Food to EAT, Things to SEE, Places to GO
25 of us enjoyed a veritable banquet food at Pok Pok LA in Los Angeles’ Chinatown. Pok Pok LA is the newest Los Angeles restaurant from highly regarded and James Beard-awarded Portland chef, Andy Ricker. The cuisine is Northern Thai that is influenced and presented in as fun, Thai street […]
Recently, we heard about an upcoming event that combines two of our favorite things–“EAT” and “GO”! And given this is only about 2 hours out of LA (which, let’s be honest, is practically the same as being IN LA), one could argue it is a “SEE” too! What is this […]
We started out our fourth year of lunches on beautiful day at West Hollywood’s Terrine. Terrine is a California brasserie that combines classic French dishes with a Californian flair. Helmed by Chef Kris Morningstar, Terrine’s seasonal cuisine served on their lovely patio was the perfect setting for our first lunch […]
The Bellwether, in Studio City, was where we had our October Ladies’ Foodie Birthday group lunch (see post here). It was great then and it has gotten even better since! This Dine LA dinner was actually an impromptu visit as earlier plans to go elsewhere fell through and we wanted […]
Chinatown’s new Pok Pok LA was the second of our January 2016 Dine LA visits. This latest venture from Portland’s Andy Ricker was fun and bustling for a weekday lunch. It was nice to see the old Mandarin Plaza have a little life again even though the vast majority of […]
Viviane, the new restaurant at by Chef Michael Hung (previously at Faith & Flower) at the Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills was the first of our Dine LA, January 2016 explorations. Although it was an overcast day, the gloom couldn’t mask the fun, upbeat, mid-century modern vibe it exuded. The […]
Our December lunch was held on the perfect day at the perfect place! The patio at West Hollywood’s Eveleigh is the perfect spot on a clear sunny day for a relaxing lunch with girl friends that. Great food, friendly service, and a killer view of LA’s Westside made this the […]
Now that the Thanksgiving turkey is well behind us, there’s still time to turn our attention to the holiday get-together! We have been coordinating a monthly ladies luncheon for the last three years so we’ve got a pretty good list of great places to check out if you are thinking […]
We had a special treat for our November Ladies’ lunch. Chef Suzanne Tracht opened her acclaimed LA restaurant, Jar, for us (it isn’t normally open at lunchtime) and prepared a delicious meal featuring some of the dishes for which she is most known. Jar, opened in 2001, is a modern […]
Thirty-four lunches ago, the Foodie Birthday group had their very first lunch at Lukshon in Culver City. The executive chef at the time was Ted Hopson. Thirteen months later, we would return for our only repeat restaurant because members loved the food so much at that very first lunch, they […]