Elena’s Greek-Armenian Pork Chops
It’s now been well over a decade since my first visit to Elena’s Greek Armenian Cuisine, an institution from Elena Pitkyan and her family on a residential stretch of Glendale that dates to 1976....
Ladies’ Gunboat Society at Flores Pork Chop [CLOSED]
Flores, a seasonal, globally inspired small plates restaurant, never quite captured the imagination of Little Osaka ramen heads and comfort food fiends. Thankfully, that allowed for Ladies’ Gunboat Society at Flores, which Amal Flores...
Animal Pork Chop [CLOSED]
There aren’t many apples that get eight-page spreads in The New Yorker, but SweeTango managed to pull off that feat in 2011 thanks to writer John Seabrook’s article. To help continue their forward momentum,...
The Hart + The Hunter Pork Chop [CLOSED]
The Hart + The Hunter is one of L.A.’s newest restaurants to capture my attention. Since the Cali-Southern spot resides in a hotel (West Hollywood’s Palihotel, to be specific), talented chef-owners Brian Dunsmoor +...
Waterloo & City Pork Chop [CLOSED]
Nothing could have prepared me for the power of the Prime Pork Chop ($24), a work of porcine art that chef Brendan Collins prepares at Waterloo & City, a fine-tuned, oversized gastropub on Culver...
Mustards Grill: A Million Chops and Counting, Plus Vivid Color
Cindy Pawlcyn opened her eclectic American cafe in 1983. In recent years, she’s become one of Napa Valley’s leading restaurateurs, adding Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen and Go Fish, both just north, in St. Helena. Judging...
