In LA’s westside, Culver City is where many new and exciting restaurant concepts appear. One of the latest is Pasta Sisters, a fast-casual Italian restaurant that makes their pasta fresh in-house. They pair the pasta with quality Italian sauces and offer them with an optional fresh ball of burrata cheese. Pasta Sisters first opened its…
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Hanukkah 2018 – Restaurant and To Go Offerings
Hanukkah takes place December 2 through December 10 this year. Because I enjoy latkes, I decided to pull together my first attempt at a Hanukkah Holiday roundup. Celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights at one of the restaurants or eating establishments listed below. AKASHA Dec 2-9, AKASHA will feature their famous Yukon Gold Potato Latkes served…
Honey’s Kettle – Truly Delicious Fried Chicken
Fried Chicken continues to remain the rage in LA. Waiting in line at Howlin’ Ray’s still takes up to 2 hours. There are other variants: Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean, Spanish and the most common, Southern fried chicken. Honey’s Kettle Fried Chicken isn’t a new restaurant. It has been listed on quite a few top fried chicken places…
Culver City Has Great New BBQ – Maple Block Meat
Barbecue is classic American comfort food and I look forward to opportunities when I can experience it. I recently learned about Maple Block Meat in Culver City and a friend of mine recently joined me for dinner. Owners Adam Cole (Ink) and Daniel Weinstock (Spago) teamed up to open Maple Block Meat. Cole had experience…
AR Cucina Delivers on Italian Rustic Cuisine
For some reason, restaurants have experienced a greater than average turnover in Culver City. I find this odd when many of these restaurants are solid, get good reviews and have lots of customers. Despite an endorsing review by Jonathan Gold, Sambar, became a recent casualty and since I missed eating there, I didn’t want to…
BäcoShop Finally Opens in Culver City
The long awaited opening of BäcoShop took place without me knowing it. I heard about Josef Centeno (Baco, Bar Ama, Orsa & Winston and Ledlow) taking over Chop Daddy’s space in Culver City last June and I was on the lookout for its opening. Last weekend, I decided to visit a particular restaurant in Culver…