Corkbar – Tasting Tables
End of the Vine Take a wine tour from Sonoma to Santa Barbara at Corkbar L.A. has more wine bars than you can throw a corkscrew at, but only one focuses solely on the bounty of California: Corkbar. Set in the ground floor of the new EVO lofts Downtown, it’s a sleek, stylish place to […]
Trader Vic’s – L.A. Times
When Trader Vic’s in downtown Los Angeles opens to the public May 2, it won’t have the same intimate, clubby feel as the Vic’s at the Beverly Hills Hilton once had, but it will have the requisite moai, island-themed decor and the roster of fruity drinks. Big and bright
Corkbar – Urbandaddy.com
A Wine Bar for Daylight Hours. In the shadow of the Staples Center, a new sport is brewing. Call it competitive leisure. Corkbar, a soaring new wine bar, opens Thursday.
Fired Up at Gjelina – Los Angeles Mag.
At Gjelina a neighboorhood spot in Venice, chef Travis Lett demonstrates his devotion to the open flame. By: Patrick Hun
Wurstkuche – LA Weekly
IN THE WURST WAY: DOWNTOWN’S WURSTKUCHE SERVES UP BOHEMIA ON A TOASTED ROLL There may be no more universal pleasure in the world of meat than a well-made sausage plucked straight from the fire, filmed with a bubbling mantle of grease, and thrust at you when it is still so hot that you bobble it […]
Fred 62 – LA Weekly
BEST SOUL, FOOD: FRED 62 Like a cleft apricot, the logo of Fred 62 diner sits above a stretch of Vermont Avenue pavement in Los Feliz, where the smoking, chattering masses talk too much and too, like, loud as they ease your suffering soul. These are the outdoor tables, at which alcohol is not served, […]
Fred 62 – LA Weekly
Fred 62 1850 N. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90027 Los Feliz 323-667-0062 http://www.fred62.com Tattooed waitresses serve eggs many ways, an assortment of breakfast sandwiches and comfort food for breakfast, lunch and dinner at this hip Los Feliz diner. Open 24 hours, Fred 62 serves beer and wine, along with non-diner fare, such as their […]
Foxtail – Vanity Fair
A Hip, Half-Jewish-Owned Supper Club – Foxtail on Santa Monica Boulevard offers a throwback to 1930s glamour, where dinner and dancing occur in the same swanky place. It invites the kind of evening where long gowns and deep pockets are the fix, and nobody cares what time it is. The producers of this party are […]
LaMill – Eating L.A.
It’s your city, you might as well taste it. LaMill Coffee opens: too spiffy for the scruffy Silver Lake? LaMil’s interior designer Scott Mangan and Nick Bianco at Rubbish Interiors went all out for LaMill Coffee’s elegant interior.
Osteria Mozza – Dine Magazine
Nancy Silverton and Mario Batali bring different sensibilities but a shared obsession to the pizzeria and osteria at Mozza by: Patric Kuh