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Celebrate National Donut Day by Driving Through The Donut Hole
Okay, this is just a totally overdue post (aren’t they all…almost) I am rather shamelessly throwing up at the last minute to ride the glorious sugar and yeast infested coattails of #NationalDonutDay. #hashtaghashbrowns Still, I love the fact that The Donut Hole still thrives in all its glory in the middle of La Puente–rather rakishly [...]
Where To Celebrate National Burger Month on the Las Vegas Strip
It’s well established that the Las Vegas Strip has become ground zero for burgermania, from Celebrity Chef spots like Mario Batali’s B&B Burgers & Beer to quality chains like Shake Shack and Fatburger, and a whole lot inbetween. But I have to give the Hard Rock Cafe points for creativity: They leveraged their worldwide chain [...]
Steve Martarano Is Not A Chef
Ask him. He will tell you himself. Of course, what he means is something a little different than you might think. “I never had that opportunity, to go to cooking school and all that,” he told me, standing in the kitchen of his newest Martarano’s restaurant, in the Paris Las Vegas hotel & casino. “But [...]
The 10 best restaurants I ate at in L.A. in 2014
Tis the season for listing (oh who am I kidding, these days it’s always the season), and I am not immune. Before the door shut on 2014, I wanted to give some quick shout outs to some of the places where I ate in L.A. this year that for one lame reason or another I [...]
Cassell’s Hamburgers: Accept Some Imitation
I think even most fervent burger freaks will admit we are long into the late afternoon of the fancy burger heyday. Nevertheless, the re-opening of Cassell’s, long considered to be the “original” gourmet burger joint in LA (since 1948), created enough curiosity to make me want to check it out. Now located on 6th and [...]
Is Glazier’s Food Marketplace the Best Supermarket In Vegas? PLUS Free Groceries Contest!
I’ve never posted a generally positive blog before thinking that it would probably get me banned from the business I was writing about, but there’s always a first… Let me explain: Since moving to Las Vegas, I was increasingly curious about Glazier’s, a market in the Southwest that had won a local Best of Las [...]
Dine at Patina on your way to Japan on ANA Airways
Chef Joachim Splichal and All Nippon Airways Senior Vice President Yuji Hirako hosted a luncheon this week to announce and preview an impressive new service for ANA Business Class customers heading to Japan from Los Angeles. Starting this December 1, ANA will be serving a seasonal menu for all meals designed by Splichal and his [...]
Thinking Back On Esquire’s Best New Restaurants… Waaay Back!
Culture has such an interesting influence on perception. In France, the Michelin Guide, which uses a team of anonymous reviewers (even the number is confidential, but it is believed to be at least a dozen), is criticized for giving too much power in the hands of too few. In the US, however, our cult of [...]