Category Archives: Restaurants

Aventine Hollywood’s Mother’s Day Brunch

http://www.aventinehollywood.com/ Sunday Brunch Service Every Sunday Starting May 12, 2013 (Mother’s Day) 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM 1607 N. Cahuenga Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028 Reservations: 323-500-0969  

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AD and Company Will Rock Your World – Arcadia

Alfred Davis (AD) knows how to have fun.  First gather a crew of industry pros who love to play and see people dance and have a good time.  Don’t miss the fun at the Arcadia Blues Club on May 18th.  … Continue reading

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Exploring Little Cambodia with Dishcrawl

Dishcrawl is a company that hires local “ambassadors” to lead foodcrawls around various neighborhoods in the ambassador’s city. The LA Beat was lucky enough to be invited on their tour of Little Cambodia in Long Beach. If I had to select … Continue reading

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Beverly Hills Bar Association’s 25th Annual Vintage Bouquet Food and Wine Event Sunday 4/28

The young lawyers, aka The Barristers, of the Beverly Hills Bar Association along with the Beverly Hills Bar Foundation will be hosting their 25th Annual Vintage Bouquet Food and Wine event on Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 … Continue reading

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R&J Southern Home Cooking

R & J Southern Homecooking in Downey gives an authentic taste of true soul food. A medium-sized restaurant, not fancy but comfortable and homey, R & J has all the classics and does them very well. Julie, the owner, took … Continue reading

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Hudson House

The exterior of Brooke Williamson’s cozy gastropub on Pacific Coast Highway is dark and simple, with only a neon sign to guide you. The interior is sparse and clean with a few Pier One-style candles scattered about. One large mural of a bygone era … Continue reading

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Post and Beam

Just off of MLK and Crenshaw Boulevard, on the periphery of the Crenshaw/Baldwin Hills Plaza, you will find Post and Beam in the location that used to be Creole Brothers. The mid-range menu and the open, sleek atmosphere makes Post and Beam the perfect … Continue reading

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I’d Eat That: Yoshinoya Beef Bowl Goes to College, Graduates into Asiana Grill

Yoshinoya has been serving beef bowls for a long time.  And I mean a looooooong time.  The first spot opened in Japan in 1899. Since then, they’ve opened more than 1400 locations around the world with dozens of them right … Continue reading

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I’d Eat That: Chicken Dinner at The Standard Hotel for dineLA’s Restaurant Week

A well crafted menu make dinner a dineLA Restaurant Week dinner at the Standard a must do. Continue reading

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The Kickin’ Crab

  Cajun cuisine exploded in Southern California about 30 years ago, spawning a multitude of restaurants based upon the spices of Louisiana’s back country. After a few years the trend wore itself out, leaving the area with only a handful … Continue reading

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