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Restaurant Review: San Laurel (Conrad Los Angeles)

Imagine that the intersection of Grand and 1st was actually pristine and attractive; an exemplar of effective urban planning. It isn’t hard to do if one views that block...

Restaurant Review: L’Appart by AIR FOOD [whatever that means…]

Did anyone have a good year in 2025? While I’m rational enough in general to recognize that the temporal segmentations separating one year from the next are artificially...

Restaurant Review: Kues Chinese Kitchen & Bar (Alhambra)

No matter how many decades you’ve got under your belt, life somehow never gets old, does it? A buddy shares something you never knew about him after years of intimate...

Restaurant Review: The Wolves & Settecento

It is a testament to the efficacy of social conditioning that every October brings with it a renewed thirst in the sheep-like populace for thrills and chills. Swept up in...

Restaurant Review: Bestia

The Italian restaurant Bestia is brought to you by the same husband-and-wife team that founded Bavel, another trendy spot that Charlie and I visited last year. If the...

Restaurant Review: Descanso (Wilshire)

It felt like a betrayal of our trust and hopefulness. Just one week after we celebrated its advent, 2025 stabbed us in the back. And kicked us in the balls. Then it...

Restaurant Review: Star Leaf (Pasadena)

There where they dance, prance, and sing; performing their hearts out and having a grand old time, we once stood, saying our lines and singing our songs. Today, however...

Manuela: Summary/Overall Impressions

There’s room for improvement, particularly in terms of the staff’s ability to add up customers’ charges, but ultimately, I had an enjoyable dinner at Manuela, and, like...

Manuela: The Drinks

And now we come to the main reason I’d totally go back to Manuela: their extensive cocktails list. Y’all should know by now; I do love me a delicious cocktail! Among the...