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Restaurants brace for a sour season as consumers lose appetite for dining out -

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:52:40 +0000

Joachim Splichal Patina Restaurant Group founder Joachim Splichal, shown at his Nick & Stef's Steakhouse in downtown L.A., has been focusing on booking company parties, offering price breaks as inducements. ( Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times / November 9 , 2009 )

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Top 10 Places to Buy a Pie For Thanksgiving (And Then Say You Made It Yourself)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:40:45 +0000

Thanksgiving is a food-lover's holiday. Everywhere you turn, there's talk about what to eat or cook for the big day. Scan the food sites and you'll find discussion boards dedicated to the to...

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Dose of Vitamin P: Don Dae Gam Spicy Pork

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:29:35 +0000

My first experience with Don Dae Gam revealed a dynamic Korean restaurant from Park’s Bar-B-Q owner Jenny Kim. The restaurant anchors a strip mall on the sound end of Koreatown, specializes in pork and costs much less than Kim’s beefy flagship. We devoured charcoal-grilled neck meat, ...

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Jazz Cat Redux

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:29:35 +0000

I am about to break one of my personal foodblogging rules. With so many great restaurants in L.A., I have always refused to redo a restaurant review. I might go back and add notes in the comments section, but once I post something, that’s it… until now. A little over a year ago, I ...

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Vietnam Restaurant: Leafy greens meet surf 'n turf

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:29:35 +0000

Even with just a tiny chill in the air last week, I was thinking about soups of the Asian variety. Hot and sour soup was playing a tune in my head, but the haunting melody of a good pho was also teasing me until I could stand it no more and drove to Vietnam Restaurant. Vietnam is one of three ...

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Wurstküche

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:29:35 +0000

WHY The perfect blend of juicy sausage, substantial-but-not-huge bun and sweet-savory onions and peppers. WHAT The two young turks behind this industrial-hip beer garden at 3rd and Traction keep it simple: You got your sausage, your beer and your fries. What more could you possibly need? Ranging ...

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Samuel Adams Beer Pairing Dinner and The World's Strongest Beer

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:10:00 +0000

This Boston Beer Company wants people to rethink the role of beer on your dining table, and that's one of the reason Samuel Adams has been going around the country holding beer pairing dinners (Sam Adams-paired, naturally) - pairings beyond bbq ribs and burgers. For Los Angeles, what ...

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Free Breakfast At IKEA This Weekend

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

It's that time of the year again. The time when IKEA offers a free breakfast (eggs, potatoes and bacon) and coffee, to anyone coming in with THIS coupon between this Friday and Sunday. They ... Continue reading "Free Breakfast At IKEA This Weekend" >

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Oinkster, Unfit for Sow

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:52 +0000

With 2 (or 3, but hey, who’s counting) concurrent restaurant related blogs, it’s getting hard to push out the latest and greatest. Shufeng Garden opened on October 1st, and yet there is still no media coverage even though it might be the best Szechuan restaurant. While proper ...

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Oh my Gado Gado Salad!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

M Cafe de Chaya's Gado Gado salad “ Sooo good.” I moan over a mouthful of crunchy peanuts, crispy onions and greens laced with peanut dressing. “I don’t think I can ever order anything different here again!” Ashley looks skeptical. “But you’ve never had the M Chopped before.” She points ...

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Cheeky's redeems Palm Springs dining

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

The dearth of decent desert eating isn't just travel article cliche, it's mostly true -- at least until the arrival last year of Cheeky's, Palm Springs' answer to L.A.'s Square One Dining. Ironically, Cheeky's sprang up on the same block as Jake's Ready-to-eat, which when it opened two years ago ...

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Eat My Blog: Sweet Menu, Sweeter Cause

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:04:27 +0000

The Eat My Blog charity bake sale will be taking over the patio of Zeke’s Smokehouse in West Hollywood on Saturday, December 5th from 10 AM to 4 PM. All proceeds from this tasty event will be donated to the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank. Here’s a sampling of the awesome sweets that will be ...

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M Cafe - Home

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

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Recipe of the Week: Cranberry-Orange Relish

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:30:00 +0000

There are two kinds of people in the world: people who serve cranberry sauce slipped out of the can and sliced with the ridges still in evidence, and people who serve cranberry relish. If you're... Continue reading "Recipe of the Week: Cranberry-Orange Relish" >

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N'IceCream on Abbot Kinney Gets Wheels: Your Gelato Golf Cart

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:17:01 +0000

Who needs a food truck when you have a golf cart? Golf carts are easier to park, ecofriendly (if they're electric) and inherently cool. Just remember Bill Murray's drunken golf cart joy ride...

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Ladies Who Lunch

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:17:00 +0000

Glam and I had lunch today at one of my fave pizza places. We split a fantastic arugula salad. It had goat cheese, red onions, and bacon in it.I was happily munching on my greens when I was startled by a scream from Glam.In my usual unsympathetic Monkey fashion, I gave her a what-the-fuck ...

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Fraiche - 11/03/2009

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:28:11 +0000

312 Wilshire Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310) 451-7482 When I first heard about a Food Digger event at the new Fraiche in Santa Monica (formerly Riva) I expected the food to be similar to the casual fare at its more established Culver City sibling. Not to say this would be a bad thing, as the ...

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The 11 in 11 Food Marathon

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:30:00 +0000

The 11 in 11 Food Marathon is 11 restaurants and/or bars in 11 hours. I didn’t create this marathon but I participated in this year’s Nocturnal Edition. It ran from 11pm Saturday night to 11am Sunday morning. As I groggily type this post, I’m confident it was the most intense ...

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"In Bed Together" Exhibit Launch Party at Royal/T: Ludo returns. And oh yeah, there's art too.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

I blame it on the rain. Of e-mails, that is. It doesn’t actually rain in LA except for once or twice a year. Just enough to provoke headline news stories blowing a light sprinkle up to be “Storm Watch 2009!” Aah, hyperbole. Tis a lovely flavor to lure in the attention of the masses. Unlike the ...

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Ridley-Thomas won't release any communications involving associate

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:02:38 +0000

E-mails, memos and letters involving Expo Line, Cynthia McClain-Hill and contractors that employed her were sought. > Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas has declined to release any records of communications between his office and a longtime associate who has been employed by corporations that do millions of dollars of business with the county and a rail project that Ridley-Thomas helps ...

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