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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This week’s LA Downtown News features “What Rhymes with Villaraigosa?” .
The scoop:
“Fancy yourself a poet? Then put your rhyming to the test in the Los Angeles Downtown News Limerick Contest in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Just fill out the form on page 15 with a five-line verse and send it to us. There’s [...]

The Far East Chop Suey Cafe is scheduled to open its historic doors in the coming months, under the new name Chop Suey Cafe and Lounge. The Grand Opening Date has been pushed to the first of March due to some unforeseen setbacks for the owners. Personally, I’m not sure what exactly needs to happen [...]

The night began with dinner at The Standard with the girls for our Girls Night Out. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t run to the Bank before I got there and had to make some change for the $8 parking fee or the $20 wristband to get up to the roof. Thanks to the girls, it [...]

Having tried all of well-known Westside ramen restaurants, I decided to venture out to Little Tokyo to sample what some people on Chowhound consider to be the best ramen in LA.
Daikokya offers a very down-to-earth atmosphere. The open-air kitchen is surrounded by a counter where you can eat and watch the tattooed [...]

Look what came in the mail for me the other day:

An invitation to paradise…
All I have to do is eat at Roy’s within the next month or so, spend $75 or more - easily done with 2-4 people, and I get a *FREE* copy of Roy Yamaguchi’s new cookbook, Fish and Seafood. (I signed [...]