Oh My Poki – Little Tokyo
Poke bowls are so mainstream now it’s ridiculous. Maybe it’s just me, but I didn’t even know about poke until maybe two summers ago when several shops popped up in LA. […]
Category Archives: Cheap Eats
Carbo-hyperventilate at Bread Lounge, DTLA Arts District
Much like Oprah, I love bread-uh. And for someone of my ilk, Bread Lounge is the destination and the journey. Bread Lounge like “the Grotto” for bread nerds. I first noticed […]
The Soylent Effect
I have converted my diet to be roughly fifty percent Soylent. Fifty percent Soylent, thirty percent junk, and twenty percent real food. Getting familiar with the faddish nutrition […]
Free Food On My Birthday, Because I’m Worth It
As a child, I never celebrated my birthday – it was against my religion. Celebrating your birthday was considered bad form; giving yourself undeserved recognition for having survived another year on […]
The Habit Burger Limited French Onion Charburger
On one of my frequent trips to The Habit for their Tempura-Fried Green Beans, I noticed that they’d just launched their version of a “French Onion” cheeseburger. Ooh la la […]
Taco Tuesday: La Lola Loca Truck for Breakfast
I skate past Stumptown Coffee on Santa Fe & 7th on my way to work every morning, careening around dozens of breeds of different dogs in the process (whispering, “Sorry!”). […]
Clearance Room Adventures: Belly Of The Beast Edition
I’m not a superstitious man, but every once in a while I will find myself assigning significance to little everyday things. Maybe I’m bored and I just want to make […]
Clearance Room Adventures: Marukai Market Sushi Rolls
Below the Curry House in “Li’l Tokes” is a friendly neighborhood market with a claustrophobic layout, a hundred rules (no rollerblading in the store; “absolutely no photography”), and a hundred awesome […]
A Very Special Taco Tuesday: Downtown Guisados’ Grand Opening
Somebody pinch me! Our beloved Guisados has officially opened their third location, and this time it’s in my neck of the woods: The Spring Arcade Building at Spring & 6th. […]
Clearance Room Adventures: Private Selection Pizza, and 3 Days Of French Toast For 99 Cents
I’m always looking for a good deal. Sometimes, getting a bargain becomes more important than actually buying what I needed in the first place (kind of like a “garage sale” […]
