Freshness on Washington Blvd
There’s something fresh popping up all up and down Washington Blvd between Lincoln and Sepulveda Blvd in Mar Vista between Venice and Culver City. This area seems to be experiencing a culinary resurgence of sorts, with the Pitfire pizza place opening up, along with Celadon, and Culver Cafe. Pitfire took the place of an old [...]
1st Annual LA Street Food Fest!
Get ready to EAT YOUR HEART OUT at the hottest Valentine’s date in the land!
This Valentine’s why not show love to the people who bring us meals on wheels? There are taco trucks, cupcake trucks, ice cream trucks, BBQ trucks, vegan trucks, fusion trucks, fruit carts, fish taco stands, bacon wrapped hot dogs, and many [...]
The Gold Standard in LA Restaurants
The LA Gold Standard, presented by the LA Weekly, is a veritable who’s who of Los Angeles restaurants, LA Weekly star restaurant critic Jonathan Gold has brought together the likes of: Babita • Beacon • Little Dom’s , Loteria • Nickel Diner • Palate Bistro LQ • Good Girl Dinette, [...]
DineLA Restuarant Week Returns
It’s Back. http://dinela.com/restaurantweek
This great program features three-course, fixed price menus at some of LA’s top restaurants. It’s an excellent, but limited time chance to try some of these amazing spots. Don’t miss it.
Lunch
Dinner
$
Deluxe Dining:
$16
$26
$$
Premier Dining:
$22
$34
$$$
Fine Dining:
$28
$44
Prices and meal periods vary by restaurant and exclude alcohol, tax and gratuity. The full list of places can be [...]
Chill with Venice Beach Wines
From our previous post about Ugo Wine Bar, it’s fairly apparent that the LA Buzz Blog loves wine bars. While there are tons of wine bars in Los Angeles, it’s hard for one in particular to stand out. Ugo stands out with its friendly staff, kickass happy hour, and wonderful atmosphere. Venice Beach Wines stands [...]
Trader Vic’s – 50s Cheese in Downtown LA
Trader Vic’s is a time warp back to when tiki bars were synonymous with a stiff kind of cool that only a smoking-jacket kind of guy could enjoy. It looks like everything else in Hollywood – carefully researched and designed, and lovingly molded from the latest and greatest plastics. It’s like the Mars 2012 of [...]
Arias With A Twist: Drag Diva Takes Redcat
“Arias with a Twist” is a whacked-out show that demands your attention by employing quick wit fused with extremely imaginative staging. This is all held together by the soaring song stylings of this demented (and very talented) singer.
Insomnia Cafe for Insomniacs
If you need a late-night place to drink coffee and do work, or sit and revel in your insomnia, head down to the Insomnia Cafe. It’s a cute little place, and if there was snow outside, I could pretend I was looking out at Manhattan, the Lower East Side. Walking in, I expected, for some [...]
You Go to Ugo Now
First of all, Ugo has three parts, as far as we can tell – there’s a casual cafe, a more upscale restaurant, and a cozy little wine bar. They’re all right next to each other, so if you mistakenly walk into one, the oh so friendly and cheerful hostesses will direct you to the right [...]
Lobster Fest Aught-9
You like Lobster? You like festivals? The Lobster Fest was made for you! 17 great bands, 17 lobster meals, cheap drinks, and yes folks, you heard right…free parking! It’s in the Port of Los Angeles, 20 min south of downtown LA at the end of the Harbor Freeway. Or you can just follow the smell [...]
In the Garden of Earthly Delights…
What a sexy-sounding party. And what’s more, it’s happening at the Daydream Republic, on Saturday, Aug. 22 – sure to be a sultry day. Blind Tiger and Cannibal Flower explore the senses with culinary license and artistic redolence.
Experience smell, memory and recognition of the subliminal at the second in the series of wine and cheese tastings [...]
Spitz Is In No Way Keepin’ It Real
In no way, shape or form!! I was thoroughly displeased. So displeased I didn’t even make it to the food. Here’s the story:
I heart, heart, heart Berlin. It’s like a German NYC, and I heart, heart, heart the German language, so I think Berlin is the bee’s knees. And Turkish is to Berlin what Mexican [...]
Waiting @ Wurstkuche
Tried to grab a bite today at lunch over at Wurstkuche, the hip sausage eatery on traction. Nice to see a few other folks who had the same idea, all looking like they’ve made a similar escape from their corporate diggs to scarf a red hot with a lunchtime brew.
But man is that place slow. [...]
Rustic Canyon Wine Bar | No Reinvention Required
Went to Rustic Canyon Wine Bar to try their new exec chef Evan Funke’s farmers market fare and was beyond satisfied. Here’s a gem that defies the economic slump by continuing to deliver well beyond what’s expected.
We like to share dishes and get wines by the glass. The Qupe Viogner/Chardonnay was oakey and lactic, and [...]
LA Beer Fest
The LA Beer Festival at Sony Studios in Culver City is this weekend, folks. And for $40, you can get unlimited 4-oz pours from every brewery from Bus & Pabst to Sea Dog and Allagash. They also feature two cover bands, Petty Cash (tributing Tom Petty and Johnny Cash – all at once!), and Hollywood [...]
Vote: Best Gay in LA
Newly merged gay publication Frontiers in LA has posted their Best Gay in LA poll online. These are the Academy Awards of WeHo … no joke. Some people take these VERY seriously. The categories span the ins-and-outs of Santa Monica Blvd from Robertson (WeHo) to Hoover (Silverlake). They cover the standards (i.e. “Best place to [...]
CHAYA: Lots of restaurant news
Despite the weakened economy, top-tier restaurant group CHAYA is forging ahead for plans of amazing food and unwavering success in the LA area.
Just this past week:
CHAYA Downtown LA opened amidst a ton of great press (Grand Opening was Saturday night)
They re-launched their website: www.thechaya.com, and
CHAYA Brasserie Beverly Hills announced their Happy Hour (“Industry Hour”) menu [...]
Truck Stop at the Beach
Every Thursday down at Main on Main, Paq Productions gets down hoe-down style with their Truck Stop at the Beach parties. An extension of their White Trash parties in Hollywood, there’s nothing but greasy food, greasy people, greasy strippers, and beer! Where else can you get a beer, a shot, and some chicken wings for [...]
Enter the VodBox Freezer
Did anyone see that recent Millionaire Matchmaker episode where that artist guy who painted the picture of the girl he chose to date as a first date present (who else thought that was creepy?) – went to the vodka freezer and put on big fur coats and big fur hats? No, guys, it’s not Burning [...]
Stick a fork in it! LA Weekly Gold Standard Food and Wine Event
Join LA Weekly food guru Jonathan Gold, who has handpicked 30 restaurants for an eclectic tasting. The lineup of Italian, Mexican, North American and Asian eateries reflects Gold’s generous palate and extensive knowledge of the LA area’s best restaurants. Foodies: welcome to heaven! Winos: Yeah, you’ll like it too.
The Vitals:
Saturday Mar 07
03:00 PM to 07:00 [...]
Robata is NOT a Female Robot
Contrary to popular belief, Robata is NOT a female Robot. Robata is indeed a classy Japanese restaurant right on the ocean in Santa Monica that specializes in Robata cuisine.
For those who don’t know, as I didn’t, robata cuisine is skewered delicacies fire roasted and sold by the skewer. It seems cheap at first, but just [...]
Bar Pintxo
Wanna go to Solvang, but a little strapped for cash? Seen Sideways, but scared to venture away from LA? Go to Bar Pintxo. A laid-back, sophisticated yet homey atmosphere, Bar Pintxo has the dark wood, the bit-too-bright-lights, and the walls of wine. It’s a small little thing, if you had a party of five, it’d feel [...]
