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Grace
7360 Beverly Blvd., 90036
(323) 934-4400
Grace had a lot of promise. Chef Neal Fraser was a homegrown talent, having worked with the likes of Thomas Keller, Joachim Splichal, and Wolfgang Puck/Lee Hefter. A couple months ago I became very excited upon reading that they offered a “close to home” tasting menu, a series of dishes in [...]

My parents were up last weekend for some hang out and dining. Since my mom’s last post went over pretty well, thought we could do a Mom and Me post for our dinner.
Mom: After a bit of discussion with our resident gourmet advisors on Sunday afternoon, it was decided that we would venture over to [...]

We headed over to Surfas to pick up a couple of clothing items for our Halloween costumes. Ours was a busy day with a few other stops, but we timed it so that we could have lunch at the Surfas Cafe.
I had heard mixed reviews, which is the best way to get me to try [...]

I I spent this past Sunday exploring the culinary offerings at the Great Tastes in Brentwood festival. About 20 restaurants in and around Brentwood set up booths that boast some of their signature fare. It’s only $2.00 to enter the event and then you purchase “scrip” to taste the food … 1 scrip is $2.00 [...]

Don’t know about you but I had to ask someone what the flag on the left of the flyer was for. Yes, I’m a typically geopolitically challenged American.
Most of us know the flag on the right as belonging to the United Kingdom. The one on the left is for England.
I’m also told [...]

There’s a new Crumb in town and this bakery means business!
Opening first in New York and the Hamptons with ample praise, I was hoping this bake shop wouldn’t disappoint me as so many “trendy cupcake boutiques,” have lately. Located mere blocks from the “almighty,” albeit overrated Sprinkles, I figured this gutsy little bakery must really [...]

So the 6th Annual Pellegrino Dine Out is about to come to an end. I thought it might be fun to go to one of the more high-profile restaurants participating in this event. That and the fact I owed somebody a really nice belated birthday dinner. We picked The Grill on the [...]

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 [...]