Category: Restaurant
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Trestle
Had dinner with Jacob and Robert again with the addition of Joe this time. Jacob picked Trestle. I hadn’t eaten here before, so this sounded good since I’m always interested in something new. It was not too far from the Transamerica Pyramid which also turned out to be good because my wife’s office was very
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Neighbor’s Corner
The Andreas were meeting for morning coffee to plan our winter block party and I tagged along. Andrea P. got a chai; Andrea S., a latte; and a matcha latte for me. Not crowded at all at this hour, but it did become quite a bit more crowded even as we just say here to
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Billingsgate
This is always a nice fresh, healthy-ish meal. Andrea ordered what she always gets, the Dungeness Crab with greens (other option was brioche). I also ordered what I always get, the Spanish toasts, but I also ordered the Wild Scallop Ceviche. Scallops came out first. They were decent, fresh and some nice acid from the
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Novy
Looking for a quick lunch. We walk by so many times here and always see it so busy. We haven’t eaten here in awhile so we finally did again. Andrea had the Panos Burger with sweet potato fries. I had the Lamb Gyro Benedict with the Greek fries. Andrea’s Panos burger is a lamb burger
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Vespertine
(WRITEUP COMING SOON. Placeholder AI generated writeup below) Opening Courses Wild Scallop — passionfruit, aji amarilloThis feels like a very deliberate opening bite: clean, sweet scallop paired with acidity and gentle heat. Passionfruit brings brightness and perfume, while aji amarillo usually adds warmth rather than real spice. We’re guessing this is lightly cured or just
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Breakfast at Ladyhawk
Another breakfast here. Andrea skipped it, so just solo. Much more crowded at this hour for breakfast and on a Saturday than yesterday. I decided to try the huevos rancheros with eggs poached and a glass of the Daily Greens – Pressed Juicery. Sad to say huevos rancheros were incredibly bland and soupy. The only
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Somni
I was excited to try this restaurant after seeing a bit about on reddit and then after they received their 3 stars (the first 3-starred restaurant in LA) after their reincarnation from when they had closed during the pandemic. . And then after our visit to Disfrutar in Barcelona, I had a renewed interest in
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Eataly L.A. – La Pizza & La Pasta
We were just headed to the Century City Mall to go to Bloomingdale’s. We saw Eataly there which we’ve never eaten at any of them, so we decided to give it a try. Walked around briefly and saw all the wine and pasta and meat and such available. We decided to eat at La Pizza
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Breakfast at Ladyhawk
This isn’t really a fair review of Ladyhawk since we’re only having breakfast here since it is the hotel restaurant (Kimpton La Peer in West Hollywood). Andrea went with the Yogurt Parfait with the strawberry sauce on the side and I went with the Avocado Toast with the added poached egg and smoked salmon. I
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The Hideaway
We had hoped to be able to just eat the in the hotel restaurant, Ladyhawk which was a Mediterranean restaurant from Chef Charbel Hayek, winner of Top Chef Middle East and we remembered watching him in Top Chef World All Stars, but alas the restaurant was closed for Christmas. So we scrambled to find some