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SILVER LAKE: Cafe Stella got a little bit bigger, per Daily Dish: "The tables on the patio are highly coveted, but there's spillover room in the two small rooms that house the quaint bar and a separate dining room, which now fits a few more tables." [Daily Dish]

MELROSE: After our call to action, we actually got some great submissions for LA's Worst Table. Of course the only thing that could make these better are pictures, but we'll take what we can get for now. Here's one example for the Village Idiot: "Our party was once seated at a booth/chair combo on the east side of the restaurant next to a service station/credit terminal and directly across from the kitchen door. It was not that it had uncomfortable seats, but you were literally marooned from the rest of the restaurant and surrounded by the congregating servers. If it were totally a pub I wouldn't give an F, but the Cat&Fiddle doesn't serve goat cheese tarts and warm frisee salads..." [EaterWire]

And with that, we bid you adieu until Monday. If you haven't already, time to pop open that rose and light up those grills. And, hey, watch where you stick those sparklers, will ya? Happy 4th!

From Eater SF

The above picture exposes what is probably one of the worst tables in San Francisco. And as noted yesterday, LA has its fair share of bad seats (table #7 at Providence, for example). One we personally experienced: The table directly next to the sushi bar server station at the new Nobu; the banquette side is great, but servers carry away plates over the head of the nervous-looking preson in the chair. Depending on your perspective, the "kiddie room" tables at Osteria Mozza are either perfect or horrible. We tried this last year, but since our siblings to the north and east want to make a competition out of it: Send in your candidates for the worst tables in the city (with a picture if you can) to la@eater.com or leave it in the comments, and we'll put it to a vote next week. If this local primary goes well, expect a national election soon.
· Eater LA's Worst Tables [~ELA~]
· Dining in Solitude at Osteria Mozza: Good or Bad? [~ELA~]
· LA's Worst Tables [~ELA~]
· Bad Table Alert: Sidewalk Dining Gets Creative [~ESF~]