Category: American

  • Tar & Roses Returns

    Tar & Roses Returns

    Santa Monica’s Tar & Roses is back!  A half-year after closing due to a fire, T&R (for short) has finally reopened, with nary a visible change in sight.  The food should be familiar to anyone who’s dined at the restaurant in the past, with bacon popped corn, oxtail dumplings, and wood roasted English peas all […]

  • Cadet in Santa Monica

    Cadet in Santa Monica

    After a successful family brunch at Estrella, my family and I decided to check out the brunch offerings at Cadet in Santa Monica. Chef Kris Tominaga, formerly of The Hart and the Hunter, heads up the kitchen at Cadet. He’s recently started changing up the menu at Cadet to reflect the fall/winter ingredients he has […]

  • Major Dave’s Chicken

    Major Dave’s Chicken

    If you follow my Instagram feed, you know how hard I’ve fallen for Nashville Hot Chicken, specifically Howlin’ Ray’s (review).  As far as I knew, they were the only ones serving this regional dish in Los Angeles, but then I started hearing about Major Dave’s Chicken in Pasadena, and I decided a few months ago […]

  • Brunch at Estrella on Sunset

    Brunch at Estrella on Sunset

    Estrella is the new restaurant by chef/partner Dakota Weiss, a Top Chef alum who also helms the back-of-counter at Sweetfin Poke.  It’s no secret that Sweetfin is one of my favorite new places to eat on the Westside—check out my review for some delicious food porn!  What I didn’t realize is that I had been […]

  • Status Kuo

    Status Kuo

    It’s been a while since I’ve written a post that wasn’t about a food festival or a pop-up, but with Brunch at the Races coming up, I thought I’d review a meal I had at one of the restaurants that will be participating at the event:  Status Kuo.  David Kuo, the chef/owner, is Taiwanese-American, and […]