Westside residents certainly know about Cora’s Coffee Shoppe. It’s been around for approximately 80 years sitting on prime beach property on Ocean Ave in Santa Monica. A number of people took notice after Chef Bruce Marder (Capo) revamped the menu. Their charming outdoor patio is a big reason why many people frequent Cora’s. It is…
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Little Prince Delivers Big Experience
Chef Ari Taymor got LA’s attention when he opened Alma as a pop-up restaurant in Venice. Since that time, he worked at The Standard in Hollywood and later created another pop-up featuring all things brunch in Santa Monica which has become Little Prince. It is named after the children’s book. Due to the number of…
Pikoh – A New American Cafe by Ricardo Zarate
Rosaliné executive chef Ricardo Zarate and his chef de cuisine, James Jung, recently opened Pikoh in West L.A. With Pikoh, Zarate leverages his worldwide travel experiences by offering dishes beyond his native Peruvian cuisine. The restaurant is designed for conversation. Entering Pikoh, you feel like you’re walking into a backyard filled with trees and hanging…
Weekend Brunch at Lola’s Mexican Cuisine
Former LA Times Food Editor Russ Parsons was quoted as saying “Lola’s green salsa may be the single most compulsively delicious sauce since the heyday of the white garlic paste at Zankou Chicken.” This was enough for me to invite my wife for brunch at Lola’s Mexican Cuisine in Long Beach. Complimentary chips and salsa…
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…
Celebrate National Nutella Day on Feb 5
Tuesday, Feb. 5 is National Nutella Day. It is a holiday that celebrates Nutella – a sweetened cocoa hazelnut spread that is produced by the Italian company Ferrero. The first World Nutella Day was founded and hosted by blogger Sara Rosso on Feb. 5, 2007. She hosted it for the next 8 years and transferred…
Scrumptious Breakfasts at Blu Jam Cafe
The Blu Jam Cafe started out as an idea between friends Kamil Majer and David Fris. They envisioned it as a casual cafe in Hollywood that would become a destination for a gourmet breakfast or lunch at a price that locals could afford on an everyday basis. The name Blu Jam Cafe was chosen to…
All Time – A Delicious Brunch Venue in Silver Lake
After a hard work week, it’s nice to enjoy a brunch with friends. I like suggesting brunch because menus include both breakfast and lunch items. Eater LA recently posted their 15 Hottest Brunch Spots in LA and All Time was on the select list. The write-up for All Time seemed interesting and so I invited…
John O’Groats Still Delivers Great Home-style Breakfasts
West LA’s John O’Groats has been serving solid American comfort food for 36 years. They are open for breakfast and lunch and are best known for their signature items like corned beef hash, fried chicken, omelets and freshly baked buttermilk biscuits. John O’Groats lunch menu includes sandwiches, burgers and freshly made salads. Owner Paul…
HomeState Delivers True Tex-Mex Experience
While breakfast burritos are extremely popular in LA, it’s the breakfast taco that is pervasive across the state of Texas. There is a lively disagreement about whether they were first created in Austin or San Antonio. Texas expat, Briana Valdez, is the brainchild behind HomeState in Los Feliz. I paid them a visit last Saturday….