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 [...]
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the gorbals | downtown los angeles
Posted in 3 stars, downtown, restaurant review, top chef on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
the yard | santa monica
Posted in 3 stars, restaurant review, santa monica, top chef on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been to The Yard about 5 times now so since I’m catching up and I’ve been there enough to fairly review, here I go… the very first time I went was when it first opened. I was pretty disappointed, especially that a few girlfriends and I were entertaining a dad in town and we [...]
cafe firenze | moorpark
Posted in 3 stars, restaurant review, top chef on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Where the hell is Moorpark!? I didn’t really care and neither did the 7 other people that made the trek to Cafe Firenze to see just how good Fabio’s food is. Yes, it was over a year ago that I had this meal and the only things that I really remember are: the burrata salad [...]
Here & There
Posted in 3 stars, 4 stars, restaurant review, san francisco, santa monica, top chef on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yikes. It’s been an entire month since I’ve written, bad food blogger, bad! I just ate a bag of microwaved popcorn for dinner. Why is it that microwaved popcorn is never as good as movie theater popcorn even if it says it on the box? Anyway, there were a few places I’ve been to in [...]
iluna basque | san francisco
Posted in 3 stars, restaurant review, san francisco, top chef on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday I ventured up to San Francisco to spend some time with friends and see the Blue Angels, but we all know that San Francisco has some of the best restaurants in the country. I made the executive decision to try Iluna Basque, a cute French/Spanish tapas restaurant in North Beach. We were fortunate to [...]
perilla restaurant | nyc
Posted in 4 stars, NYC, restaurant review, top chef on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
it’s not a secret that i love top chef and if i have an opportunity to try out a restaurant of one of the winners, i’m going to take it! last thursday i dined at perilla restaurant – which is the establishment of the first top chef winner, harold dieterle. nestled on jones street in [...]
stefan’s at L.A. Farm
Posted in 3 stars, restaurant review, santa monica, top chef on August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
i suggested we hit up stefan’sfor a special dinner because dan was in town from boston. it was me & the boys out on saturday night; oh how we’ve grown from the lines of umberto’sin the north end of boston to the fancy new establishment in santa monica, california. we arrived on time for our [...]
coming soon…
Posted in food news, restaurant review, santa monica, top chef on August 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
… i promised the chef of stefan’s at L.A. Farm that i’d come back and try it for dinner now that it has officially opened. it looks like he’s trying to make it a new nightlife hot spot with his “sexy fire pits” and late night menu, but this location has never been known for [...]
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 [...]
