Remembrance of Restaurants Past
You know that sinking feeling when you go to one of your favorite restaurants and try to open the door… but nobody’s home? That’s been happening to us a lot lately. […]
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CRISTO ALMIGHTY! Umami Burger, Pasadena
This week, we visited the Umami Burger in Pasadena to try the Michael Voltaggio Monte Cristo. This special-edition burger is available for a limited time (6 weeks, through mid-March) at […]
Super Bowl Sunday, A Time For Pork-flection
Football is widely considered among Americans to be the greatest sport, with powerful players using strategy and cunning to plan their attacks as they move toward their goal – it’s […]
A Hipper Hole-in-the-Wall: Silverlake Ramen, Silverlake
There used to be a great Japanese restaurant on Vermont called Mako. It was walking distance from my house, and it had a gloriously limited menu. You could get a […]
“Oh, Queso!” or “Okay, so?”: Qdoba vs Bar Ama, Downtown
It’s trendy nowadays for high-end restaurants to do expensive, fancy reinterpretations on traditionally cheap, low-end foods: grilled cheese, tacos, cupcakes, etc… “High Brow/Low Brow” compares the same dish at two […]
