The first time I ever ate at Wolfgang Puck’s Chinois was in the summer of 1984. It was at the original on Main Street in Santa Monica, and I recall driving past the front door, looking for the address, and seeing a telephone pole right in front of it with its street light off.
On closer examination, that telephone pole turned out to be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar waiting for his car. Continue reading “CHINOIS R.I.P.”
Fromage-a-philes unite! And get your curds whey down to Beverly Hills for a sniff and slice of what may be the best selection of European cheeses in the country.
The place is a veritable wonderland of fermented curd, and if you by chance think you havarti seen it all, well….we at ELV cantal you that you haven’t until you’ve gorgonzola’d here.
Ouch.
The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills
419 N. Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
1.800.547.1515 or 310.278.2855
ELV was feeling hungry the other day on a visit to L.A., so instead of his usual morning repast, he decided to hit Los Angeles’s two most famous delicatessens (in the same day) to see how each of their pastrami sandwiches stacks up against our offshoot of the Carnegie Deli.
It was no contest.
Continue reading “L.A. Pastrami Smackdown – NATE ‘N AL v. LANGER’S”