goodboybob Cortado
Goodboybob, a stylish weekday hideaway in Santa Monica from Tool founder Erich Joiner, has quietly built one of the Westside’s best coffee programs. Longtime coffee pro Ryan Fisher moved west from Denver’s Commonwealth Coffee...
Interview: chef Miles Thompson (Michael’s Santa Monica)
Nobody can say that Miles Thompson’s trajectory has ever hit a plateau. In 2014, Star Chefs named him a Los Angeles Rising Star. This fall, Jeff Gordinier honored Thompson as Esquire magazine’s “Rising Star...
Esters Wine Shop & Bar Bloody Mary
It wouldn’t be a “Boozy Brunch” without booze. Esters Wine Shop & Bar, the destination Santa Monica establishment from Kathryn Weil-Coker, husband Tug, and the Rustic Canyon Family of Restaurants, recently rolled out weekend...
Rudy & Hudson Dutch Baby with Kale, Bacon + Cheddar [CLOSED]
To say that I saw the promise in a Santa Monica IHOP would be revisionist history. Thankfully, vaunted chef Joe Miller (Joe’s and Bar Pintxo) and seasoned restaurateur Lawrence Rudolph (Gonzo American Food Corp)...
Cassia Pork Meatballs with Cashew Curry
At Cassia, the modern Southeast Asian brasserie from chef Bryant Ng, Kim Luu-Ng, Josh Loeb, and Zoe Nathan in Santa Monica, they ostensibly focus on Singaporean and Vietnamese flavors, but extend their sphere of...
Rori’s Artisanal Creamery Ice Cream Sandwich
By starting with a waffle cone at Rori’s Artisanal Creamery, an ice cream concept that launched in 2012 at Santa Barbara Public Market and later expanded to Los Angeles, I was clearly missing the...
