Archive for the DINING/ RESTAURANTS Category
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NEW YORK/DINING: LAIR RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE
LAIR RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE My recent trip to New York was a twelve-day whirlwind, highlighted, as I told you yesterday, by the birthday party that I threw for my little mother. There was so much I had to do, making it hard to just get out
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DINING/MINI REVIEW: GROM GELATO
GROM GELATO On a lovely day at the beginning of January, right when I returned from a month in blizzard-filled New York City, a pal and I took a drive up PCH to Malibu to join in the fun opening of new gelateria, Grom. But gelato is more of a
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DINING/MINI REVIEW: LET’S BE FRANK
LET’S BE FRANK Let me be frank with them, and say that these are among the worst hot dogs I’ve ever eaten, if not the worst! I also hate that this place is listed in the famed Zagats restaurant guide. I really feel that food trucks should
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DINING/MINI REVIEW: HALDI ROOT DINNER
HALDI ROOT DINNER On a recent rainy evening (which could have been any of a number of them, with all this rain we’ve been experiencing!,) a pal and I ventured out to Woodland Hills for a dinner party at new-ish Indian restaurant Haldi Root.
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DINING/MINI REVIEW: FIG & OLIVE OPENING
FIG & OLIVE OPENING After a few years of being fixtures in the New York restaurant scene (with three locations in Manhattan and a recently-opened one in Westchester,) Fig & Olive has finally moved west. And not just move--arrive on ton
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DINING: MINI RESTAURANT REVIEWS 101
MINI RESTAURANT REVIEWS 101 Even though my birthday was almost a month ago, the celebrations continue. Knock on wood! My generous pals always let me choose the destinations because my obsession is to try every single restaurant in LA and NY, s
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DINING/NEW YORK: CHIKALICIOUS
CHIKALICIOUS…NOT This is the kind-of review that makes me miss doing my show, Karen’s Restaurant Revue. It would be so much better to talk it out, rather than try to write it in a cohesive fashion. I know just where my audience would be ga
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TRIBUTE: MEMORIES OF ELAINE’S
MEMORIES OF ELAINE’S I was sad to hear of the passing last week of Elaine Kaufman, famous owner of her even-more-famous eponymous New York restaurant, Elaine’s. I dined there only three times in all these years, but each one was mem
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DINING: L.O.V.E. PIZZA
L.O.V.E. PIZZA This new-ish eatery on Melrose is called L.O.V.E. Pizza, and let me tell you, we loved everything about our first visit to it. The food being fabulous was actually beside the point; Eadie and I experienced the kind-of evening an
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NEW YORK/DINING: HALF KING BAR & RESTAURANT
HALF KING BAR & RESTAURANT On my recent New York trip, I discovered a restaurant that I would eat at daily if I lived in Manhattan. Or if it opened a branch here, but then it would probably lose its Chelsea pub ambience. Everything at H
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