Places

  • Save the Date for “Delicious Little Tokyo” July 19-20

    (Gerry Furth-Sides, all photos courtesy of Go Little Tokyo) The history Little Tokyo section of downtown Los Angeles had undergone a renovation – just ask any of us who had to skirt around it in construction traffic.  Now visitors will also get to enjoy all of the work at the Go Little Tokyo’s 4th Annual Delicious Li...

  • Ninth Annual Taste of the Eastside April 28 Celebrates Ethnic Diversity

    (Gerry Furth-Sides, photos courtesy of Taste of the Eastside) Taste of the Eastside, better known as TOTE for aficionados of good food and a fun Sunday is returning to celebrate the ever evolving and diverse East-Side and surrounding neighborhoods of Los Angeles on Sunday, April 28th, 2019 with VIP admission starting at 3:00 pm ...

  • New Novel Passover and Easter Restaurant Feasts 2019

    New novel passover and easter restaurant feasts start even before the official holidays this year at Black Angus Steakhouse and Harissa restaurant.  Spago celebrates both holidays over a week-end. Our favorite special occasion restaurant, Black Angus Steakhouse lengthens the Easter season this year by featuring all-nat...

  • Only in America: Renée Taylor’s MY LIFE ON A DIET

    The Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts presents the Los Angeles premiere of Renée Taylor’s MY LIFE ON A DIET, the award-winning, autobiographical comedy written by Taylor and Joseph Bologna, which opens its 12 performance, limited engagement on Friday, April 5 and continues through Sunday, April 14, 2019, in The Wall...

  • Top Ethnic 2019 Super Bowl Parties in LA

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Festive Casita del Campo in Silverlake offers game viewing on a large projector screen with surround sound, right next to the bar. Enjoy delectably authentic Mexican cuisine, handcrafted margaritas and ice-cold beer as you cheer on your favorite team. Casita recently introduced Draft Beer selections by the ...

  • Help Michelin Star Chef Luigi Fineo Celebrate His First Year in Venice

    Michelin star chef, Luigi Fineo’s out-of-the-way Luigi al Teatro restaurant in Santa Monica, California shows the reasons for his critical acclaim at such a young age.  (Please see our profile on him for other reasons at ( //localfoodeater.com/chefspotlight/chef-luigi-fineo-brings-puglia-cuisine-to-america/ ). The chef...

  • Five Out of the Box (Suitcase) Thanksgiving Ideas

    Thanksgiving for me was usually well over by the second week in November during the 22 years I cooked on TV up and down the west coast on a 10-city holiday tour on behalf of Mrs. Cubbison and the California growers.   One of the all-time favorites, seeped in Southern Comfort, was developed from the […]...

  • Dine Like a World Diplomat at JAPAN HOUSE LA’s Inn Ann

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) We knew immediately from the invitation for a new, modern kaiseki restaurant experience presented by INN ANN Los Angeles, JAPAN HOUSE, that it would be exquisite. We had already experienced the superlative food of first guest chef,  Taro Araki, Executive Chef for the Los Angeles Consul-General of Japan. //...

  • Upper West’s Nick Shipp Shows off Northern Mexico Cuisine with Mezcal and Tequila

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Chef Nick Shipp goes all out to trail blaze dishes from his big, wild Texas imagination.   And they are going to appear on his table only once inside the glassed-in front private room . “Too much work to do on a regular basis,” he laughs at every event.  So at this point no […]...

  • Unrivaled Gran Hotel Hospitality & New Lunch Menu at BOA STEAKHOUSE

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) A few years back, I dashed into BOA STEAKHOUSE Santa Monica for meter change during the insane lunch hour traffic. The hostess herself ran back to her own purse for the quarters, and I have been telling this story ever since.  BOA STEAKHOUSE bills itself as having “unrivaled hospitality”, along w...