I was sitting at my desk minding my own business when Compartes Chocolatier Twittered about its new Guinness Stout beer truffle and sake truffle. “I’m on my way,” I tweeted back. I jumped on my Vespa and headed to Brentwood right quick. When I got there, the store was empty save for a young man…
Category Archives: Dining
Akasha's Tru Organic Cocktail and Indian Dinner Pairing
Awesomeness! And FINALLY! A dinner that pairs food with not wine or beer but cocktails! I’m so excited! Chef Akasha Richmond of Culver City’s Akasha Restaurant, along with Litty Mathews and Melkon Khosrovian — the owners/creators of Tru Organic Spirits — is behind this very special and rarely seen food event. Chef Akasha, a fan…
FoodDigger Blogger Dinner at BondSt
This past Wednesday, foodie Web site FoodDigger invited me and nine other lucky bloggers to BondSt in the Thompson Hotel Beverly Hills to not only discuss the site’s new and evolving FlavorMatch feature (think Match.com dating survey for foodies; more later) but to experience an ambitious 11-course dinner created by BondSt Executive Chef Brian Redzikowski….
This Weekend: Big Booze Sale, Korean Malt Liquor, New Los Feliz Bar
Klymaxx will be performing at Old School Jam Live on Sunday. If you’re not checking out the Sunset Strip Music Festival or gorging yourself at the 8th Annual Taste of Santa Monica this weekend, may I interest you in any of the following? Thursday, September 10 Los Feliz Back Alley Hangout Rockwell’s Soft Opening New…
The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills' Tasting: Heavenly Beers and Cheeses
A beer and cheese tasting? Sounds like bloated city, baby, but when we’re talking beers and cheeses made by monks? Diet schmiet! The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills is hosting a very special tasting, “Heavenly Beers and Cheeses — Made by Monks,” where guests can partake of what amounts to the nectar of the gods…
SaMo Suds Showdown: West 4th/Jane vs. 5th Amendment Alehaus
A sample of sound from West 4th/Jane. You may not know it but there are a couple of newish gastropubs that are duking it out in Santa Monica. They themselves probably don’t know about this feud but after visiting both over the weekend, one is already my favorite over the other. In one corner we…
The Edison's Midnight Breakfast Debuts Tonight
The Edison Downtown is certainly doing its part to keep me fat! Maple-candied bacon? Ayeeee! Tonight the downtown hotspot debuts its Midnight Breakfast menu for those with late-night munchies. Going forward, breakfast will be served every Friday and Saturday from 11:30pm to 1am. However, since those are the busiest nights for the Edison, good luck…
Fuego at the Maya: Spiked Horchata and Mexican Ice Box Cake
El Presidente Cadillac Margarita “You came all the way down here for my birthday?” my friend Sarah asked me after the cocktails just arrived at our table at Fuego in Long Beach’s Hotel Maya, formerly Coast Long Beach). “Of courrrse!” I replied. We’ve been through a lot together, dressing up like French maids in Buttonwillow’s…
Reservoir: Savory Succotash, Sylvester!
I thought Reservoir in Silver Lake was going to be really fancy and high priced considering its chef, Gloria Felix, came from the hallowed kitchens of A.O.C., Grace, Jar and Lucques. “Thank gawd this is a hosted dinner, else I wouldn’t be able to afford a thing,” I thought as I sat in rush-hour traffic…
Mmm, Gourmet Junk Food: The Fig's Santa Monica Pier Centennial Menu
Wow can you believe that our Santa Monica Pier is gonna be 100 years old? An amazing feat in a city that rails against age and is big on “out with the old and in with the new.” The actual Centennial Day ceremony takes place on September 9 at the pier and involves a 100-foot…
