Frying Fish in Little Tokyo

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 [...]

Pizza with Pizazz: Pitfire Pizza Company

I go downtown on quite a frequent basis, but I wouldn’t say that I really GO there. Once a week or more, I am there, but my experience is generally limited to the Joe’s parking lot on Olive and the second floor of the Superior Court.
So when I drew the jury duty stick last week, [...]

I’ll Have the ‘Works: Groundwork Coffee Company

It’s an unfortunate fact of life that I have to work for a living. And it’s an even more unfortunate that work starts quite early in the morning. More unfortunate still is the fact that I live on one side of the Hollywood Hills and work on the other, necessitating an even earlier waking up [...]

Ocean Seafood Dim Sum Extravaganza

Ocean Seafood: DIM SUM - Chinatown
750 N. Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA
8.27.06 - Sunday, 11:00 AM
Moi + 9 other hungry crazies
Dim sum, anyone? A little of this, a gigantic boatload of that? Yes, well, me too!
I already know Ocean Seafood makes a mean baked crab. Their veggies are sub-par, the rice sucks, and [...]

Pete’s Cafe and Bar

Downtown’s Gentrified Watering Hole

Deathmatch: Cole’s PE Buffet vs. Philippe’s

The greatest rivalry since Pat’s and Geno’s cheesteaks in Philly is the fistfight between Cole’s PE Buffet and Philippe’s. Each claim to be the inventor of the French Dip. What is not in dispute is the city in which it was invented: Los Angeles. Everything else becomes fuzzy after that.
Cole’s PE Buffet is the oldest [...]

California Plaza - Downtown LA - Noe Restaurant

Sometimes you try a new restaurant because you know of it and plan to go there.
Sometimes you wind up trying a new one because you happen to stumble onto it. Unfortunately, I don’t bring my digital camera everywhere I go!
The other evening, I was near the Omni Hotel and decided to try the [...]

The Last Great Hamburger Stand

Fatburger.

I’ll say it again, Fatburger. The Last Great Hamburger Stand.
I sparked velvety dissention a while ago by soliciting people for their favorite burger joint, not a national chain. Of course, I violated my own criteria by throwing down for Fatburger, reasoning that even though they are growing through many states, and now even have an [...]