Tag: bar

Pok Pok LA–Foodie Birthday Lunch for February 2016

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 […]

The Bellwether–Dine LA 2016

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 […]

Pok Pok LA–Dine LA 2016

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 […]

Belcampo Meat Co Butcher Shop & Restaurant Santa Monica

  Based in Northern California, Belcampo operates a grass-raised organic cattle farm, processing plant, butcher shops and restaurants. Following the success of its first SoCal location at Downtown’s Grand Central Market, Belcampo opened a second butcher shop in Santa Monica with an adjacent full-service restaurant and bar.  A smaller third location […]