So I was just sitting here minding my own business, eating a creme brulee and surfing the Web when lo and behold I find out that O-Bar has a nightly dessert special they like to call “Sugar Rush Hour.” ::Gasp!:: Every night from 10:30pm to 1am, pastry chef Meadow Lyn Ramsey offers her beautiful desserts…
Category Archives: Dining
2nd Annual Grand Avenue Festival: Culture, Culture, Culture
Another reason to venture to Downtown L.A. Tomorrow is the 2nd Annual Grand Avenue Festival. All the culture you can get for free in the four-city-block stretch between 1st and 4th Streets on Grand. Highlights: — “A Taste of Downtown L.A.” presents low-priced tastes from downtown restaurants Checkers Downtown, Cuidad, Noe and others. — MOCA…
The Buffalo Club: Wine Tasting Under the Marine Layer
After Sideways, it seems like everyone has a wine tasting these days. The Echo in Echo Park has their Irregular Wine Tasting during the summer and wine shops like the Wine House in West L.A. host their self-proclaimed “hottest ticket in town” Friday nights. But when I read that the Buffalo Club, the supper club/nightclub…
Opaque: Dining in the Dark
When I first read about this series about dining in the dark, I was skeptical. Most of the time, I really enjoy the presentation and going “Oooh! Mmmmm!” when the food arrives. But then I remembered how much I like the effect that smelling good food has on my saliva glands and how then savoring…
L.A. Culture-Crash Spots: Can We All Just Get Along?
So I thought it would be a cool idea to come up with a list of some places in L.A. where Angelenos, specifically Westsiders, can get out of their comfortable bubble of wide streets and pristine malls and get a taste of the other cultures out there.
My Favorite Restaurant: Luna Park
What first drew me to Luna Park on La Brea was CitySearch‘s review of their food: The menu spotlights simply prepared comfort cuisine with a creative edge. Smooth goat-cheese fondue with grilled bread and crisp green apples for dipping is wildly popular. A light, lemony vinaigrette spruces up the sweet and savory salad of spinach,…
Mashti Malone's Ice Cream: F*ck Vanilla
Bored with Baskin-Robbins? Double Rainbow? And even, dare I say, Coldstone Creamery? They ALWAYS have chocolate, vanilla, strawberry… If you want something more exotic for your adventurous palate, Mashti Malone’s Ice Cream is the place to go, where you get everything from Rosewater Saffron with Pistachios to Creamy Mango to Pomegranate Sorbet. Mashti’s has gotten…
El Guapo Mexican Cantina: Not So Guapo?
The first things that caught my eye about the reviews of El Guapo Mexican Cantina was the 42-ounce Monster margarita, select half-off drinks from 4pm to 8pm and $1 tacos on Tuesdays. It’s a Mexican cantina/sports bar in that there are 16 different kinds of tequila and more than 20 TVs broadcasting sporting events, so…
Ma'Kai My Ass
There was a DJ playing ’80s tunes and a tiny dance floor that spilled out into the bar area and patio as everyone tried to get their groove on, stepping on toes and elbowing one another in the process.
