Michelle Huneven

How many sushi bars can fit on the head of a pin? Or even on the stretch of Ventura Boulevard from Laurel Canyon to Vineland? Standing in front of Masaru Katsu Michite‘s new sushi-driven restaurant, I can count three others without squinting: Asanebo, Teru Sushi, Matsuda Sushi. And this new......

How many sushi bars can fit on the head of a pin? Or even on the stretch of Ventura Boulevard from Laurel Canyon to Vineland? Standing in front of Masaru Katsu Michite‘s new sushi-driven restaurant, I can count three others without squinting: Asanebo, Teru Sushi, Matsuda Sushi. And this new......

How many sushi bars can fit on the head of a pin? Or even on the stretch of Ventura Boulevard from Laurel Canyon to Vineland? Standing in front of Masaru Katsu Michite‘s new sushi-driven restaurant, I can count three others without squinting: Asanebo, Teru Sushi, Matsuda Sushi. And this new......

How many sushi bars can fit on the head of a pin? Or even on the stretch of Ventura Boulevard from Laurel Canyon to Vineland? Standing in front of Masaru Katsu Michite‘s new sushi-driven restaurant, I can count three others without squinting: Asanebo, Teru Sushi, Matsuda Sushi. And this new......

How many sushi bars can fit on the head of a pin? Or even on the stretch of Ventura Boulevard from Laurel Canyon to Vineland? Standing in front of Masaru Katsu Michite‘s new sushi-driven restaurant, I can count three others without squinting: Asanebo, Teru Sushi, Matsuda Sushi. And this new......

How many sushi bars can fit on the head of a pin? Or even on the stretch of Ventura Boulevard from Laurel Canyon to Vineland? Standing in front of Masaru Katsu Michite‘s new sushi-driven restaurant, I can count three others without squinting: Asanebo, Teru Sushi, Matsuda Sushi. And this new......

How many sushi bars can fit on the head of a pin? Or even on the stretch of Ventura Boulevard from Laurel Canyon to Vineland? Standing in front of Masaru Katsu Michite‘s new sushi-driven restaurant, I can count three others without squinting: Asanebo, Teru Sushi, Matsuda Sushi. And this new......

Pasadena is an odd restaurant town -- some very good restaurants struggle and go under, while blatantly mediocre establishments flourish and multiply. Innovative contemporary originals like Yujean Kang and Xiomara fail to attract the large crowds they deserve. And professional restaurateurs like Celestino Drago and Joachim Splichal -- both with......

Ammo, a small, sleek cafe on Highland Avenue, is like a pyramid scheme. Recently, a friend took me there for lunch. When I returned several days later, bringing another friend, I found the person who first took me is back with someone else. The next time I go to Ammo,......

I was about eight minutes late meeting my friends at Carnival in Sherman Oaks — I had to find a parking place — and when I walked in, they were already chomping down spinach pie and scooping up juicy, lemony foul modammas (fava beans) with warm pita bread. “Low blood......