By Jill Weinlein, 4/25/2013
Fleming’s Steakhouse Beverly Hills Tonight, April 25 at 6:30 p.m., join the fun as Fleming’s teams up with Justin Vineyard and Winery with a five-course dinner. Fleming’s Chef Brandon Powell pairs his dished with hand-selected Justin wines. Founder, Justin Baldwin, will be in attendance, mixing and mingling with guests and discussing his thoughts behind each [...] [...more]
By Jill Weinlein, 4/25/2013
Zarate’s Newest Hot Spot in Marina del Rey
Chef Ricardo Zarate’s newest restaurant, Paiche in Marina del Rey, opened earlier this month to a standing-room crowd. I was invited to a pre-opening “hard-hat” tasting a few days earlier and saw two young artists with brushes in hand applying gold paint on to floor to ceiling cobalt blue posts. They were replicating the scales [...] [...more]
By Tim Posada, 4/18/2013
In Major League Baseball, only one uniform number is retired for all teams, 42. The number of Jackie Robinson, the African American player who forced the Major League into the modern era. While other films have been made about Jackie Robinson, it’s surprising current-day Hollywood took this long to bring his incredible story to the [...] [...more]
By Jill Weinlein, 4/18/2013
Kitchen pop-ups have gained steam and are becoming more frequent and popular in Los Angeles due to social media. It’s an ideal way for chefs to showcase their dishes and perfect their hospitality skills, without investing hundreds of thousands of dollars. If successful, Pop-ups attract a foodie following and investors looking to open a restaurant. [...] [...more]
By Jill Weinlein, 4/18/2013
Urban Garden Earth Day is the ultimate meatless Monday on April 22. Owner George Abou-Daoud reflects his Lebanese heritage by preparing locally-sourced healthy dishes such as chickpea and quinoa falafels and kale, quinoa and beet salads daily. 446 N. Fairfax Ave. (323)951-0990. Ray’s & Stark Bar A three-course menu by Executive Chef Kris Morningstar [...] [...more]
By Tim Posada, 4/11/2013
Sam Raimi’s grotesque and campy “Evil Dead” films are prerequisite viewing for any cult-movie lover. In 1981, “The Evil Dead” earned an NC-17 rating for disturbing gore, but it was especially renowned for unexpected laughter evoked from what should’ve been terrified audiences. In 1987, an even more outlandish “Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn” returned [...] [...more]
By Jill Weinlein, 4/11/2013
The Hollywood landmark in the Hollywood hills built in 1914, Yamashiro, means “Mountain Palace” in Japanese. The Bernheimer brothers designed it as an exact replica of a palace located in the mountains near Kyoto, Japan. The 10-room teak and cedar hilltop mansion housed their extensive Asian artwork. Built on 12 acres among orange groves, the [...] [...more]
By Jill Weinlein, 4/11/2013
Mignon Tonight the wine bar is hosting an intimate dinner featuring wine from Austrian female winemaker Ilse Geyerhof of Geyerhof Winery. There are two seatings, at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Santos Uy and Geyerhof’s son, Josef, will pour wines to be paired with Chef Tim Carey’s four-course market-inspired dinner. The 4-course wine pairing dinner is [...] [...more]
By Jill Weinlein, 4/04/2013
Venturing into Koreatown last weekend, I was eager to take some friends to M Grill. It’s not a Korean-style restaurant, but a Brazilian Steakhouse with a fresh produce bar, hot buffet and over 18 cuts of meat. Plus they serve great cocktails, beer and wine. We were happily surprised to find free parking in the [...] [...more]
By Jill Weinlein, 4/04/2013
Mendocino Farms An upscale neighborhood sandwich market is opening at the new FIGat7th. Owners Mario Del Pero and Ellen Chen are excited to have Executive Chef Judy Han. On April 6 enjoy a family fun day with kid-friendly activities, face painting, a balloon artist, photo booth and a performance by Rhythm Child. It begins at [...] [...more]
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