Oinkster – Food Network
The Oinkster Specialty Dishes: BBQ Pulled Pork with Carolina Sauce, Oinkster Pastrami Sandwich The house-cured pastrami at The Oinkster redefines slow fast food says owner Andre Guerrero. Guy couldn’t agree more. The signature Oinkster pastrami sandwich was best described as “liqua smoka porka flavor,” and with homemade ketchup and perfect onion rings, the meal was […]
Froma on Melrose – LA Weekly
Froma on Melrose Froma is a small gourmet wine and food shop on Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax district. Canadian born sommelier and owner Francine Diamond offers excellent wine options and an even better small bites menu that showcases low-cost gourmet happy hour dishes: Parmesan and herb-dusted fries, two-ounce Kobe beef burger sliders with mixed […]
Orsa & Winston – LA Times
Josef Centeno dishes on Orsa & Winston, his new 33-seat restaurant in downtown L.A. Josef Centeno is only a few inspections away from his return to fine dining withOrsa & Winston in downtown Los Angeles. The 33-seat restaurant is set to debut on Sept. 24 with an exclusive five-day run for a special MasterCard preview, […]
Plan Check, Nong LA Vietnamese Cafe & Seoul Sausage – TimeOut Los Angeles
LA city guide: Eating and drinking along Sawtelle Boulevard Check out the best eating and drinking on Sawtelle Boulevard with our LA city guide to the the area’s new wave of restaurants. Downtown’s Little Tokyo may have a 75-year headstart on Sawtelle Boulevard, the West LA enclave between Olympic and Santa Monica Boulevards known as […]
The Stave – LA Weekly
THE STAVE WINE AND BEER BAR OPENS TONIGHT: WHERE EVERYBODY IN LONG BEACH KNOWS YOUR NAME “What’s this going to be?” a passerby yells into the cavernous, under-construction site at the corner of Broadway and Downtown Long Beach’s Promenade. “Not a chain, I hope.” Two weeks before the doors roll up and any Pilsner is […]
Bäco Mercat – TimeOut Los Angeles
Bäco Mercat What started as a happy-hour snack has grown into one of the hottest, most relevant restaurants in town. Chef Josef Centeno’s first solo venture captures not only the zeitgeist of Downtown’s white-hot dining but also the incredible multiculti spirit of Los Angeles at large. Located in the Old Banking District, just around the […]
Haute Chefs LA – Haute Living
Jeffrey Nimer’s Haute Chefs L.A Caters to J.Lo Rupert Murdoch and You Classically French trained chef Jeffrey Nimer has spent the last 15+ years experimenting and creating scrumptious recipes and winning accolades in the world of food. With his signature French and California-Mediterranean specialties, Nimer has vast experience in the food realm– having opened the […]
Froma on Melrose – LA Weekly
HAPPY HOUR GOES SERIOUSLY GOURMET AT FROMA ON MELROSE Traditionally, Happy Hour hasn’t been the best time for gastronomes to find appealing early evening snacks. But at Froma, a small gourmet wine and food shop on Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax district, the Happy Hour menu offers plenty of stellar options. “We wanted to bring […]
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 […]