I know – it’s been a looong time since I’ve written, but you know life sometimes gets in the way of life. Sometimes the best meals are when it’s unplanned – which is what happened last weekend on a gorgeous Saturday in downtown L.A. I had spent the afternoon on the rooftop bar at The [...]
Archive for the ‘downtown’ Category
bottega louie | downtown los angeles
Posted in 5 stars, downtown, italian, restaurant review on December 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
the gorbals | downtown los angeles
Posted in 3 stars, downtown, restaurant review, top chef on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m always trying to find more reasons to go downtown and Ilan Hall and the LA Artwalk were two good ones. My friend Shane amused me by agreeing to hit up the new restaurant that seemed to take forever to open. Nestled in the rumored to be haunted Alexandria hotel, we stopped at The Gorbals [...]
ciudad | downtown los angeles
Posted in 4 stars, downtown, restaurant review on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I think it’s fair to say that I am more willing to get out of the westside bubble to try a new restaurant, but finding a dinner companion to make the trek with me usually needs some serious convincing… or another event tied to it. In this case it is the second year in a [...]
top chef news
Posted in american, downtown, food news, santa monica, top chef on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
if you know me, you know that i love top chef. i’ve already been to craft (both the L.A. & NY locations,) craftsteak, witchcraft & cafe firenze… on my list is to try the two “coming soon” establishments by ilan hall and stefan richter. i was excited to hear that ilan moved to L.A. to open [...]
