The Dish: Blue Dog Beer Tavern, Fresh Cutt Carving Grill, Antigua Coffee House

1) Sherman Oaks: Craft beers and shmancy bar food currently available at the Blue Dog Beer Tavern. Open since Tuesday, Thrillist shares the details: Situated "in a former dental office...looks like a mid-construction Victorian home, thanks to wood lattices, antique light fixtures, and a bar and walls made from the room's original 1940's-era floors." Thirteen beers are offered in bottle with another 8 available on tap. 4524 Saugus Ave; 818-990-2583; website

2) Sherman Oaks: Fresh Cutt Carving Grill, a newcomer to Ventura Blvd., is into its soft opened third week. Build your own plates, salads, sandwiches or wraps at this new Mediterranean/Cali-influenced casual eatery. 14622 Ventura Blvd.; 818-788-8077

3) Cypress Park: Food GPS caught the opening of Antigua Coffee House which also premiered Tuesday. Fifth-generation coffee roaster and owner Yancey Quinones sources his organic beans from his family’s Guatemalan coffee plantations which date as far back as 1865. In addition to coffee he also sells a small assortment of pastries with sandwiches in the works. 3400 N. Figueroa St.; website