazed at what they’ve been able to do with the property at the corner…
ink. 8360 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90069 Dining date: 8/7/13 Michael Voltaggio’s ink. was one of the biggest restaurant openings in 2011; I visited the restaurant twice on its opening weekend but it took almost two years to make my next visit (not counting my visit for the 5×5 collaborative dinner last year). While the restaurant’s…
Animal 435 N Fairfax Ave Los Angeles, CA 90048 Dining date: 7/7/13 Even though it’s been open for just over five years now, Animal still seems to be one of the more talked-about and popular restaurants in the city. It’s amazing that it’s evolved to stay current throughout this time, when it seems like dining…
Red Medicine 8400 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Dining date: 3/30/13 Red Medicine is easily one of the city’s most controversial restaurants and it doesn’t really have anything to do with the food. Indeed, I think the outing of LA Times food critic S. Irene Virbila and the public admonishing of no-show diners has…
Graham Elliot Son of a Gun 8370 W 3rd St Los Angeles, CA 90048 Dining date: 4/9/13 Graham Elliot might be best-known for being a judge on MasterChef (alongside Gordon Ramsay and Joseph Bastianich), but he first made a name for himself in the kitchens of Chicago. He’s opened three restaurants in the city with…
Cooking with Friends: Christopher Kostow (The Restaurant at Meadowood) Animal Restaurant 435 N Fairfax Ave Los Angeles, CA 90048 Dining date: 1/14/13 New for 2013, the team behind the ever-popular Animal began a series of dinners called “Cooking with Friends” in which a guest chef would join for one night and cook a collaborative dinner,…
Return of Test Kitchen: Rocco DiSpirito 9575 W Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90035 Dining date: 10/1/12 It’s been almost two years since Test Kitchen ended its run, something that I thought was one of the most interesting things to happen to the LA dining scene in recent years. Quite frankly, I’ve kinda missed it….
5×5 Chefs Collaborative Dinner ink. 8360 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90069 Dining date: 9/16/12 This past weekend was the final 5×5 Collaborative Dinner of the season. I was lucky enough to attend 3 of the 5 dinners, which were some of my most anticipated dinners in LA this year. For this final dinner at Michael…