DineLA Home Stretch
Thursday, February 7, 2008 12:00Heading into the final days of DineLA Restaurant Week, more reviews are rolling in.
I know that the votes are still be counted, but I am going to project that this event has been a winner. People trying places they haven’t been to, returning to old favorites and generally enjoy some good deals.
A couple posts here at la.foodblogging
Nannette has a busy week at Say it, don’t spray it
- A for Abode
- Victory at Violet ($25 dinner BTW)
- I Cugini is “pretty good overall”
- Border Grill is disappointing and a trip to Simon
L.A & OC Foodie Makes the Rounds
- Ford’s Filling Station “slightly above OK”
- “Kickin’” dinner at Beacon ($25 dinner)
- Graces falls “considerably short”
A other blogs weigh in
- Food GPS declares Red Seven a “restaurant week success”
- Teenage Glutser goes to Grace, but decides “es pura propaganda” (its all publicity!)
- Potatomato not impressed by NOÉ
Any others I missed? Let me know in the comments. I have one more dinner to try tomorrow night. Who else has plans?
By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.
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H.C. says:
February 7th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
For me DineLA is a mixed bag (as my posts indicate) but I do think it was a success in terms of getting people out to try restaurants they otherwise wouldn’t (even my non-foodie friends were excited about it).
I’ve also been to Napa Valley Grille (a hit, yet to post) and will be checking out Circa 55 tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed on that one.
Mara says:
February 8th, 2008 at 12:48 am
I’ve reviewed Tracht’s in Long Beach for DineLA Week here.
Will also be reviewing Cafe Sevilla and the Sky Room soon.
Foodie83 says:
February 8th, 2008 at 8:51 am
I had the most wonderful evening at Noe Restaurant last night for dineLA. From the decor to the service Noe was everything I could have hoped for. Although the portions were on the smaller size, considering the price reduction in combination with the mulitude of flavor, I say it was quite a steal! I can’t wait to go back.
Jonah says:
February 8th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Thanks Mara, I was glad to see that there are a number of Long Beach restaurants participating. The LBC is often overlooked when talking about food in LA.
teenage glutster says:
February 9th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
thanks for the linkage.
I just had a 3 course meal (went to Buenos Aires for a week) with pampas-fed Rib-Eye (ojo de bife) for less than $15U.S!!!
And DineLA is supposed to be a ‘deal’.
Stephanie says:
February 21st, 2008 at 10:51 am
Jonah,
If you can’t spell “buona sera” properly, you shouldn’t enter an Italian restaurant. Or try spell check! And to say you wouldn’t have gone to La Botte without hearing of its Michelin star rating makes you sound like a neophyte in foodland. You’re annoying! I’m unsubscribing!
Jonah says:
February 25th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Stephanie-
I assume that you meant this comment for my La Botte post.
I am indeed a perpetual neophyte in foodland, I love to try new places and am well aware that I can’t try every restaurant out there. When I sat down with the Director of the Michelin Guides, Jean-Luc Naret I told him that I was surprised about some of the starred restaurants. I’m glad that they did recommend La Botte; annoying or not, that was a great dinner.