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You know when you drive by a place and you have the sudden urge to make a quick u-turn into the place?
That’s what happened to me the other day. I was on my way to watch the Big (yet very disappointing) Game at my friend’s place in Alhambra when all of a sudden, I saw [...]

Coming down from an orgy of celebration and irony, we decided eat at Siete Mares to mark the Redskins’ ugly, nearly undeserved defeat of the Buccaneers. There have been scant few reasons for a Washinton expatriate in LA to celebrate the Skins in the last 15 years, so this was as good as any. After [...]

After a long time away, an la.foodblogger realizes that India Sweets & Spices in Glendale has really come into its own.

Lately…oh, hi. I’m Steve, a new contributor.
Lately, I’ve been on a tour of French Bistro/sidewalk cafe food. This was not deliberate, it just ended up that way, and when I say ‘tour’ it means I’ve been to four in the past few weeks. La Dijonnaise, Rouge, Bouchon and Figaro Cafe. The one I frequent, uh, [...]

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 [...]

A little while back, Jonah posted about the blog, The Great Taco Hunt.
Tacos can be found almost anywhere in our great city: in ubiquitious taco trucks (like the one parked across from Eagle Rock Sworks), small stands and sit down restaurants. Thus, Bandini of the Great Taco Hunt will have [...]

Call of the stalls: cd13 is in the planning stages for an Echo Park farmer’s market.

There are few industries more “free market” than the restaurant business. If they don’t offer the customer something (good food at a good price or good food at a price plus a unique experience in some fashion) they will eventually go belly up.
A drive down Valley Blvd in Alhambra and some places you will [...]