Walking into Post & Beam, you enter a dimly lit dining room and immediately feel like you’re walking into a stylish clubhouse. Known as a Southern restaurant, you are surprised to see a pizza bar facing you. Scanning the room, you note conventional table seating and bar accommodations. Progressive soul sets the vibe which causes…
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Blue Zones Project Restaurant Week Debuts Aug 21-27
From Aug 21 – 27, 2022, Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) will sponsor the first-ever Blue Zones Project Restaurant Week. This year’s event highlights select South Bay restaurants offering discounts that week. Each restaurant is a certified Blue Zones restaurant. “Blue Zone” is a non-scientific term for geographic regions home to some of the world’s oldest people. Author Dan Buettner studied…
lil’ Vegerie Adds Innovative Plant-Based Cuisine to Redondo Beach
Food blogging is a hazardous hobby; unless you work in aerobic exercise, you’re doomed. I did not adhere to common sense and gained a lot of weight. Aerobic exercise and eating less meat helped me significantly, and I’ve been including occasional vegetarian and vegan meals. I was happy to find lil’ Vegerie, a vegan restaurant…
Counterpart – Exceptional Vegan Brunch in Echo Park
If you are a reader of this blog, you know that I’m not vegan. That said, I do however appreciate good tasting vegan food. I believe good vegan cooking requires more knowledge because chefs often forage into new territory with plant-based ingredients. I was fortunate to experience the food at the Counterpart in Echo Park. …
Northern Thai, An Authentic Experience
LA is filled with many ethnic food enclaves. Some examples of this include Little Tokyo, Olvera Street, and the San Gabriel Valley. The Thai enclave, Thai Town, is taking greater notice thanks to Jet Tila and Anthony Bourdain. This Thai enclave is a six-block area with Hollywood Blvd to the north and between Normandie and…
Make Plans for Labor Day Weekend
It seems like this summer has flown by. I haven’t taken much advantage of some of the summer events and offerings; hopefully you have made an effort to do so. Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer. As a result, there are some big events scheduled to take place. The most notable of these…
Osteria Venice West Introduces Vetalian Cuisine
I recently sampled a line of Italian vegan cuisine dishes. Branded Vetalian, this is a plant-based food concept developed by Chef Luigi Fineo of Osteria Venice West. Fineo established his creds in Puglia where he earned a Michelin star working as the executive chef. After moving to the US, he worked at Celestino Drago and…