C.C. Wright
Enjoying your meal is all about enjoying the meal I always say. Palihouse had me thoroughly enjoying my meal. In any case, it could have happily been one of my last meals. My experience began not with cuisine, but with the front entrance where I forgot I was in Hollywood.

The “Taste of Beverly Hills,” presented by FOOD & WINE, will span the culinary talents of this rich and diverse city, from the Eastside and Downtown Los Angeles to the Westside and will offer foodies, music lovers and nightlife seekers alike an exciting and star-studded line-up. Guests will enjoy top musical artists, live bands, world-renowned [...]

“The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay. Chorus: I heard the laughter of her heart in every street cafe”. Ok so It’s actually Manhattan in August and the weather isn’t warm, it’s hot and humid but who’s counting? There’s an authentic French restaurant in Nolita that’s just waiting for you [...]

New York City’s subway system is very much like the vascular system of the human body. Multicolored subway lines intersect each other branching out in various directions in ways veins and arteries would. If you were to pinpoint the heart of New York City it would be Union Square. In 2009 an estimated 34,245,245 million [...]

A Robb Wirt Experience

As I drove up the windy road to the Chappellet Vineyard and Winery I could just tell that I was about to escape the hum-drum of corporate winery’s that just want to get me in, sample a tablespoon of wine, scoff at me for not purchasing two cases, and then scoot me along without so much as an explanation as to why I would want to buy their wine to begin with. I think that capitalism and tourism often depletes the passion once fermented from many wineries [...]

Jonathan Stinson
Even though a night on the town in Los Angeles is always unpredictable; a night beginning at the chic and sexy sushi restaurant, Nobu, guarantees an unforgettable experience. Everything from the Asian inspired décor, the personal ambiance, to the impeccable yellowtail sashimi makes you feel among the A-list. If you live in Los [...]

By Bob Schriner
Stepping into Ivan Kane’s Café Wa s instantly makes one forget they’re at Sunset and Vine. Upon entry my pupils were immediately dilated by the vast space and quickly contracted to take in small details and decorations. The interior pairs French traditional with eclectic in a strangely compelling way that makes absurdity [...]

Alex Palmer
It was a warm night (though nice compared to some of the suffocating scorchers we’ve been having in the city) when we entered Aurora. The evening was approaching when we entered the Italian restaurant, located on Grand Street in the middle of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, so we headed to the outdoor garden area. We [...]

Bob Schriner
I was excited to visit Melisse as it’s not every day you dine at a two star Michelin restaurant in the greater Los Angeles area. I read the menu and some reviews earlier in the day. The menu looked good and like any restaurant, reviews were mixed. I found myself hoping that I wasn’t building an unreasonable expectation.

Bob Schriner
Revisiting was a much different scene at Townhouse. The mood in the dining room was low key, but not drowsy. I ordered a few small plates, those have been working wonders for me lately. The first to arrive was the crispy calamari, those two words are delicious together. Tossed lightly in a habenero sauce this baby octopuss (I know, it’s a squid, it’s a squid joke) had perfect texture and a gratuitous, but welcome bit of heat [...]

What better way to commemorate the start of a long summer ahead than enjoying fine Italian fare as the sun sets on the start of the long days? Thankfully, Cecconi’s shared my sentiment. Cecconi’s is a classic Italian restaurant serving three meals a day as well as Italian tapas, cicchetti. With the flagship Cecconi’s in [...]

Tasting menus always allure me because you get a chef painstakingly planning an entire meal. Not to mention, it allows me the opportunity to make fewer choices. When you see the Recette menu you will see how even the most impulsive could be rendered indecisive. With that in mind, I just needed to make the [...]

Wally’s Wine & Spirits will host Wally’s 7th Annual Central Coast Wine and Food Celebration (WCCWFC), benefiting the Michael Bonaccorsi Scholarship Fund at UC Davis’ Department of Viticulture and Enology on Sunday, August 1, 2010, from 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. under the “Big Top” adjacent to the store. Wally’s popular summer afternoon tasting will [...]

Bob Schriner
The more dinners I go out on the more I come back with the same conclusion; the main course is a bit of a let down. Now this is not an indictment of the entrée per se. I’ve just found that a few appetizers and a salad leave me wanting more and maybe there has been a few disappointments from the closer. With this starters no entrees mission in mind, I opened the flood gates on this menu [...]

Bob Schriner
With restaurants opening all over town at the hands of skilled planners, deep pockets and great chefs; there is a real challenge for the old guard to maintain. Just the same, I was excited to visit the Polo Lounge and see if this LA landmark was worthy of the legend [...]