BäcoShop Cheese Melt
When I first learned about Josef Centeno’s bäco, he was beta testing his taco flatbread mash-up on Tuesday nights at Opus, an avant garde restaurant in the Wiltern Theatre’s shadow. At that point, the...
Culver City, Leo V Ursus + A Galaxy of L.A. Beer
Culver City may not have breweries within its bounds (yet), but if you get off the Expo Line at the Culver City station, you can easily find good beer at multiple stops within minutes...
Crab Cake LA Maryland Blue Crab
If Marylanders routinely eat like they do at Crab Cake LA, I was clearly born in the wrong state. On July 31, renowned Maryland chefs Michael Voltaggio, Bryan Voltaggio, Duff Goldman, and D.C. born...
Hatchet Hall Chicken Liver
My Halloween dinner at Hatchet Hall in Culver City was all treats, no tricks. My wife, friends and I took another crack at Chef Brian Dunsmoor’s delectable Pork Chop, but nothing could prepare us...
Hatchet Hall Pork Chop (Dose of Vitamin P)
Hatchet Hall, the “rustic, wood-fired American” restaurant from chef Brian Dunsmoor, Jonathan Strader, Louie Ryan and Netty Ryan, is off to a hot start in Culver City. The name refers to the home of...
Cognoscenti Coffee Spicy Chile Mocha
Nothing is set in stone at Cognoscenti Coffee, the burgeoning specialty coffee chain from Yeekai Lim that shares Proof Bakery’s marble counter and now operates in the Chinatown outpost of Scoops ice cream shop,...
