Paley Salmon [CLOSED]
The last time I was at the northwest corner of Sunset & Gower, Mr. Brainwash was painting pop art at a breakneck pace. The formerly faded Hollywood building’s footprint has since given rise to...
Salt’s Cure Pork Chop
Chris Phelps and Zak Walters, the chefs behind Salt’s Cure, have long been proponents of cooking with whole animals in mind. That ethos helped to fill a rotating blackboard menu each night in West...
Belgian Beer in Hollywood, 002 Revolution + Beer Pairing Tips
There are quite a few beer festivals out there to choose from. You also usually see the usual suspects at most of them. If you are looking for something a little different, OK, a...
Rubies + Diamonds Nitro Flight
My last experience with Columbia Square, the longtime CBS home for TV and radio, was in 2008. Artist Thierry Guetta, aka Mr. Brainwash, had turned the gutted building into his canvas, which doubled as...
Demitasse Breakfast Sandwich [CLOSED]
Demitasse Roastery + Kitchen in Hollywood is Bobby Roshan’s most complete vision for Demitasse to date, complete with a Probat coffee roaster, a state of the art La Marzocco Mistral espresso machine, and a...
Osteria La Buca Pork Chop
I had an early affinity for Osteria La Buca, a neighborhood Italian restaurant that Graham Snyder opened in 2005, right when I was starting to write professionally about restaurants and worked nearby at Sunset...
