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George Abou-Daoud

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/10-10/14

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Want to make a grown woman blush? Suggest that the reason she wants to go to Gjelina, the serene patio restaurant on Abbot Kinney, is because she wants to gaze deeply into a scruffy waiter's eyes." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Q & A with George Abou-Daoud: On Township, One Bad Review, and Why "Nobody Cared" About District

    Just a couple of weeks ago, George Abou-Daoud owned seven restaurants in Los Angeles (The Bowery, Delancey, Gelatovino, The Mercantile, The Mission Cantina, Rosewood Tavern, Tamarind Ave. Deli). But as of last week, he has an eighth, Township Saloon, which begins serving lunch today, and stays open ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Rosewood Tavern: A "Casual" Steakhouse

    Guzzle & NoshDeviled eggs; the interior; a burger at Rosewood Tavern.​George Abou-Daoud specializes in opening the kind of places, like the tin-roofed Delancey and the shotgun bar The Bowery, that cater to young, stylish, displaced New Yorkers and Angelenos who fancy themselves as such. At mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Rosewood Tavern Debuts on Friday

    L. Balla​ Although it feels as if he just debuted District in the heart of Hollywood, owner George Abou-Daoud is at at it again, bringing yet another bar-restaurant concept, Rosewood Tavern, to the scene this Friday, May 20th. But instead of Sunset Boulevard, where all of his other spots live ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Eat This Now: Chili Cheese Fries at District

    After long ago upgrading from fast food spuds that were defrosted and deep-fried to pre-soaked, twice-fried shoestring fries, it seemed French fry technology could advance no further. Or so we thought. Heck, if a disposable razor can have five blades, why can't a potato be fried three times? On a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Review: You Can Get Drunk at GelatoVino, But Not on Ice Cream

    You can't actually get drunk on GelatoVino's gelati, but what their dense, creamy, custom-made flavors lack in intoxication, they make up for in flavor. Owned by the prince of East Hollywood, George Abou-Daoud (Bowery, District, Mercantile, Tamarind Avenue Deli and more), GelatoVino opened in mid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    GelatoVino: Now Serving Dual Sugar Highs in Hollywood

    J. Ritz​ George Abou-Daoud, the de facto mayor of Sunset in Hollywood, has added another venue to his lineup. GelatoVino joins sibling establishments Bowery, District, Mercantile, Mission Cantina, Delancey, and Tamarind Avenue Deli, bringing a gelato and dessert wine concept into the Abou-Dao ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    April 8, 2010

    District: It's Abou-Daoud Time

    The mogul's new spot features a duck-fat Yorkshire pudding

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    In Hollywood: Mercantile Now Open (and District to Come) From George Abou-Daoud and Chef Kris Morningstar

    Restaurateur George Abou-Daoud can't seem to get enough dining action with his already hopping Los Angeles-based eateries, the Bowery, Mission Cantina and Delancey. "I love being around food," says Abou-Daoud, shrugging. Next Monday Abou-Daoud and chef Kris Morningstar (Blue Velvet, A.O.C), will off ... More >>

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