Category: American

  • Santa Monica Yacht Club

    Santa Monica Yacht Club

    My family and I are big fans of chef-owner Andrew Kirschner’s highly acclaimed restaurant Tar & Roses—I’ve reviewed it twice on this blog.  Last month, when my parents were in town, we had to find a place for dinner, and my wife suggested T&R.  She hadn’t heard that a fire had shut down the restaurant earlier […]

  • Maple Block Meat Co.

    Maple Block Meat Co.

    A quick preview of Maple Block Meat Co. from its opening day… The Westside has a new barbecue joint that just opened this week in Culver City, less than a block north on Sepulveda from Tito’s Tacos, for those needing a landmark for reference.  Adam Cole, formerly of Lindy & Grundy, ink., Bazaar, is the […]

  • Burgers & Beer 2015 by LA Weekly

    Burgers & Beer 2015 by LA Weekly

    On Saturday, August 8, 2015, LA Weekly held its first Burgers & Beer event at the LA Memorial Coliseum.  40+ restaurants and 30+ breweries were represented.  I tried a little over a dozen burgers, mostly in sliders form, and around a dozen beer samples, poured into a shot glass-sized plastic beer mug. For being an […]

  • Del Rey Supper Club

    Del Rey Supper Club

    Note: If you are viewing this post with Twitter’s built-in web browser on iOS, images may not be visible. Please view with Safari. When I covered the Plate by Plate event last year for Eater LA, one of the news items I broke was that Del Rey Deli Co., the popular sandwich shop in Playa […]

  • August Food Festivals, Pop-Ups, and Sundry Events

    To paraphrase the 1960s band The Zombies, it’s the time of the season for food festivals and other events, and August is replete with them: This past weekend saw the Big Bite Bacon Fest in Long Beach; my recap is forthcoming.  In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek.   This Saturday, August 8th, I’ll be […]