Month: July 2015
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Rustic Canyon Wine Bar
My wife and I were both born in June, so usually we do some epic eating this time of year. For our last birthday, we had an amazing, simple, salmon-centric lunch at Shunji. This year, we decided to celebrate with a pair of dinners at a pair of restaurants that Zoe Nathan and Josh Loeb, […]
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Project by Project’s Plate by Plate LA 2015
Had a great time at this weekend’s Plate by Plate LA 2015 event. I officially covered the event for Eater LA last year (with a similar follow-up here on my blog), and I’ve decided to provide coverage for it again unofficially this year via an Eater LA forum post. I reported on some snippets of […]
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Maré at Greenspan’s Grilled Cheese
In the back of chef Eric Greenspan‘s eponymous Greenspan’s Grilled Cheese shop, through a freezer door—complete with a horizontal latch handle on one side, and an inside release button on the other—is Maré, an al fresco-only restaurant-within-a-restaurant. Less exclusive-supper-club and more neighborhood-hidden-gem, the diminutive restaurant’s diminutive menu is well focused and affordable, and the staff […]
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LA Fermentation Festival
This weekend, after stuffing myself at the LA Street Food Fest on Saturday, I attended the inaugural Los Angeles Fermentation Festival in Venice on Sunday! The festival originated in Santa Barbara, but expanded to LA this year. It took place at the Venice Arts Plaza, a location that was surprisingly difficult to “Google” because it’s […]
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LA Street Food Fest 2015
LA Street Food Fest 2015 took place this weekend at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Believe it or not, this is the first time I’ve attended the event, now in its 6th year. I meant to attend last year, but it conflicted with Tacolandia. This year, I made sure my schedule was clear for LASFF. […]