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Disfrutar (Barcelona, Spain)
Disfrutar Restaurant Carrer de Villarroel, 163, L'Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain +34 933 48 68 96www.disfrutarbarcelona.com Thu 10/17/2024, 07:30p-12:10a Disfrutar was pretty much the impetus for...
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Alkimia (Barcelona, Spain)
Alkimia Restaurant Rda. de Sant Antoni, 41, L'Eixample, 08011 Barcelona, Spain +34 932 07 61 15www.alkimia.cat Fri 10/18/2024, 02:30p-05:00p Given that I was spending my entire time in Spain in...
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Esencia (Barcelona, Spain)
Sips Esencia C/ de Muntaner, 108, L'Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain +34 619 64 14 02sips.barcelona/esencia/ Fri 10/18/2024, 09:15p-10:55p During my recent trip to Barcelona, I enjoyed a visit to Sips,...
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Estimar (Barcelona, Spain)
Estimar Restaurant Carrer de Sant Antoni dels Sombrerers, 3, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain +34 932 68 91 97www.restaurante-estimar.com Sat 10/19/2024, 08:30p-11:25p During my time in Barcelona,...
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Paradiso (Barcelona, Spain)
Paradiso Bar Carrer de Rera Palau, 4, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain +34 933 60 72 22www.paradiso.cat Sat 10/19/2024, 11:30p-01:05a Sun 10/20/2024, 11:55p-02:05a After a stellar seafood meal at...
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ABaC (Barcelona, Spain)
Àbac Restaurant Av. del Tibidabo, 1, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 08022 Barcelona, Spain +34 933 19 66 00www.abacrestaurant.com Sun 10/20/2024, 08:00p-11:20p After visiting both Sagrada Família and Park Güell...
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Enigma (Barcelona, Spain)
Enigma Concept Carrer de Sepúlveda, 38, 40, L'Eixample, 08015 Barcelona, Spain +34 932 20 19 74www.enigmaconcept.es Mon 10/21/2024, 07:00p-11:05p On my final day in Barcelona, I finally made my way...
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Tsuruichi Wagyu (Fountain Valley, CA)
Tsuru Ichi Wagyu 18950 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 714-884-3750www.instagram.com/tsuruichi.wagyu/ Sat 10/26/2024, 05:30p-07:40p If we're talking about yakiniku in Orange County, then my...
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Trust (Santa Ana, CA)
Trust DTSA 220 E 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701 714-732-0598www.trustdtsa.com Thu 10/31/2024, 06:00p-10:15p For over the past decade, some of the most ambitious cooking in OC has been happening inside an...
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Udatsu (Los Angeles, CA)
Udatsu Sushi LA 6634 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 323-493-3461www.udatsusushila.com Sat 11/16/2024, 05:45p-08:10p There's no dearth of sushi joints in Southern California, and new debuts don't...
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Budonoki (Los Angeles, CA)
Budōnoki Restaurant 654 Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004 323-928-2320www.budonoki.la Sun 12/08/2024, 08:05p-10:20p Back in 2022, I paid a visit to Melody in East Hollywood, which was playing host to...
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Darkroom (Santa Ana, CA)
Dark Room Restaurant 3751 S Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana, CA 92704 657-777-3275www.wearedarkroom.com Fri 12/20/2024, 05:40p-08:40p I've often bemoaned the lack of more ambitious restaurants in Orange County,...
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Bar Becky (Long Beach, CA)
Bar Becky at Long Beach Exchange 3860 Worsham Ave, Long Beach, CA 90846 562-421-0200www.barbecky.com Sun 12/29/2024, 06:40p-09:00p It'd been a while since my last meal in LBC, and my latest dinner in...
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Café Triste (Los Angeles, CA)
Cafe Triste 980 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 213-278-0820www.cafetristela.com Mon 12/30/2024, 08:25p-09:45p After an engagement in San Marino fell through, I found myself with nothing to do on a...
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Paseo (Anaheim, CA)
Paseo Restaurant 1580 Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, CA 92802 714-204-3354www.paseoanaheim.com Sat 01/04/2025, 07:10p-09:40p I think it's safe to say that the Downtown Disney District isn't widely considered...
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Si! Mon (Los Angeles, CA)
Si!Mon Restaurant 60 N Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291 310-302-0016www.si-mon.la Sun 01/05/2025, 07:15p-10:25p Central American food isn't something that I'm able to enjoy very often, so I was excited to...
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Masamitsu Japanese Cuisine (San Marino, CA)
Masamitsu Sushi 2026 Huntington Dr, San Marino, CA 91108 626-281-9292www.instagram.com/masamitsu.la/ Wed 01/08/2025, 07:20p-12:10a In the 20-plus years of writing this blog, I'd never reported on a...
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Sampa (Los Angeles, CA)
Sampa Restaurant 449 S Hewitt St, Los Angeles, CA 90013 213-935-8119www.wearesampa.com Fri 01/10/2025, 08:15p-10:15p Ever since the debut of LASA back in 2016, I've had a hankering for more modern...
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Somni (West Hollywood, CA) [2]
Somni Restaurant 9045 Nemo St, West Hollywood, CA 90069www.somnirestaurant.com Sat 01/11/2025, 07:30p-11:00p Back in July 2018, I enjoyed a stellar dinner at Somni, a "secret" tasting counter tucked...
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Vin Folk (Hermosa Beach, CA)
VinFolk Restaurant 1501 Hermosa Ave, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 424-473-5909www.vin-folk.com Thu 01/16/2025, 07:30p-11:05p You might recall that I had a great meal over at the new incarnation of Somni...
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