Posts Tagged ‘weekdays’
by josie on July 27, 2010
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You know the feeling you get from being tickled too hard? Where it’s painfully good in that great kind of way. If so, then you must try Huckleberry. I haven’t been to a place that I’ve been so throughly impressed with for quite sometime now, and when I hit it up HB for lunch with Lizzy & Paul last week, I knew I had walked into something special. A few months ago, after reading the Food GPS review of the place, I decided that Huckleberry was a place I had to go to. I just can’t believe I had put it off this long. It’s a lot fresh baked… well, everything. And it’s pretty traditionally fantastic.
The place was opened by Zoe …
by josie on July 14, 2010
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What do you get when you cross a gourmet food truck with craft beer? My perfect date… without the date, that is. #FML. (Can someone please find me a date?! Anyone? Anyone?) As you all know, Minty is the ‘crawl organizer extraordinaire’ and last Friday she hosted the Craft Beer Crawl in/and around Eagle Rock. Make sure to check out Minty’s review.
Here were the stops:
8 p.m. – Eagle Rock Brewery
3056 Roswell Street
Los Angeles, CA 90065
9:30 p.m. – Verdugo Bar
3408 Verdugo Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90065
11:00 p.m. – The Black Boar
1630 Colorado Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90041
I got there a bit early and started chatting up a fellow patron who had gotten stood up by a girl. He looked so sad. …
by josie on July 3, 2010
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Every meal I’ve ever had at Roy’s has always been an insightful delight. And frankly, it’s nice to see a chain restaurant with some personality. If the food wasn’t enough to get you in the door, their new promotion should be. Until August 31st, Roy’s will be doing a special Ohana Tour promotion. This will allow the chefs at each location to creatively spin some of their most popular menu items. Here’s what we had:
Grilled Albacore Flatbread with Pickled Red Onion, Smoked Fetsa, Herb Pesto, and Tzatziki
Yellow Fin Ahi Poke with Wasabi Aioli, Avocado, and Caviar
Spiced Duck Confit Tarts with Sage Chevre (Goat Cheese)
Short Ribs of Beef Au Poivre with Truffled Tater Tots and Tomato Jam
Strawberry Basil Panna Cotta
“The …
by carina on May 10, 2010
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Carina with Chef Lauren DeMartin and The Bikini Chef
I have said it often but I absolutely LOVE hotels. In fact, second to only restaurants, they are my favorite places to be. Both of these places offer me retreat, service, and a place of excitement. I am transported and become Carina in my best form: calm, happy, and with my senses totally turned on. As a neurotic young woman I am rarely out of my head until I set foot into a nice hotel and/or restaurant. I was invited by The Barry Group to see the two new restaurants in the Hyatt Regency Orange County. For most LA residents, Orange County seems like a world away. For me, it is either …
by carina on May 7, 2010
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Alright folks, I have 3 great deals to report and one great story to tell. First, I will talk about the event that is closest to our heart. There are a ton of food events in LA, my wallet and my waistline know this all to well, but there is one event that was without doubt our favorite. Taste of the Nation LA is so undeniably fantastic! We volunteered last year, met great friends, ate great food, met some amazing chefs (where almost of our pics in the “Chefs” section came from) and we helped out a great cause. When we first heard about the event in Culver City last year we invited our new friend Eli of Freshman in …
by carina on May 5, 2010
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There are certain LA restaurants that are just icons. While I have very little interest in going to places like Spago, I am very interested in their former head chef, Mark Peel. This man has done it all from Spago to Chez Panisse but Campanile is something all his own. After visiting Tar Pit (the newest Mark Peel creation) for the second time last week while on a date I realized that it was about time that I visit Campanile for a proper meal. By the way, if you went to Tar Pit when they first opened the menu and cocktail list is totally updated. They still have the fried oysters and bananas fosters that I fell in love with …
by carina on May 4, 2010
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Our PR Intern, Lea, is quite the little Minx. She is a sorority girl that is a week away from her college graduation. She is the new lifeblood of the UG office, as she comes in with stories of her escapades and makes Josie and I blush with excitement and jealously. I got an invite from our friend Hanh to a media dinner and since Josie was going to a play I asked Miss Lea to join me. Lea was heartbroken after she learned that she was not invited to her parent’s anniversary dinner, god forbid they have a romantic night alone. Anyway, the two of us single ladies headed out to Minx. I had never been and haven’t heard …
by carina on May 1, 2010
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Many of us in the food blogosphere all carry around the same Canon s90 camera but very few of us actually know how to use it. There are several exceptions to this rule and one of my favorites is Julian aka DJJewelz. He uses the same camera as all of us, no Photoshop, and always manages to take beautiful pictures. Sure he has the artists’ eye but he also knows simple shortcuts for better pictures. My new friend Nastassia, of Let Me Eat Cake, and I were both talking at the Latin American Dessert Crawl about how in awe we were of DJJewelz’s pictures and how we so needed a class with him. During this crawl one of the stops …
by josie on April 30, 2010
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Did you win our contest for the Project Connect event on Tuesday at the Coloft in Santa Monica? Because if you didn’t, you really missed out on a great evening. It was a ton of networking and meeting new people. This was an unusual event because it highlighted a few things that you don’t normally see at a networking event. Rather than focusing on who you had to meet the focus was on who you can introduce other people to. The event was organized by Stephanie, owner of Social Bling, and the main themes of the night were: listening, complimenting, and gratitude.
It was hosted at the coloft building in Santa Monica. The coloft is a space that allows entrepreneurs to come …
by carina on April 29, 2010
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We have written about Checkers and their Thursday happy hour called FOUR for a long time, but it is truly our favorite weekly deal. The man on the left, Tyler, takes care of the drinks and the man on the right, Chef Todd, handles the food. They have fine-dining expertise and skill that is made affordable so you can easily indulge to your belly’s content. They offer four plates and four drinks for four hours (from 4p-8p) on Thursday for $4 each. It is the deal of the century. Last week after John Kelly Chocolates and before the Sexy Singles Soiree 2.0 we sampled all four of the dishes.
Last week the theme for FOUR was “Best of FOUR” paying homage …
