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I admire people who take the risk to run a restaurant. I hear it is a really tough business and most don’t make it. So when I see a new place (it may not really be that new but I just didn’t notice them until recently) I often like to give it a [...]

Have you gone to it yet? Will any LAFB writer or reader admit to going? Well, I figured it was time one of us risked our stomach to be able to blog about the experience! Perhaps some of our more well-heeled readers or writers could share about the food in the luxury [...]

Yesterday evening, met up with some friends to go walking as a way to unwind from the end of a long work week. Parked at Ocean near the Totem Pole and walked down to the famous staircase where dozens of very fit good-looking people were powering up and down the stairs.
Anyway, after [...]

A little while back I wrote up a short review on Rita Flora on 3rd and La Brea.
I recently noticed the kitchen looked dark and decided to check out the web page and found out the kitchen has closed after 17 years of operation but the florist part of the business remains.
While walking [...]

Turducken.

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I heard former coach now famed football analyst John Madden loves them.
I heard that Whole Foods will carry them on a test basis this year. The guy at the store says they will go for $5.99/pound and will usually be about 16 pounds. He said you can’t pre-order as they will [...]

Two buck tamale!
Hat tip to Erin’s Kitchen for the information on the LA Tamale Festival. Since I don’t live too far away, I decided to check it out.
Check out the LAFB post about last year’s Tamale Festival.
The event is on 7th Street near MacArthur Park.

Like any festival, there are colorful items sold [...]

I saw in the Los Angeles Times online this item on late-night dining.
Chris Barton, an LAT staff writer, profiled the following:
101 Coffee Shop 6145 Franklin Ave., L.A., (323) 467-1175.
Fred 62 1840 N. Vermont Ave., L.A., (323) 667-0062.
Swingers 8020 Beverly Blvd., L.A., (323) 653-5858.
Sitton’s NoHo Diner 11329 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood. (818) 761-3341.
The Brite Spot 1918 [...]

One of my friends is a sushi fiend. He, I and another buddy decided for catch up together for conversation and figured that on that night it would be while having some sushi.
My sushi fiend friend recommended we meet up at Frying Fish in Little Tokyo.

Two chefs work in the middle and place their [...]