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*Note: Mama Voula’s has closed, apparantly due to the inability to gain a wine and liquor license.
On the westside, I’ve noticed that there is a dearth of certain cuisines among which is Greek. As far as Greek restaurants go, I’ve only known Papa Christo’s (thanks to their great commercials) and the Great Greek (since [...]

With summertime weather taking us outside, it is time for firing up the grill outside!
Jonah got us going on this track with his positive report on TJ’s Carne Asada.
I’m definitely going to give that a try sometime this summer!
However, what if you and your guests are yearning for sausages? Where do you go [...]

Zankou hasn’t moved to the South Bay yet. For South Bayians to get their rotisserie chicken fix, I propose Chicken Dijon. With locations in El Segundo, Torrance, Redondo Beach and Rolling Hills Estates, they are fairly accessible.
Accessibility is one thing, good chicken is another. What I like about Chicken Dijon is that their chicken is [...]

Did you know that you can check for available tickets to the Getty Villa on the day you might want to visit? Between approximately 9.30am-10.30am they often release their free daily passes that you can download and print from your home computer. (Tickets are scanned upon entrance.) Parking costs $7.00.
It was with this [...]

Last week, Isaac and I had a dinner date with strangers–strangers we met on the internet.
No, we are not one of those kinds of couples…get your mind out of the gutter! Last week, we met up with the rest of the l.a.foodblogging crew for some good food and good conversation at Papa Cristo’s weekly [...]

Bay Area chefs Quinn and Karen Hatfield are leaving San Francisco’s popular Cortez restaurant to open a new place in West Hollywood called, fittingly enough, Hatfield.

Where does the “Westside” begin? Western? Highland? Hmmm …
Anyway, I went East of where I live and work to go to Papa Cristo on the North-East corner of Pico and Normandie.
Two of my friends have Greek in their family tree. One of them in a pilgrimage to explore his Greek religious [...]

Thanks to a chowhound’s post earlier last month, I tried La Buca for lunch. What a fantastic little Italian place! Wish I lived closer.
Little slivers of homemade bread came out first, with some slightly spicy tomato sauce to dip it in. I try not to fill up on bread, but this [...]