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Breakfast

Restaurant Sign Lone Pine

Alabama Hills Café: Finding Comfort in the Mount Whitney Flats

The road to Mammoth Mountain was littered with desiccated elk burgers, habanero jerky, bacon-wrapped jalapeños and nut-crusted pullaway bread produced by a seemingly magical “dough finger,” but until we arrived at Alabama Hills Cafe,...
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Mexican Breakfast Los Angeles

La Casita Mexicana (Breakfast): Brilliant Chilaquiles in Bell

The most frustrating aspect of covering restaurants is my inability to eat where I want, since a good chunk of my career revolves around what’s new or upcoming. Proven winners would make my regular...
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Breakfast Santa Fe

The Pantry: Tackling Serious Southwest Breakfast in Santa Fe

Santa Fe takes breakfast seriously, with compelling options that include Cafe Pasqual’s and Guadalupe Cafe, both of which we enjoyed on the recent food blogger getaway. However, neither compared to the homestyle wonders of...
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Brunch Los Angeles

Canele: Brunching in Atwater Village? What a Pain (Perdu) [CLOSED]

Back in the days when I was actually well rounded, one of my favorite things to do was grab the Sunday paper and settle into a table at a nearby café for brunch. Lazy...
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Restaurant Sign Palm Springs

Cheeky’s: Taking Flight with Bacon and Buttermilk in Palm Springs

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin are still referenced regularly in Palm Springs, and while there’s always room for the Rat Pack, Tara Lazar is helping to prove that not everything has to be retro...
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Bacon Palm Springs

Cheeky’s Bacon Flight

If the adage holds true that bacon makes everything better, then surely five kinds of bacon should be a triumph. Right? Tara Lazar subscribes to that belief, offering a bacon flight ($4) at Cheeky’s,...
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