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January 10, 2013The arrival of Beirbeisl in Beverly Hills as a pristine example of Austrian cuisine -- check out Besha Rodell's review, out today -- comes as Austrian wines enter into a kind of renaissance in California, a blossoming of popularity, a flurry of import activity, and the thrilling entry of red wines t ... More >>
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January 3, 2013This new Italian restaurant on the edge of downtown does everything well
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December 27, 2012The L.A. Weekly will assign star ratings to restaurant reviews in 2013
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December 13, 2012Now, more than ever, Wolfgang Puck's signature restaurant is a must-try
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November 29, 2012In case you missed the arrival of the distinctive rectangular maroon book in your mailbox, you should probably know that the 2013 edition of Zagat's Los Angeles restaurant guide is out. Noteworthy for many reasons, not least of which because Michelin no longer publishes in Los Angeles.
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October 25, 2012Gish Bac is the subject of this week's restaurant review. Here's a taste of what you can find in the review, as well as a few extra tidbits:
Food: Oaxacan specialties -- moles, tlayudas, memelas. And on the weekend, barbacoa - whole roasted lamb and goat. From the review: "Go with a friend, and get ... More >>
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September 13, 2012With respect to Los Angeles wine list prices, my colleague Besha Rodell appears to be experiencing some sticker shock lately. I don't altogether blame her. L.A.'s wine menus are expensive, and markups are often egregious, especially for popular items you could find in a retail shop for a fraction o ... More >>
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August 14, 2012Last week I had a frustrating service experience with a sommelier at one of L.A.'s most highly regarded restaurants. It's something that's happened to me before, and has to do with what the definition of "not too expensive" means to different people.
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July 12, 2012When Church & State owner Yassmin Sarmadi and then Patina executive chef Tony Esnault got to chatting at the March of Dimes charity event in Los Angeles last year, and then again at the Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival, who knew that a new French restaurant would be the result? Yet that is the happy ... More >>
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January 30, 2012Chef/restaurateur Gino Angelini will open a new restaurant in the old Hamburger Hamlet space in West Hollywood.
The project doesn't have a name yet, but it's scheduled for a fall 2012 opening. The design is "rustic Tuscan farmhouse."
The lunch menu will feature artisan pizzas, pastas, salads and ... More >>
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September 13, 2011New York Timesthe anonymous (?) restaurant criticAfter two years as restaurant critic for The New York Times, Sam Sifton is getting a new table. As he tweeted this morning, "I'm stepping down as restaurant critic to be the national editor of The Times. #checkplease."
Sifton, who replaced Fr ... More >>
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August 5, 2011A. FrougThe open kitchen at Tsujita LA
Confounded by an inability to make delicious ramen, searching for a shred of insight into a craft that he spent night after night practicing and experimenting with, Takehiro Tsujita did the only thing he hadn't tried before: he climbed into his stock pot ... More >>
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July 25, 2011Guzzle & NoshScenes from Live & Dine LA 2011.
Akasha Richmond walked away with the big prize, an award for a chef who has demonstrated not only top notch kitchen skills but a dedication to community service, at last night's Live & Dine LA awards, but the focus of the evening was on LA's risi ... More >>
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April 22, 2011Photos by Anne FishbeinMeals from Lucques (left), Church & State (middle) and Palate (right).This weekend, Tender Greens in Hollywood will kick off its first Sunday beer garden, a monthly event with all-you-can-eat roasted meat and all-you-can-drink craft beer for a flat fee of $35. (We had a ... More >>
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February 8, 2011Flickr/Bakerella
These days, every time we walk into a supermarket, pharmacy or even drive past certain intersections of town, we're faced with an explosion of red and pink, well, everything: "Be My Valentine" cards, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, fake long-stem roses, and endless tins of ... More >>
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February 2, 2011Guzzle & Nosh
Yes, friends, dreams do come true. Whatever your job is now, forget it; it's time to become a sommelier. The International Sommelier Guild will begin their Spring 2011 wine education classes in Los Angeles on February 2nd at Le Petite Vendome, and they offer three different le ... More >>
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December 30, 2010Red Medicine panicked in outing Times' Virbila, but did no lasting harm
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November 19, 2010Napa Valley Grille/Lisa Cohen
Sitting in a restaurant for Thanksgiving might not be your tradition (yet), but remember that it's the really best of both worlds: You get to eat your turkey (and often cake, too), and someone else will clean up. In some cases, you'll even have leftovers for tha ... More >>
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October 12, 2010Lee Oneness FoundationSure, you can stalk Walter Manzke at Le Saint Amour, or trail Alain Giraud around the Santa Monica Wednesday market for details on his new restaurant project, but why not leave all that to Eater (or TMZ) and enjoy the chefs in their natural habitat, like in a restaurant. ... More >>
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June 3, 2010Kogi's Roy Choi goes all strip mall on us
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March 24, 2010Philippe Chow may have eponymous restaurants in New York and Miami, but it's his West Hollywood location that's feeling the love. Every week from Sunday to Thursday night, Philippe by Philippe Chow is serving up a "neighborhood" prix-fixe three-course menu for forty dollars per person. Twenty extra ... More >>
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March 23, 2010JackDaniels.comThe man behind the alcoholThe real Jack Daniel died 99 years ago, not of alcohol poisoning, which would have been somewhat poetic, but rather, of blood poisoning. He forgot the combination to his safe, kicked it, then his toe got infected and he died. Clearly, if I'd lived back ... More >>
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December 31, 2009January 1st will be the time for resolutions. For losing weight. For spending less money, and more time with your family. For getting a job, or quitting one. Yes, January 1st you will start again. And that's good. Because tonight, December 31st, New Year's Eve, from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., the lovely peop ... More >>
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August 5, 2009This just in from The Diner's Journal, the New York Times blog on Dining Out: the announcement that Sam Sifton, formerly editor of the NYT Dining section and most recently Culture editor, will replace outgoing NYT restaurant critic Frank Bruni.
From executive editor Bill Keller's email: "We had so ... More >>
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May 22, 2009Anne FishbeinLooking for her kittens: Wine gal Dana Farner of CutWine Guy Lou Amdur returns next week. This week, we turn to CUT's beverage director and sommelier Dana Farner who, according to Jonathan Gold's cover story last year on L.A. wine culture, "looks like an indie-rock goddess and insinuate ... More >>
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March 19, 2009A Perino's for 2010 and beyond, plus the most glamorous view in L.A.
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May 22, 2008At Lot 1, Josef Centeno’s dishes are as improvised as free jazz
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February 17, 2000A Guide to Our Advertisers, part one
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March 4, 1999Let your fingers do the walking.
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