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Dining Out | Europe

Da Francesco (Rome, Italy)

Da Francesco Piazza del Fico 29 00186 Rome, Italy Dining date: 10/22/14 and 10/24/14 The first…and last…dinner in Rome was here at Da Francesco. While walking around the Piazza Navona area, we found this restaurant on Yelp. Located just east of the piazza, it had positive reviews and pictures with raves of a black truffle…

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Dining Out | Southern California

Bestia (Los Angeles, CA) [3]

Bestia 2121 7th Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90021 Dining date: 6/21/14, 8/1/14 and 10/10/14 Bestia continues to be one of my favorite restaurants in the city. The food’s as good as ever and the restaurant continues to pack the house nightly. I’ve visited regularly, once every month and a half or so; this post recaps three of…

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Dining Out | Southern California

The Factory Kitchen (Los Angeles, CA)

The Factory Kitchen 1300 Factory Pl Ste 101 Los Angeles, CA 90013 Dining date: 2/25/14 The Factory Kitchen, opened four months ago, is one of the newer entrants to the still-hot downtown food scene, particularly the Arts District. It joins Drago Centro, Bestia and Maccheroni Republic as Italian restaurants to open up in the area in the last…

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Dining Out | Southern California

Bestia (Los Angeles, CA) [2]

Bestia 2121 7th Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90021 Dining date: 8/17/13, 11/8/13, 1/3/14 Bestia has quickly become one of my favorite restaurants in the city with its delicious Italian food. I’m not the only one that’s visited regularly as the restaurant seems to be packed night-in and night-out for those stopping in for Ori Menashe’s…

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Dining Out | Northern California

Perbacco (San Francisco, CA)

Perbacco 230 California St San Francisco, CA 94111 Dining date: 12/23/13 Perbacco has been open for some time now (2006) but this was my first visit. For a number of years, I kept hearing good things about the restaurant but it never quite made it high enough on the list to actually go. On my…

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Dining Out | Southern California

Terroni Downtown (Los Angeles, CA)

Terroni Downtown LA 802 S Spring St Los Angeles, CA 90015 Dining date: 11/16/13 Terroni has been on my list of restaurants to try for some time now. I first tried a sampling of the restaurant at The Taste 2011, where they were making a selection of their pastas fresh on the spot. The Toronto-based…

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Dining Out | Northern California

Cotogna (San Francisco, CA)

Cotogna 490 Pacific St San Francisco, CA 94133 Dining date: 12/3/13 Cotogna opened just over three years ago, the next-door sibling to two Michelin-starred Quince. Cotogna’s food is a comfortable, rustic Italian style differing from Quince’s more modern, refined Italian. The commitment to quality and strong execution is shared at both places; they even share…

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Dining Out | Southern California

Scarpetta (Beverly Hills, CA) [2]

Scarpetta Montage Beverly Hills 225 North Canon Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Dining date: 10/19/13 It’s been two years since my last visit to Scarpetta (it really doesn’t seem that long ago at all) and three years since my first opening night visit – still one of the more memorable dining experiences of my life. Scott…

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