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Bars Restaurant Reviews
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Father's Office
1018 Montana Ave.
b/w 10th St. & 11th St.
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Whenever I hear the claim "best burger" uttered, it is almost always a hyperbole that is bound to disappoint, to the point where the concept of the "best burger" has become almost .. >
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Yuzu
1231 Cabrillo Ave
Plaza del Prado
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In the end, it always comes down to ingredients. Last week, after a drink with R., we met up with the boys for sushi at newly opened Yuzu. We stopped in by happenstance -- our firs.. >
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Circa 55
9876 Wilshire Boulevard
The Beverly Hilton
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I had my last night of Dine LA at Circa 55 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Though I could tell you the reasons why I didn't bring my camera I'd rather tell you that I met up for the fi.. >
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Edendale Grill
2838 Rowena Ave.
b/w Auburn St. & Rokeby St.
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Happy fifth birthday to the Edendale!
Eating L.A. stopped by the Edendale Grill's Fifth anniversary party last night, which featured roving musicians, fire jugglers and stilt-walke.. >
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HMS Bounty
3357 Wilshire Blvd.
at S Kenmore Ave.
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The HMS Bounty in Koreatown remains my favorite spot for pre-concert dinner and drinks, despite the fact that Wilshire Boulevard is no longer the music and entertainment mecca it o.. >
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Library Alehouse
2911 Main St.
b/w Ashland Ave. & Marine St.
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Eating at the bar was my first challenge in my first food blog community activity. And a challenge it was, given that I don't like to sit at the sushi bar and I don't like to eat a.. >
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Edison Bar & Lounge
108 W 2nd St
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This past Wednesday, I checked out the Edison’s new weekly event, Incandescence Wednesdays. Vaudeville circus/dance troupe Lucent Dossier was performing from the rafters, the stage.. >
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Coco Noche
1140 Highland Ave
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I wanted to experience the indulgence that is the chocolate wine bar, so after a busy sleepless week, I treated myself there for...a bite. ^^;;.. >
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Honda Ya
556 El Camino Real
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Prior to my flight to Asia, I took Ray and Melissa out to dinner in Little Tokyo at Honda-Ya. I really only went here because it was convenient: it was a Sunday night and Musha wa.. >
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Vertical Wine Bistro
70 N Raymond Ave
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Liz, Holly and I had such a great time at Red White + Bluezz during the week that we decided to come back Saturday night. Holly couldn't come but this time we had Matt in tow. RWB .. >
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Red White + Bluezz
70 S Raymond Ave
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Liz, Holly and I had such a great time at Red White + Bluezz during the week that we decided to come back Saturday night. Holly couldn't come but this time we had Matt in tow. RWB .. >
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Vinum Populi
3865 Cardiff Avenue
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Once upon a time, I came here sober and knew no one. After tasting through the first station, I knew ten people. When I finished the second station I knew half the room. By the .. >
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Bottle Rock
3847 Main Street
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I went back to Bottle Rock the other day for lunch. Same great wine, cheese, and salami, this time they had 3 new salads and pastries. I was dying for the truffle cheese panini whi.. >
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Burbank Bar & Grille
112 San Fernando Blvd.
at W Olive Ave.
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There were lots of reasons to be happy today. If not for me, then at least for some of my friends and coworkers. It was my friend's birthday, for one. Secondly, it was my coworker'.. >
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Busby's
3110 Santa Monica Blvd.
at Berkeley St.
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Busbys on Wilshire
I needed a place to watch football last week thanks to Time Warner not carrying the NFL network. So I settled on Busbys (east). I had never been there before and.. >
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Finn McCool's
2700 Main St.
at Hill St.
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Every time I told someone in our group that my food wasn't that great, their response was a shrug and "bar food." Is there a reason why food at bars can't be good? True, if patrons.. >
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Outlaws Bar & Grill
230 Culver Blvd.
at Pershing Dr.
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Super old entry. I debated myself should I post this or not. ^^;;; Hey what the heck, just treat this as a freekshow. I got dragged here by my collegues, it's a restaurant right ne.. >
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Social Hollywood
6525 W Sunset Blvd.
at Schrader Blvd.
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I'm not sure Social Hollywood even has a wing and a prayer. Jeffrey Chodorow, however, has a reputation, so if anyone can pull off such a lofty goal, one would think he has the moj.. >
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Original Mike's
100 S Main St
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You wouldn't know it from looking at him, but Mike Harrah owns most of downtown Santa Ana. Featured with his mug as the cover photo for a lengthy article in a recent issue of OC Me.. >
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Weiland Brewery Restaurant
110 N Central Ave
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The bad news is that the system at work went down for the rest of the afternoon; the good news is that we were allowed to go home early...woo hoo!!! Being that I usually get home r.. >
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Sidebar
1114 N Pacific Ave
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When a gaggle of rich friends swirl in from out of town, and one of them says "Hey, T, get us a true LA bar scene, would ya?" there's quite a few choices. And rest assured, we went.. >
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J Restaurant & Lounge
1119 S. Olive St
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Part of the ongoing downtown renaissance, blah blah. What if they gave a renaissance and nobody came?.. >
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Sideways Lounge
1429 Ivar Ave
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Sterling's steak-and-sex angle wasn't working, so -- hey, remember that movie, with the two guys in the wine country?.. >
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Ye Rustic Inn
1831 Hillhurst Ave
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If you want the best buffalo wings in LA, just head on over to the Los Feliz area to Ye Rustic Inn and you'll find the best buffalo wings this side of the Anchor Bar in Buffalo. Th.. >
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Vinoteca Farfalla
1968 Hillhurst Ave
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In the immediate aftermath of the L.A. Times piece, it’s glaringly obvious that Farfalla's sister wine bar on Hillhurst is no longer a quiet neighborhood watering hole... >
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Lucky Baldwin's Delirium Pub & Cafe
21 Kersting Court
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With an hour to kill for lunch (and under the influence of a recent L.A. Times article about Pub food) ~ I decided to check out nearby Lucky Baldwins (not the original in Old Town .. >
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The San Franciscan
2520 Sepulveda Blvd
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I've went to Lawry's many years back and expected it to blow my mind. In fact, Lawry's did blow my mind, too bad it was in a bad way! That was maybe the worst prime rib spot that I.. >
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Good Microbrew & Grill
3725 W Sunset Blvd
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I have not been kind to my arteries this week. Three of the past five nights, french fries (or their close cousin, the onion ring) have magically appeared on my plate and I was for.. >
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Bar Celona
46 E Colorado Blvd
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Vero came back for visit this weekend from Seattle and we went to this new Spanish restaurant Bar Celona at Old town Pasadena. 7 out of 8 people drank 2 pitchers of Sangria, $35 ea.. >
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626 Reserve
626 S Spring Street, Suite B
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It's been a while since I put up a post about one of my LA adventures, and I've been meaning to write about my visit to 626 Reserve for quite some time now... >
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Jazz Cat Cafe
640 W Valley Blvd
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During cold weathers (well, as cold as Southern California can get), few meals warm the soul and bring people together like the cook-while-you-eat stuff: shabu shabu, fondue, hotpo.. >
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The Comedy Store
8433 W Sunset Blvd
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Mmmmm k, let's get this straight - the so-called World Famous Comedy Store first cracked open the tacky black doors back in 1972. That's long enough to hire decent cocktail waitres.. >
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The Wave
8500 Beverly Blvd
The Beverly Center
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Surrender to thirst and went inside this bar+cafe which was blasting horrible pop music at the Beverly Center mall. Mixed Berry Daiquri $7 very good~ Crab Quesadilla $5.65 Cheese a.. >
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The Edison
Second St and Main St
Basement of the Higgins Building
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A night at the newly opened Edison in downtown LA was a sure cure for last week's jury duty depression. As I sunk into a leather armchair, inside a repurposed furnace bathed in a h.. >
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Dansungsa
3317 W 6th St
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Whenever you travel to a foreign country, you know you're up against some interesting challenges. It's a loss of control -- you don't speak the language, so you have to depend on t.. >
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Bar 107
107 4th Street
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Downtown LA has been the mecca of gentrification for the past few years. New bars, lofts and restaurants have been opening every week with many more to come... >
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The Jonathan Club
545 S Figueroa St
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The other day my friend was generous enough to take me along in as a guest of hers at The Jonathan Club on PCH after work for drinks and snacks. The food was just plain o' bar food.. >
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The Other Room
1201 Abbot Kinney Blvd
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A somewhat new place on hipper-by-the-minute Abbot Kinney, I was excited about the OtherRoom because there are very few wine bars in the area, and I love wine. They're also a micro.. >
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Ace Café
998 Sutter Street
b/w Hyde St & Leavenworth St
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So the Gestalt Haus chaps have been busy getting their new bar ready, ~ACE CAFÉ SF~, a spin-off of the legendary British motorcycle/rock ‘n' roll road-side classic, the Ace Café Lo.. >
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Aura
12215 Ventura Blvd.
b/w Vantage Ave. & Laurelgrove Ave.
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Big Wangs
1562 N Cahuenga Blvd.
b/w Selma Ave. & W Sunset Blvd.
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Boardwalk 11
10433 National Blvd. #5
at Mentone & Rose Ave.
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Bud's Submarines
17531 Central Ave. #H
b/w E Albertoni St. & E Radbard St.
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Cozy's
14058 Ventura Blvd.
b/w Hazeltine Ave. & Murietta Ave.
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