Archive for August, 2007
Bandera
5 Comments Published by foodette August 30th, 2007 in American, Brentwood, Los Angeles, Lounges.What is part smoke house and part upscale singles bar, with a dash of jazz? Give up? It’s Bandera, a lounge-restaurant that oozes masculinity, from the smell of meats smoking on premises to the smell of the leather booth in which you are sitting. Try to meet someone new and sit at [...]
The French Have Conquered Thailand
8 Comments Published by foodette August 16th, 2007 in Brentwood, French, Los Angeles, Restaurant Closings, Restaurant Openings, Thai.A craving for Thai food can hit suddenly, unexpectedly, and out of nowhere. That was how it was for the husband and I last night, as we took a stroll down to our neighborhood Thai restaurant, Tongdang. However, when we got there, we were faced with the picture you see to your [...]
Zu Robata
9 Comments Published by foodette August 7th, 2007 in Japanese, Los Angeles, Restaurant Reviews, Sushi, West LA.My husband has many valuable skills: bug killer, trash taker-outer, dish washer, and a newly discovered skill: new sushi restaurant finder. It was last week that he decided to utilize this skill by taking me to Zu Robata, which opened just a couple of months ago.
We arrived late - 9pm on Thursday - and [...]
SusieCakes
6 Comments Published by foodette August 3rd, 2007 in Dessert, Los Angeles, Restaurant Reviews.Well, it’s been over a month since my birthday, so I figure it’s about time that I post about my fabulous birthday cake that my husband got me from SusieCakes. SusieCakes is a small bakery in Brentwood that just celebrated it’s one year anniversary this July. While they do sell an [...]
Sor Tino
2 Comments Published by foodette August 1st, 2007 in Brentwood, Italian, Los Angeles, Restaurant Reviews.It was hot all last week in Los Angeles, and on Friday my husband and I were full of trepidation because we were about to spend a short weekend in Phoenix to visit some family, and we knew it could only get hotter. To console ourselves, we decided to treat ourselves to a restaurant [...]

