From Steven Arroyo, Esquela is a tiny spot with just 25 seats. If you like the scene ventures then you know what to expect: hip types enjoying small, flavorful dishes while talking very loudly.
Each night enjoy $5 food and drink specials from a select 5-item menu that changes nightly. Just hang at Public Kitchen during its friendly 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. “5 for 5” weekday happy hour. Read more.
Order everything. Seriously. But if not, then get the squash blossoms with ricotta, tricolore salad, and the pizza with bacon, sausage, salami and tomatoes.
They print their menu daily but their items have been around for decades. The perfect dinner: martini served with the side carafe + liver and onions. Period. Nuff said. -Alex Reznik, Top Chef
One of the things I like about Thai food is it’s a lot of different textures, colors, sweet and sour, pleasure and pain. I feel like I’ve been to Thailand and back. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.
The pizza here gets better and better and the raw almonds are not to be missed!
There’s a focused simplicity of Lane’s food: buttery Umbrian lentils; grilled bread smeared with fromage blanc; a perfectly medium-rare steak rough-sliced and served with balsamic fingerling potatoes.
You must start with an order of the tortillas florales: four little corn tortillas, handmade and still warm, tucked under a napkin. Each tortilla has a sprig of herb or a flower pressed into it. Read more.
$10 quick lunch at the bar includes app, main and drink. Chips and salsa too, obvi.
This place is delicious and worth a visit if you are in in these Los Angeles areas: Eagle Rock, Glendale, Pasadena, Burbank. Try the Rotisserie Chicken, Red Cabbage Slaw and or the Plantains. Yummy! Read more.
Not on the menu: al bianco with garlic. An extremely special pasta experience. The antipasto salad is to die for and the pizza is off the hook with double garlic.
