With Michelin starred executive chef Paco Perez at the helm of chic restaurant, Enoteca, you quickly realize that this isn’t your average Spanish restaurant, or your average dining experience. Located in the fashionable Hotel Arts, Enoteca features low lighting and dark cherry wood, a study in modern Mediterranean style minimalist design.
While we selected from the [...]

Bob Schriner
I’d heard good things about Grace for a while and after a busy spell ended, I was excited to go find out for myself. Walking inside Grace affirms something I love about LA; the knack for making a room elegant, modern and comfortable. It’s like a friend making a big scene for you and [...]

Bob Schriner
On a night when it seemed all Los Angeles was drenched or submerged, it was nice to take a quiet, dry table at Wilshire. The atmosphere was upscale, yet comfortable, like that grad school professor who always wore jeans.
The bread on the table is like a handshake, it’s the first encounter that tells you [...]

K.L. Riley
Blackbird Vineyards represents an artistic and approach to winemaking that appeals to the conservative wine drinker as well as the young demographic. Located in Napa Valley, Blackbird has a very hands on style, literally handpicking all their fruit for bottling. Their passion for winemaking translates into a superior product and in my [...]

Gayle Hendrix
As a 2009 James Beard award semi-finalist, Chef Kelly Liken’s namesake restaurant in Vail, CO is synonymous with exquisite food, exemplary service, and overall probably the best dining experience to be had in Vail. She has gained national notoriety towards the end of 2009 with master chef Mario Batali selecting her for his top [...]

Andrew Derrick
Do you think it’s true what they say about restaurants? You know, if you go to a Chinese restaurant and you look inside, and if it’s full of Chinese people, that means it’s a good Chinese restaurant. Well, if that’s the case, then Rang Mahal would definitely qualify. When I lunched there last month, [...]

Bob Schriner
Tucked away in a cluster of businesses Cache sits just off Main Street in Santa Monica and proves to be worth finding. As a way of celebrating the warm LA winter we chose to sit outside. The patio at Cache is like no other, for starters, it feels too nice to be outdoors. The [...]

By Bob Schriner

I arrived at the Breadbar after a stressful day. If that weren’t enough, I more frazzled by traffic that I suspect was made worse by holiday shoppers. I walked through the door and was met with a warm welcome that took all my tension away.
I took a seat in the corner and ordered [...]

A Robb Wirt Experience

There’s a café, restaurant, and deli in Clerkenwell just waiting for you. Head on over to the Modern Pantry located in St John’s Square in EC1. The ground floor café is an energetic bright space, clean and fresh, making it ideal for breakfast or lunch. There’s also a more sophisticated dining room [...]

For days in advance I was eagerly looking forward to visiting 114 Faubourg. The new restaurant located within the ultra-fabulous Hotel Le Bristol in Paris. The restaurant is known for its traditional French cuisine set within a more casual Brasserie-Rotisserie style atmosphere in contrast to its high gastronomy 3 Michelin starred big sister known [...]

By Alex Palmer

What is there left to say about Jean-Georges? With three stars from Michelin and four stars from The New York Times, not to mention plenty of breathless reviews from virtually every culinary critic who covers the city, the restaurant has reigned for years as the pinnacle of New York dining. Its namesake is [...]

Located within the Royal Festival Hall, Skylon offers impressive panoramic views of London’s skyline with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the River Thames. The good times don’t end there -the food at Skylon is an excellent take on Modern European food with British influence with delectable dishes including a fantastic tasting menu with items that [...]

I recently paid a visit to Dolada, the Italian restaurant located in a basement space in Mayfair. We walked in to warm, smiling faces who greeted us and created a positive feeling from the moment we stepped in the door. Dolada is not like your average Italian fare restaurants that offer heaping helpings [...]

By Bob Schriner

I have always wanted to take cooking classes. Between a perpetually busy schedule and not really knowing where to take them, I was excited when I heard about Sur La Table’s Christmas in France. Our lesson started out with a quick introduction to chef Martin Gilligan and his staff. He then demonstrated the [...]

A Robb Wirt Experience

“A one in a million chance, you know the moment that you crossed over the line, a casual glance, no one has to read between the lines, in the south of France it was spring time, special feelings come alive!” OK, so it’s actually London in the Fall, but whatevs. I’m sitting [...]