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Food Festival Santa Monica

Top 5 Tastes from 2010 Star Chefs

Last night, Star Chefs convened their 2010 “Rising Star Chefs Tasting Gala and Awards Ceremony” in the fig-shaded courtyard of Santa Monica’s Fairmont Miramar Hotel. “Rising Chefs” from Southern California each prepared a dish...
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Italian Food Los Angeles

Valentino Vin Bar: Making Selvaggio Vision More Approachable [CLOSED]

12 years ago, when I first moved to L.A. and Zagat still played a part in my decision making process, Valentino was a restaurant to aspire to, consistently topping the red book’s ratings. Piero...
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Breakfast Los Angeles

Huckleberry: Balancing Rustic Dinner With Breakfast and Lunch

I spent my first year-and-a-half as an Angeleno in Santa Monica, soaking up sunshine and sea breezes. Unfortunately, back in 1999 and 2000, my home base lacked the most important element: good food. My...
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Craft Beer Santa Monica

Library Alehouse Holiday Brewfest Recap

On the last Tuesday of each month, Library Alehouse hosts a benefit for a different nonprofit. On December 29, the 14-year-old alehouse honored the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, a “membership supported advocacy organization...
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Coffeehouse Los Angeles

Espresso Cielo Brings 49th Parallel to Santa Monica

In late 2007 and early 2008, the focus of coffee aficionados was on Silver Lake, with the opening of LAMILL and Intelligentsia’s Sunset Junction coffeehouse. Now the Westside is becoming a coffee hotbed. Earlier...
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Bartender Los Angeles

Interview: Copa d’Oro bartender-mixologist Vincenzo Marianella

When Vincenzo Marianella isn’t behind the bar at Copa d’Oro – which isn’t very often – you’ll find him exploring Los Angeles on his motorcycle. The native Italian built the bar program at Providence...
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