Mélisse Ridgeback Prawns
Not many L.A. restaurants still qualify for fine dining status, but Mélisse an aspirational Santa Monica restaurant from Chef Josiah Citrin that dates to 1999, certainly makes the cut. Most nights, they only open...
Cassia Grilled Beef Tripe
As much as I enjoyed The Spice Table, the late great Southeast Asian restaurant from Bryant Ng and Kim Luu-Ng in Little Tokyo, I enjoy the couple’s new Santa Monica restaurant with Josh Loeb...
Interview: chef Brooke Desprez (Sidecar Doughnuts)
City of Orange native and longtime caterer Brooke Desprez teamed with Chi-lin Pendergrast and husband Sumter on Sidecar Doughnuts in 2012. The Costa Mesa hit now has a branch in Santa Monica. Learn more...
Belcampo Meat Co. Bloody Mary [CLOSED]
Anya Fernald and Todd Robinson whet Angeleno appetites with the 2014 opening of Belcampo Meat Co. at downtown’s Grand Central Market. They’ve since opened two more L.A. branches, including a Santa Monica outpost with...
Cassia: Modern Asian Brasserie in Santa Monica
Chef Bryant Ng and Kim Luu-Ng, who earned national acclaim at the late great Spice Table, teamed with Josh Loeb and Zoe Nathan on Cassia, an ambitious Asian brasserie in Santa Monica that draws...
Cassia Banana Mule
The original Moscow Mule came to be in 1941 at Hollywood’s Cock ‘N Bull to put a glut of Smirnoff Vodka and copper mugs to good use. Bar director Kenny Arbuckle’s mule motivations were...
