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Brooklyn Deli and Mini Mart in Crenshaw

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Brooklyn Deli and Mini Mart in Crenshaw

I spend a lot of time in Crenshaw now that my good friend TJ lives out there. Before living in Crenshaw he lived in Culver City, which was street after street of restaurants. He then moved east to Crenshaw and my biggest concern was how the food scene would be. I never heard people say

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Mint Leaf in Pasadena

When I started this restaurant blog, one of the first things I did was I created a list of eateries I wanted to review. I found spots where I could explore food but most of them were in Venice, Santa Monica, Crenshaw, Hollywood, etc. What they all had in common was they weren’t in my

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Cousins Maine Lobster in West Hollywood

It was a moment straight out of the Ben Affleck movie, The Town. Boston accent and all, I walked inside of TJ’s apartment and approached him as he sat on the couch watching TV. Standing in front of him I asserted, “I need you to come with me. I can’t tell you what we’re doing

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Shaka Shack Burgers in Santa Monica

Have you ever lost touch with a friend? Say, you and a friend used to work together, and then he got a better job and left. Suddenly you were alone at your hellmouth of a job with no one to make fun jokes with. But it was ok because you two still hung out. Then

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Le Pain Quotidien in Downtown LA

I have such a nice boss. I mean, the kind of boss that doesn’t yell, micromanage, or make you cut the crust off her kid’s sandwich. My favorite part about her is she gives us a nice amount of time off around the holidays. Take for instance 4th of July, today. Most of my old

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Wolfgang Puck Bar and Grill in Downtown LA

You know you’re pretty awesome when you’re invited to food events at Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill. I’d love to toot my own horn to that one, but my coworker got the invitation not to me. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve gone to some pretty great restaurants which I adore, but to be invited to

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Glass Door in San Diego

Dear Chef Carlos, This sucks. It’s never fun to give bad news, but I think it’s important to do so because it could lead to improvements. Please understand, the reason I didn’t say all of this while I was in the restaurant was because it was extremely busy the day of my visit. There was

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Killer Cafe in Marina del Rey

It’s 2:17am and the club just kicked you out. You’re walking with your friends back to the car and you’re starving. Sorry, but all those cherries and Amaretto Sours didn’t fill you up as you had hoped and now, you need something to hold you over until you wake up in the next few hours.

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What do you do with your free time? By “free time”, I don’t mean the 2 minutes you have when you walk out of the office and to your car. I mean free time. When I think of the question, my answers are: explorations with my friends, boxing classes, watching I Love Lucy marathons, and

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Mercado in Santa Monica

I’ve always liked tacos–pretty much everyone does, especially around Cinco de Mayo. But I now like them even more thanks to the Downtown Santa Monica Taco Trek. Menu tastings at Border Grill and Copa d’ Oro offered great Mexican inspired dishes and drinks, and now I was at Mercado ready to see what their chef