Angelini Osteria 7313 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90036 Dining date: 1/12/12 Angelini Osteria has been on my “want to try” list for years. I’ve gotten a taste of Gino Angelini’s rustic Italian cooking at various food festivals over the years and they’ve made a positive impression. For any number of reasons I never got…
Paella by Ludovic Lefebvre Domaine LA 6801 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038 Dining date: 12/11/11 I’ve been to DomaineLA a few times, a wine shop located in Mid-City/Hollywood. It’s a smallish shop but there’s enough variety to indecisively look at bottles for hours. I’ve found the wines to be both interesting and rather reasonably…
Cooks County 8009 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90048 Dining date: 12/1/11 Cook’s County opened last month, the newest farm-to-table, seasonal spot to hit the restaurant-rich neighborhood of Mid-City on Beverly. The stoves are helmed by Daniel Mattern while the pastry chef is Roxana Jullapat, both most recently of Ammo. The space was previously occupied…
Susan Feniger’s Street 742 N Highland Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038 Dining date: 11/21/11 Susan Feniger (with Mary Sue Milliken make up the “Two Hot Tamales” and co-owners of the Border Grill chain) opened up solo venture Street in 2009. The name says it all – the restaurant serves street food from all over the…
Short Order LA Farmers Market 6333 W 3rd St Los Angeles, CA 90036 Dining date: 11/19/11 Short Order is the newest addition to the Farmers Market/Grove dining options in mid-city, opened Friday. The concept is rather simple, centered on high quality burgers and conceived by the late Amy Pressman and Mozza’s Nancy Silverton. I first had…
The Bazaar SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills 465 S La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90048 Dining date: 10/7/11 Since opening in late 2008, The Bazaar has probably garnered more accolades than any other restaurant in the city. It’s still a very popular restaurant that continues to garner national attention, propelled by the rise in both…
ink. 8360 Melrose Ave West Hollywood, CA 90069 Dining date: 9/23/11 and 9/25/11 ink. is probably the most highly anticipated restaurant opening in LA this year. Since winning “Top Chef” season 6, Michael Voltaggio’s popularity has skyrocketed, and the city (and nation?) has been eagerly awaiting his next venture since leaving The Dining Room at the…
Test Kitchen (Sotto) 9575 W Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90035 Dining date: 9/19/11 Test Kitchen’s run ended almost a year ago now, but its spirit lives on. The Townhouse hosted a reunion to celebrate the one-year anniversary of TK with two simultaneous dinners (one upstairs and one downstairs, $70 each) with completely different chef/mixologist lineups….