Love Restaurants Maude – Beverly Hills March 19, 2014 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment I just had a wonderful dining experience at Maude last night. The food by far was the most outstanding part of the evening, which is sometimes difficult to say in Los Angeles. Curtis Stone, chef and T.V. personality is the executive chef/owner of Maude and I was just as curious as many others to see […] Read more » Best New Restaurants Beverly Hills Best New Restaurants Los Angeles Chef Curtis Stone Maude Degustation Menu Restaurants farm to table restaurants los angeles Maude Beverly Hills
Love Restaurants Republique – Los Angeles March 7, 2014 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Chef Walter Manzke’s Republique is one of the most talked about restaurants in Los Angeles. Chef Manzke has taken over the old Campanile space, which we will truly miss and has created his own farm-to-table concept. La Brea Bakery has moved out of the old space and just down the street and now the entire […] Read more » Campanile Space on La Brea Los Angeles Chef Margarita Manzke Chef Walter Manzke Farm to Table Dining Los Angeles La Brea Bakery space Los Angeles La Brea Dining Los Angeles Republique Los Angeles Small Plates Dining Los Angeles
Love Restaurants Fishing with Dynamite – Manhattan Beach March 5, 2014 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Chef LeFevre has opened a 35-seat fresh seafood restaurant in Manhattan Beach called Fishing with Dynamite. His success with M.B. Post, his Gastro Pub just down the street are obvious and this space with the raw fish edge are holding strong on reviews too. Besides raw seafood options, Fishing with Dynamite offers strong cooked menu […] Read more » ca Chef LeFevre Manhattan Beach Fishing with Dynamite Manhattan Beach Great Dining Manhattan Beach 2013 Great Oyster Bars Los Angeles Great Seafood Restaurants Los Angeles Great Small Plates Restaurants Los Angeles
Love Restaurants Travel Dining in the San Francisco Bay Area 2014 February 24, 2014 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment We just got back a week ago from touring the Bay area and visiting friends for my husband’s 50th birthday. We had some great food and lots of fun in his old stomping grounds. We started our visit on the Peninsula and for our first night we dined at Amber India in Mountain View. […] Read more » Amber India Mountain View Best Dining San Francisco 2014 Best Food Bay Area Birch Street Bistro Elan ca Great Dining San Francisco Bay Area 2014 Restaurant Gary Danko Rich Table San Francisco Roam Artisan Burgers
Love Restaurants Spago – Beverly Hills December 19, 2013 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment I hadn’t been to Spago since the remodel and menu revamp over a year ago. The restaurant is much darker with a modernistic feel and much more intimate than the previous space. The waitstaff is still highly trained and very approachable with great knowledge of food and wine. Before our dinner began, an amuse bouche […] Read more » dining in Beverly Hills great dining los angeles great fine dining in Los Angeles reviews Spago Beverly Hills Spago Beverly Hills Wolfgang Puck's Spago
Love Restaurants The Factory Kitchen Opens in Downtown Los Angeles December 3, 2013 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment The Factory Kitchen is open in Downtown Los Angeles by Veteran Valentino Chef Angelo Auriana and former business partner of Celestino Drago, Matteo Ferdinandi. The Industrial style space located in the Arts District of downtown is large is size with a bar on one side and casual tables on the other. The menu starts with […] Read more » best new fine dining downtown los angeles casual italian dining los angeles Chef Angelo Auriana los angeles hot spot downtown los angeles italian dining downtown los angeles Matteo Ferdinandi new dining downtown los angeles new hot restaurants downtown Los Angeles The Factory Kitchen downtown Los angeles
Love Restaurants Finally Fine Dining – Orsa & Winston, Downtown Los Angeles November 25, 2013 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Chef Josef Centeno of Baco Mercat and Bar Ama just opened his “fine dining” restaurant, Orsa & Winston, right next door to Bar Ama on West 4th Street in downtown Los Angeles. I use the term fine dining loosely because the ambiance was nothing short of a 1980’s big hair rock concert performed by Quiet […] Read more » best new fine dining downtown los angeles chef josef centeno downtown dining fine dining los angeles new restaurants los angeles Orsa & Winston downtown Los Angeles
Love Restaurants Water Grill – Santa Monica September 3, 2013 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | 1 Comment on Water Grill – Santa Monica Water Grill has taken over the Ocean Avenue Seafood space on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. The new look reminds me of a east coast seafood eatery with wooden interior and large open windows facing towards the beach. The place is already bustling with customers all looking for a fresh seafood meal. The menu starts […] Read more » great new restaurants santa monica hot new dining los angeles new hot spots santa monica new restaurants los angeles new seafood restaurants santa monica water grill los angeles water grill restaurant santa monica
Love Restaurants Trois Mec – Hollywood August 19, 2013 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment Trois Mec from chefs Ludo Lefebvre, Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo have come together to create a dining experience that we have been craving in Los Angeles. The restaurant is located in the old Raffallo’s Pizza space and ambiance is not what you are paying for here but, truly haute cuisine. Reservations on their website […] Read more » great dining los angeles haute cuisine los angeles jon shook chef ludo lefebvre new dining hollywood 2013 New hot spots los angeles Trois Mec hollywood trois mec los angeles vinny dotolo chef
Love Restaurants Travel Summer Dining in San Francisco 2013 August 12, 2013 / November 23, 2025 by Gena Bell | Leave a Comment San Francisco in the summer is cold, crowded and a food lover’s paradise. I have forgotten how busy the city is during June, July and August since we moved away several years ago but, there is one thing that keeps drawing me back and that is the delicious selection of bars and restaurants. On a […] Read more » aziza san francisco best dining sf 2013 hard water san Francisco hot new spots san francisco SPQR san francisco travel dining san francisco 2013
