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Californian Restaurant Reviews
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M Cafe de Chaya
7119 Melrose Ave.
b/w N La Brea Ave. & N Detroit St.
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I have been hearing of M Cafe de Chaya for a couple years now, and finally made it out there for lunch last week. I loved it. A part of the Chaya Venice/Brasserie group, this is th.. >
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Campanile
624 S La Brea Ave.
b/w Wilshire Blvd. & W 6th St.
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It's February and week I've-lost-count of the WGA Strike. For a while now, Mark Peel has graciously offered the Writers' Soup Kitchen at Campanile featuring prix fixe dinners on We.. >
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Opus Bar & Grill
3760 Wilshire Blvd.
at Oxford Ave.
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On Tuesday nights, Opus serves bacos (bread + taco, I believe). They're large grilled flatbreads, $8 each, and topped with your choice of: pork belly and short rib carnitas with .. >
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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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Lucques
8474 Melrose Ave.
b/w N La Cienega Blvd. & N Croft Ave.
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You really want to eat everything they serve at this L.A. eatery, but you can't, can you?.. >
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Magnolia
6266 1/2 Sunset Blvd.
b/w Vine St. & Argyle Ave.
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Finding myself on the corner of Sunset & Vine at Hollywood and absolutely starving, what better thing to do than to check out some diners & restaurants... >
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Violet
3221 Pico Blvd.
at Warwick Ave.
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This past weekend we celebrated my friend's birthday by going to Violet, a neat little spot on east end of Santa Monica that I've been to before and have been jones-ing to return e.. >
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Bistro du Soleil
6805 Vista Del Mar
at Culver Blvd.
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Deadline's finally here~ Busy times made me appreciate the French bistro next door more. This is today's special: Salmon Cakes $10 Surprisingly good! The salmon are very moist and .. >
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Sawtelle Kitchen
2024 Sawtelle Blvd.
b/w La Grange & Mississippi Ave.
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One Friday evening a little while back, I called Sawtelle Kitchen for a table for two. I was excited that the little restaurant I loved from my high school years was back in busine.. >
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Urth Caffe
267 S Beverly Dr.
b/w Charleville Blvd. & Gregory Way
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Forget Starbucks. If you're craving tea that teeters between bitter and sweet then sip on Urth Cafe's "Japanese Blessing" latte. It's a fancy title for matcha powder tea which is u.. >
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Axe
1009 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
b/w Broadway Ct & Brooks Ave.
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I passed by this minimalistic place hidden behind shrubbery on Abbot Kinney many times without ever noticing it. It's a Californian cuisine, the place is crowded with hip westside .. >
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Figtree's Cafe
429 Ocean Front Walk
b/w Dudley & Paloma Ave.
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I met my friend, whose office locates at the Venice beachfront, for lunch. She recommended Figtree's Cafe. The menu offers organic and wholegrain food. Only a few of the breakfast .. >
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Sante La Brea
345 N La Brea Ave.
b/w Oakwood Ave. & Beverly Blvd.
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Sante LaBrea, where I haven't eaten for a million years, so I don't know how badly they needed to be made over, is advertising on Craigslist with the come-on "Sample Ramsay Food." .. >
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The Trails
2333 Fern Dell Dr.
at Red Oak Dr.
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This tiny, hidden, wooden, snack shack has homemade treats for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. Best of all it's in beautiful Griffith Park, with convenient and ample parkin.. >
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Hamburger Hamlet
9201 W Sunset Blvd.
at Doheny Rd.
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Hamburger Hamlet. That name brings back a lot of good memories. As a kid Hamburger Hamlet was a treat for doing good in school or special occasions like birthdays. There used to.. >
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Leaf Cuisine
11938 Washington Blvd.
b/w Marcasel & Atlantic Ave.
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I don’t think the raw food diet’s for me. By that I mean: I love raw foods. Today I had an apple and a plum - plus kimchi, which I think is technically raw. All lovely - but I’m of.. >
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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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Mani's Bakery
3324 W 6th St., #A
at S Catalina St.
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Calories...there i said it. Something we're all too familiar with. The unfathomable part of food. A foodies natural born enemy, superfluous to many (including me), but sadly...c.. >
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Table 8
7661 Melrose Ave.
at N Stanley Ave.
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There are girls who cry at the drop of a $95 Juicy Couture straw sun hat. They dab their waterproof-macara’d eyes for every episode of Oprah. They weep as they flip the pages of a .. >
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26 Beach
3100 Washington Blvd.
at Yale Ave.
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Okay, yeah, so this might not seem like the best follow-up to a public vow toward healthier eating. But I at least deserve Brownie points for choosing salmon over beef, right?.. >
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Baby Blues Bar-B-Que
444 Lincoln Blvd.
b/w Marguerita Ave. & 7th St.
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Do you want bad BBQ at high prices? Go to Baby Blues BBQ and that's exactly what you'll get. I have no idea how this place has stayed in business for over four years. Actually y.. >
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Breeze
2025 Avenue of the Stars
b/w Constellation Blvd. & St. Regis St.
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CAA's new offices and the newish Hyatt Regency Century Plaza (much-needed renovation: 2001) are across the street from each other, on the Avenue of the Stars. There's even a certai.. >
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Cafe Bizou
14016 Ventura Blvd.
b/w Murietta Ave. & Costello Ave.
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The company actually paid for lunch today. My cheap-ass, non-provider-of-free-coffee-and-water-for-its-employees, cannot-order-you-supplies-because-it's not-in-the-budget-right-now.. >
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California Pizza Kitchen
735 S Figueroa St.
at W 7th St.
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A deceptively Asian exterior belies the fact that I am far better with words than I am with numbers. I was the Spelling Bee Champion in elementary school. A+ 100% scrawled across m.. >
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Chocolat
8155 Melrose Ave.
at N Kilkea Dr.
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When the Dine Out LA restaurants were listed, MLS and I scoured through the menus to find some good eats. And when we came across the name of the restaurant...Chocolat Restaurant a.. >
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JiRaffe
502 Santa Monica Blvd.
at 5th St.
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Forgive me, I ate chicken today. Met my friend Christian at JiRaffe, a French-ish restaurant in Santa Monica that boasts, on its menu, that “all poultry products are antibiotic and.. >
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Jones
7205 Santa Monica Blvd.
at N Formosa Ave.
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(Still clearing old entries). My friend loves this place a lot but I find it just ok based on this visit. Very dark inside, I wasn't so hungry so I got an appetizer Prosciutto with.. >
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La Cachette
10506 Santa Monica Blvd.
b/w Fairburn & Thayer Ave.
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Good news: Lunch at La Cachette is a lot like lunch at the Peninsula, only with better service. Bad news: You may give up on finding the place before you can try it... >
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Marmalade Cafe
550 Deep Valley Dr.
b/w Drybank Dr. & Crossfield Dr.
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Marmalade is a small Los Angeles area chain serving breakfast, coffee, baked goods, and a multitude of sandwiches and salads. The menu has so many options that it's friendly to bot.. >
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Newsroom Cafe
120 N Robertson Blvd.
b/w Alden Dr. & W Beverly Blvd.
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It's in Beverly Hills, It's right across the street from The Ivy. From the outside it looks like a cheesy, gimmick-y bland chain, but the full breakfast, lunch and dinner menu tell.. >
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Off Vine
6263 Leland Way
b/w Vine St. & N El Centro Ave.
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During my previous experience at Off Vine, which transpired some months ago, I fell in love with the space. The restaurant is lovingly located in a gorgeous old craftsman house, im.. >
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Pentimento at LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
at S Spaulding Ave.
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A group of Variety editorettes convened at Pentimento for a pre-wedding lunch, and I was interested to see whether the restaurant had changed much since it opened a few years ago. .. >
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Renaissance
5930 Franklin Ave.
b/w Tamarind Ave. & N Bronson Ave.
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Renaissance Bistro is a nice place to have a meal after shopping at the Brea Mall. I ordered a lunch combination of foccacia & grilled chicken and Chinese chicken salad for $7... >
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Rose Cafe
220 Rose Ave.
at Main St.
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I'd love to live or work nearby Rose Cafe in Venice! Another motion graphics place, Motion Theory, locates right next to them (instead we have this. -__-;;;) . Though they have lim.. >
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Tangier
2138 Hillhurst Ave.
b/w Avocado St. & Los Feliz Blvd.
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I was so excited to get a sneak peek into the newly renovated Griffith Observatory. And since I didn't want to go solo, I called a few friends whom I knew would be just as thrilled.. >
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The Fountain Coffee Shop
9641 Sunset Blvd.
b/w N Beverly Dr. & N Crescent Dr.
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To finish up this week, I'll be posting about a place that I have visited many times and have always wanted to write about. The Fountain Coffee Room at the Beverly Hills Hotel is a.. >
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Urth Caffe
8565 Melrose Ave.
b/w Westmount Dr. & Westboume Dr.
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Urth Caffe Urth Caffe is my friend and hostess' favorite place for coffee. A true California girl, she gets hers with soy milk, natch. Meanwhile, I ordered some carbs. Famous Sti.. >
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208 Rodeo
208 Via Rodeo Dr
at Wilshire Blvd.
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Aioli
1261 Cabrillo Ave. #100
at W 213th St.
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Alfredo's
8310 W 3rd St.
b/w S Orlando Ave. & S Flores St.
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Basix Cafe
8333 Santa Monica Blvd.
at N Flores St.
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Boe
403 N Crescent Dr.
at Brighton Way
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Cafe Cordiale
14015 Ventura Blvd.
b/w Colbath Ave. & Hazeltine Ave.
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Cafe Pinot
700 W 5th St.
b/w S Flower St. & S Grand Ave.
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Cellar
1880 Century Park E
b/w S Santa Monica Blvd. & Constellation Blvd.
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Chez Allez
36 Malaga Cove Plz #101
b/w Via Chico & Tejon PI
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Chez Nous
10550 Riverside Dr.
at Auckland Ave.
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Foodies
11701 Wilshire Blvd.
at Barrington Ave.
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Good Stuff
1617 S Pacific Coast Highway
at Avenue I
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Gotham Hall
1431 3rd St. Promenade
b/w Santa Monica Blvd. & Broadway
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Hedley's
640 N Robertson Blvd.
b/w Santa Monica Blvd. & Melrose Ave.
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Koi
730 N La Cienega Blvd.
b/w Sherwood Dr. & Melrose Pl
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La Boheme
8400 Santa Monica Blvd.
at N Orlando Ave.
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Leaf Cuisine
14318 Ventura Blvd.
b/w Beverly Glen Blvd. & Stansbury Ave.
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