· Foodie Approved Healthy Restaurants Include True Food Kitchen [CH]
· Luscious Dumpling Expanding in SGV [CH]
· Where to Eat One Last Meal in LA [CH]
· Shakey's, Casa Bianca Vie For Absolute All Time Favorite Pizza [Yelp]
· Red Medicine, Sotto Top Best of Beverly Hills List [Yelp]
Shakey's, Casa Bianca Vie For Absolute Favorite Pizza
Wine and Dine No More at Bodega Wine Bar Hollywood
Four shutters today. Sad. Bodega Wine Bar co-owners Jason McEntee and Greg Seares send word that their third drinkery, located in Hollywood, will shutter just shy of its second birthday:
Bodega Wine Bar regrets to inform you that our location in Hollywood will close permanently this Sunday, May 27th. After almost 2 years of operation, we have decided that this is not the right location for our concept and it's time to close our doors. Our Pasadena and Santa Monica locations continue to thrive and many of the dedicated staff from Hollywood may now be found at these other locations. We would like to thank all our staff, investors, friends and family as well as all the new friends we made in Hollywood for their support and enthusiasm, and invite everyone to comeNo intel on what's moving in just yet.commiseratecelebrate with us a in a night of heavy drinking this Sunday starting at 5pm. We'll keep going until 2am or when we run out of booze, whichever comes first.
·Hollywood's Bodega Wine Bar Opens Today [~ELA~]
Expansionwire
Pie-ology is about to make its move. The new-to-SoCal pizza concept, aka the Chipotle of pizza, plans to open six new locations before year's end in the LA area. Lease agreements are being signed now. [EaterWire]
Bouchon Bakery's Lost Cups Found at Taqueria in TJ
Earlier today weird food eater Andrew Zimmern tweeted out the above pictured shot of stacked Bouchon Bakery cups discovered at a taqueria just south of the border in Tijuana. Of all places for Keller cups to show up, Tijuana. Who jacked these? [Twitter]
The Shutter
The Other Side and Flying Leap Cafe, both housed within the same green building on Hyperion in Silver Lake, will shutter June 24 to make room for a new pub called Hyperion Public. The Eastsider notes that The Other Side was one of the hood's last remaining gay bars and one of LA's final standing piano bars. Hyperion Public is expected to debut later this year. [The Eastsider]
LA's 12 Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings in 2012
Although 2012 is nearly half over, most of this year's most notable restaurant openings are still to come. With the re-launch of Tom Bergin's behind us and next week's debut of Ricardo Zarate's new Mo-Chica, here's a guide to the rest of this year's most anticipated openings, in no particular order.
California Cuisine 2.0
The Wall Street Journal writes up "California Cuisine 2.0" and talks to Bay Area chefs "interested in moving beyond the farm-to-table ideal Alice Waters established." Included: Corey Lee, David Kinch, James Syhabou, Christopher Kostow, Dominique Crenn, and Daniel Patterson, who says, "California cuisine is a bigger tent than it used to be... You can thrive being different, independent, modern. Although here modernity is more about ideas than technology." [WSJ via -EN-]
AIA/LA Announces 2012 Restaurant Design Noms
The LA chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA/LA) has narrowed down the list of candidates for this year's edition of the Restaurant Design Awards, as decided by architect Mark Rios, chef and KCRW radio host Evan Kleiman, and chef Michael Voltaggio of ink. Together they've selected 16 finalists, as listed below, and if you feel strongly about one venue or another, get in on the action and cast your vote (until noon on June 18) for the People's Choice Award. All winners will be revealed on June 22 at the LA Convention Center as part of Dwell on Design.
Sprinkles Scoops Across a Sweet, White Background
At 9 AM this morning, the line outside of Sprinkles Ice Cream was 15 deep. By 10 AM, that line had swelled to more than 40 people, all with giddy smiles on their faces and some with Sprinkles cupcake boxes in hand. A sign posted at the entrance of the store announced that the opening day of Sprinkles Ice Cream was being filmed as part of a television show. At exactly 10 AM, Sprinkles employees inside the store unlocked the front door, letting the first few lucky customers inside the cool, sweet-smelling shop.
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Fraiche Management FINALLY Admits that Fraiche in Culver City Will Shutter, Issues Menu Sale
It has been over a month since confirmation hit that Grill Concepts' Public School beer bar and gastropub would take over for the original Fraiche in Culver City, after earlier speculations. Finally, team Fraiche has acknowledged and addressed its end.
David LeFevre Reflects on One Year of M.B. Post
Welcome to One Year In, a feature in which Eater sits down for a chat with the chefs and owners of restaurants celebrating their one year anniversary.
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Chef David LeFevre has given Angelenos a reason to trek out to Manhattan Beach. After decamping from lauded American seafood staple Water Grill pre-redux, LeFevre immediately announced intentions to open his own restaurant. A quick seven months later and M.B. Post was born, named for its location situated in defunct post office. Serving what LeFevre describes as "handcrafted, soulful, artisanal foods," M.B. Post was slammed right off the bat and continues to pack a crowd well into the night. The restaurant earned a two and a half star LAT review, and this year it was recognized as a James Beard Awards finalist for "Best New Restaurant," no small feat. Here now chef LeFevre on farmers markets, menu development, and changes to come.
Et Voila! Inside Sprinkles Ice Cream's Mod BH Scoopery
Beverly Hills is supposed to reach 70° by 1PM today, perhaps the right time to stop by Sprinkles Ice Cream, the eagerly anticipated cookie and frozen treat shop from Sprinkles Cupcakes founder Candace Nelson, which scoops today at 10AM. Situated next door to the very first Sprinkles bakery, Sprinkles Ice Cream touts a host of cookies in obvious flavors like chocolate chip and double chocolate, but also more experimental combos inclusive of salted oatmeal cornflake and peanut butter pretzel chip.
LA Bans Plastic Bags; Jet Tila in Thai Town
Superba Snack Bar pops up at Pitfire Pizza Fairfax.
·The New Steakhouses: Serving Up Different Cuts [WSJ]
·Congressman Says Pizza Is Not a Vegetable, Introduces SLICE Act [LAT]
·Blinded by the Light: Chefs on Photography in Restaurants [-EN-]
·L.A. makes history with ban on plastic bags at stores [LAT]
·Shoppers have mixed feelings about L.A. plastic bag ban [LAT]
·Epic Thai Town Crawl With Jet Tila [Food Republic]
·Carla Pellegrino Heads to The Keating Hotel in San Diego [Eater Vegas]
·Drew Barrymore Made A Wine [Los Angeles, I'm Yours]
The Original Mo-Chica Done Tomorrow, Tap Takeover at Franklin & Company Tavern, More!
DOWNTOWN— As reported yesterday, Ricardo Zarate's original Mo-Chica inside Mercado La Paloma is doneski as of tomorrow night, just moments before its fully realized self opens on 7th Street Downtown. Those who attend Mo-Chica's last hurrah score gratis Champagne around 8 or 9PM tomorrow night. As for the future, partner Stephane Bombet explained that the MLP location will served as an incubator for Zarate's future restaurant ideas, and a new Peruvian concept is already in the works. [EaterWire]
HOLLYWOOD— On June 3, during the annual Franklin Village Festival, Franklin & Company Tavern will host a tap takeover. Reps from two local craft beer hubs, Smog City Brewing Co. and Eagle Rock Brewery will dispense brews from 1-4PM. [EaterWire]
SILVER LAKE—Ohio-based Jeni's Ice Cream is now selling pints at Gelson's Market in Silver Lake. The much-hyped ice cream brand offers flavors like Brambleberry Crisp, Brown Butter Almond Brittle, and Whiskey & Pecans for $10.99 each. [EaterWire] — DG
Switcheroos
Patricia Tsai's Chocovivo, the only shop that hand-makes and blends chocolate bars in Los Angeles, is moving from one location on Abbot Kinney to another, reports Grub Street. The artisanal chocolate shop will relocate to a larger space near The Otheroom so that Tsai can make the chocolate on site. The new shop should be operational by this summer. [Grub Street]
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