While many restaurants feature American comfort food, I notice when someone decides to bend the rules. In 2012, Eric Ong opened Humble Potato on Lincoln Blvd in Westchester. I’ve dined at two restaurants, which followed Most Valuable Playa and Mee and Greet. Thanks to my friend’s suggestion, I finally visited Humble Potato in Culver City. …
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Proudly Serving and Bee Taqueria Create The BEErria Burger
Thanks to businesses such as Teddy’s Red Tacos and Tacos Y Birria La Unica, birria is one of the hottest trends in LA. The owners of Proudly Serving and Bee Taqueria recently collaborated to create the BEErria Burger, an orgasmic mashup between the two chefs. On Fri. Aug 5, you’ll have the one-time opportunity to…
Street Food Cinema Offers Fun Outdoor Experience
An outdoor movie experience used to be taking your car to a drive-in movie theater. Everyone remained in their vehicles and watched the movie through their front windshield. Due to companies like Street Food Cinema, we can now enjoy the experience of outdoor seating in lawn chairs and eating delicious food truck fare. Last Saturday,…
Pandemic Pivot Results in the Proudly Serving Burger Pop Up
Matt McIvor and his wife Jenn Infanto own Localite L.A., a public relations agency. They created a successful agency promoting many LA area restaurants and the pandemic hit. They immediately lost all of their customers and their livelihood. To make ends meet, McIvor pivoted and created a pop up business called Proudly Serving. McIvor tested…
The Standing Room Opens in Torrance
Often it is best to test the new business concept by partnering with an existing business. Lowell Bakke did just that when he converted the back-end of his family liquor store into a burger restaurant. He named it The Standing Room probably because it lacked chairs and it was exclusively a take-out establishment. Chef Thomas…
J Nichols Kitchen Excels With American Comfort Food
J Nichols Kitchen is a restaurant tucked away on Glencoe Ave in Marina Del Rey. I accidentally discovered them when a nearby restaurant was unexpectedly closed and I did a GPS perimeter search for places nearby. I was immediately impressed with the attractive exterior design; in fact, J Nicols Kitchen looked like a brand new…
Week 10 – Coronavirus Dining in LA
Thursday, May 28, was National Hamburger Day. As a result, I had a hankering for a good burger. I haven’t experienced Goldburger’s double cheeseburger and went for it this week. The other two stops were at Mariscos Jalisco and Din Tai Fung. Goldburger Allen Yelent started as an Instagram account showcasing great burgers that he…
Black Star Burger Delivers the Juiciest Burgers
Burgers are pervasive across LA, so I quickly became skeptical when I heard about the opening of Black Star Burger. With the variety that LA has, I thought that I had seen it all. Enter Black Star Burger, a new restaurant in LA’s Fairfax section. Black Star Burger originated in 2016 in Moscow, Russia by…
Snap Tin Eatery Opens inside Yorkshire Square Brewery
Craft breweries open their taprooms and quickly realize that having food available becomes a necessity. Many breweries arrange to have food trucks visit, but the food isn’t always consistent with their clientele’s tastes. Yorkshire Square Brewery attempted to remedy this by partnering with Snap Tin Eatery. Co-owner and chef, Bruno Wu, consulted with them to…
The Slummin’ Gourmet Defines Gourmet in Pomona
I used to be an avid food truck chaser. Through that experience I got familiar with Twitter and learned about the foot truck community. Some of the trucks focused on gimmicky food like fried cheese balls, but others had bonafide chefs onboard and were trying to make a difference. A handful of trucks caught my…