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Sips & Sweets 2015 by LA Weekly
LA Weekly‘s second annual Sips & Sweets festival took place at Magic Box, part of The REEF complex, on Saturday, December 12, 2015. The event featured 20+ “Sweets” purveyors and nearly as many “Sips” mixologists and bartenders. I tried plenty of amazing drinks and treats, and below were some of my favorites.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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EastSide Food Festival 2015
The second annual EastSide Food Festival took place on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Mack Sennett Studios in Silver Lake. Even though it was the third event I attended that day (Brunch at the Races and The Food Event preceded it), it was probably the most fun. But then any event with Starry Kitchen‘s Nguyen […]
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