Category: Breakfast

  • Local Kitchen and Wine Bar

    Local Kitchen and Wine Bar

    Local Kitchen and Wine Bar in Santa Monica opened late last year, and like its sister establishment Thyme Cafe and Market, is perpetually packed with locals, no pun intended.  Owner Maire Byrne has struck gold twice on Ocean Park Boulevard.  A few weeks ago, on a unusually rainy Sunday morning, my family and I tried […]

  • 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 […]

  • LA Weekly’s Brunch at the Races 2015

    LA Weekly’s Brunch at the Races 2015

    LA Weekly‘s inaugural Brunch at the Races took place on Sunday, October 18, 2015, though LA Weekly had done four previous Pancake Breakfast events, which were smaller in scale. The “Races” part of the name for this year’s event is due to the venue, Santa Anita Park. Tickets to the event included admission into the […]

  • Grand Central Market Tour (Eggslut, G&B Coffee, McConnell’s, Belcampo)

    Grand Central Market Tour (Eggslut, G&B Coffee, McConnell’s, Belcampo)

    Used to be, when friends and family visiting from out of town wanted a quick-and-easy way to get the “flavor” of Los Angeles, I would take them to the Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax.  It was one-stop shop(ping) for some decent eats, and for people watching, especially at the adjacent Grove shopping mecca.  Nowadays, […]