(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 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...
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...
(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 ...
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...
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 […]...
(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. //...
(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 […]...
(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...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Los Angeles magazine’s The Food Event 2018: Its 13th Annual Epicurean Extravaganza is still best described as “leisurely and posh.” Still, no matter how many times you’ve visited, it’s always startling to arrive at a gate atop Mulholland Drive and be greeted by friendly hosts,...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 