FOOD NOTES: R + D Kitchen opens
By Tom Teicholz at 18 July, 2008, 10:31 am
R + D Kitchen opened up on Montana Ave in Santa Monica last night. This is the new restaurant form the restaurant group that has Houston’s, Bandera and Gulfstream. There is already an R + D in Orange County but this is the first in the LA area. R+D have taken up residence in the […]
Read More >>Local Food notes: on Sawtelle
By Tom Teicholz at 12 May, 2008, 9:43 am
One could arrive on Sawtelle avenue at the edge of West LA and spend a day wandering the few blocks between Santa Monfica Blvd and Olympic Blvd — looking at the Japanese video and game stores, the hip sneaker shops and comic stores, and you could eat for several days wandering from restaurant to restaurant, […]
Read More >>Best meal: John Besh’s August
By Tom Teicholz at 4 May, 2008, 8:29 am
This deserves more detail but just want to put it out there: this comes as no surprise because everyone says so, but the best restaurant right now in New Orleans (or thus far in my eating adventures) is August. I will go in greater detail at a later date but every course was fantastic as […]
Read More >>Best meal: John Besh’s August
By Tom Teicholz at 4 May, 2008, 8:29 am
This deserves more detail but just want to put it out there: this comes as no surprise because everyone says so, but the best restaurant right now in New Orleans (or thus far in my eating adventures) is August. I will go in greater detail at a later date but every course was fantastic as […]
Read More >>Some more food notes
By Tom Teicholz at 3 May, 2008, 7:02 am
A couple of quick food notes: John Besh (August) new restaurant Luke (with an umlaut over the u) is an Alsatian French restaurant where I had the best raw oysters thus far in New Orleans — with Ueglesich’s no longer in business — Lukes makes an impressive showing. The food was really good — there […]
Read More >>New Orleans: coming back — one meal, concert, taxi ride at a time
By Tom Teicholz at 1 May, 2008, 5:04 pm
The most caloric meal that I ever had — and that I continue to have — is at the famous Camellia Grill. Katrina closed the Camellia Grill for 18 months — but The Camellia Grill is back — as good as ever. Now you might wonder what is so special about the Camellia Grill, and […]
Read More >>Oichi!
By Tom Teicholz at 22 January, 2008, 10:39 am
Oichi mean delicious in Japanese and that’s my review of Robata Bar, 1401 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, 310- 458-4771) the new Japanese tapas bar next to Sushi Roku in Santa Monica (the entrance is actually on Santa Monica Blvd). The decor is Dodd Mitchell cool, with a dark wood bar and the feel of a […]
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