Category: Openings

Pondering the Peripatetic Perplexities of PUB 1842

Something for everyone generally means nothing for any one. – ELV

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The above photo is also there as proof positive that ELV loves Michael Mina — the chef and his restaurants. We like the guy, too, and consider the “Egyptian Wolfgang Puck” to be something of a genius in being able to pull off multiple concepts, in multiple locales, and keeping the quality of his product very high.

When you think about it, only Puck does it better, and Mina, now with 19 restaurants, is nipping at his heels.

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Asian Openings – TATSU and KOREAN DELICIOUS

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Here’s a typical conversation ELV often has with his fellow food writers when discussing Chinatown:

Food Writer #1 (puffed up with his usual arrogance): “Have you been to (name any place on or alongside Spring Mountain Road)? My Chinese friends come here all the time, and I consider it the best  blah blah blah….”

ELV: “Yeah, I was there the week they opened, and hit it for lunch at least once a month.”

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