Food to EAT, Things to SEE, Places to GO
31 of us attended the last lunch of summer at the aptly named Spring Restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles. A recent and critically acclaimed addition to the DTLA dining scene, Spring did not disappoint. It was the perfect (and beautiful) venue for an early May lunch and the food, which […]
Well, first of all, we need to apologize for the long silence and not telling you about this fantastic restaurant sooner! It’s not that we wanted to keep it our little secret, it’s just that during late spring and most of summer we were both incredibly busy with eating and traveling […]
Maru, the recently renovated restaurant that re-opened at the of 2015 was the location for our March lunch which was attended by 40 of us. Originally located in Valencia, it moved to its current space in West Los Angeles/Santa Monica, re-opening just a few months ago. The restaurant has a […]
You might remember that a couple of weeks ago, we wrote about a preview for the upcoming Palm Desert Food and Wine Festival (if not, you can read it here). In case you were feeling intimidating about attending, I wanted to offer you some tips for making it an easier […]
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 […]
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 […]