(Eagle Rock, CA)  Guests at the Grand Opening of SpireWorks® Eagle Rock on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017  will be offered a Free SpireWorks® Destination (served on a choice of bread, exotic wild rice or salad), SpireCake andBeverage (choice of Soda or Ice Tea) from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. S...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The bar is the star at Red O in Santa Monica. Corporate Executive Chef Marc Johnson’s new winter menu at Rick Bayless’ Red O, Santa Monica focus on flavors from Central Mexico, Baja and Mexicali. It’s the flavors of Mexican  by way of food maven and Renaissance man, Rick Bayless, that dr...
Chase Valencia (above) is the Co-Owner and General Manager of LASA, a popup restaurant project housed inside Unit 120 in Chinatown of Los Angeles.  His and other migrant stories will be aired on the doc-series,  The Migrant Kitchen, a series in co-production with KCETLink, a national independent public media organization. Pr...
Taste of Mexico 2016,LA’s premier Mexican Food Culinary Festival, returned to the iconic LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes on Saturday, October 15th, 2016 to celebrate its 6th Annual Edition. Continuing to make history as the city’s staple event during Hispanic Heritage Month, Taste of Mexico treats guests to a curated selection ...
The Thai Town Marketplace Breaks Ground Launching the Thai Community Development Center’s Latest $2.95 Million Community Enhancement Endeavor The Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) recently celebrated a ten year victory at the ground breaking of the Thai Town Marketplace (TTMP) located at 5448 Hollywood Blvd., Los An...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Thai people own a reputation for open-door hospitality plus a love of pomp and circumstance.  They boast of their brilliant, colorful, balanced and varied cuisine.  After all, they are a country that has never been conquered by outside forces – they seem simply to invite potential invadersÂ...
(Roberta Deen and Gerry Furth-Sides) Virtually  “hidden in broad daylight” in a sprawling Sunset Boulevard strip mall, the spacious, subdued interior of Kura Sushi Restaurant becomes the realm of a sophisticated Korean father-son team (Sunny and Daniel) offering the finest of seasonal and omakase dinner...
It took the “California Roll” with a familiar name to entice Americans to try eating of Japanese sushi back in the day.  So it took Taku H. Maeda winning  a green tea ice cream manufacturing challenge to eventually launch an Americanized version of Matcha tea products and menu at SHUHARI Matcha Café. As the succ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) New Santa Monica resident, Bareburger on Main Street a couple of blocks from the beach turned out to be much more than their  big, fat, juicy  burgers with a huge list of sandwiches, salads, fries and drinks. The DRINK MENU includes current specialty seasonal items, along with a long list of draft bee...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 