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Southern Italian cuisine with a Michelin star chef at Luigi al Teatro

The restaurant Luigi al Teatro speaks to me. Perhaps it is because my ancestors came from southern Italy but before I even dine, the restaurant mesmerizes me with the design and intimate outdoor bar with hanging bulbs and seed pockets growing produce off the walls. Just 11 months old, Luigi al Teatro is tucked behind Main Street Santa Monica in what is almost Venice. The youngest … Continue reading Southern Italian cuisine with a Michelin star chef at Luigi al Teatro

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Rock n Reilly’s USC Innovates on the Irish Pub in All the Right Ways

Go to any major city in America, or really, in the entire world, and there is one thing you are almost certainly guaranteed to find- an Irish pub. If you walk into one, whatever diverse surroundings and stresses you encountered outside melt away with the warm air, aged wooden bar tops, and memorabilia from the Emerald Isle. The experience you have is comfortably consistent and … Continue reading Rock n Reilly’s USC Innovates on the Irish Pub in All the Right Ways

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Easy’s playful diner fare

Easy’s, the new brightly lit diner that sits on the second floor of the Beverly Center, is the only food on this level. Booths and bar seating are ready for your sugar and fat cravings from 10 am to 10 pm daily. This neo-vintage Americana corner in the newly updated mall is just one of the many new concepts from celebrity restauranteur extraordinaire Jeremy Fall, who … Continue reading Easy’s playful diner fare

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Good Times and Food, Elevated, at Free Play

Because the celebrities L.A. is most known for are the ones we see in movies and on TV, it’s easy to forget that, in addition to being the city of stars, we are also a city of sports. With at least one team for every major sporting league and a growing list of all-star athletes, there is a lot to cheer for at any given day … Continue reading Good Times and Food, Elevated, at Free Play

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Movies and Mixology

Revenge, like a refreshing craft cocktail, is best served cold. On Wednesday evening, both were elevated to high art at Arclight Cinemas’ Lights, Camera, Cocktails series as the Santa Monica location of the theater chain teamed up with Bar Accomplice to host a screening of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. 1. The series, which pairs top local bartenders and classic movies, debuted to great fanfare … Continue reading Movies and Mixology

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Happy Global Champagne Day!

Raise your glass with all the world, Friday is Global Champagne Day. And while there may not be a lot to drink to these days, there’s certainly reason to drink. “It was a good year for wine,” says Guy de Rivoire, Commercial Director for Champagne Bollinger, speaking about this year’s crop. He attributes some of that blessing to a rise in temperatures caused by climate … Continue reading Happy Global Champagne Day!

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No. 10 Scores Again, this time in Los Angeles

A dozen years ago, Italy took center stage as its national soccer team hoisted the FIFA World Cup Trophy, thanks in large part to the man they called “the little artist,” Juventus star Alessandro Del Piero, number 10. Today, his artistry is evident not on the pitch, but in the dining room of the Beverly Grove restaurant that bears his iconic jersey number. Situated in … Continue reading No. 10 Scores Again, this time in Los Angeles

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Lights, Camera, and Cocktails with Cointreau!

Los Angeles is known as the “City of Stars”, for obvious and completely accurate reasons. But after Cointreau took over Hollywood for a few nights in October, it seems that we might also need to call it the “City of Spirits. Hidden away amidst the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown, Quixote Studios took a few evenings off from filming to play host to the Cointreau … Continue reading Lights, Camera, and Cocktails with Cointreau!

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A Case of the Munchies in Venice Beach

In 1905, tobacco tycoon Abbot Kinney founded what he hoped would be a cultural utopia inspired by Venice, Italy. He envisioned a literate and morally upstanding society on the shores of the Pacific, 14 miles west of Los Angeles. Skip ahead five score and a dozen years, and it’s safe to say that Venice Beach isn’t exactly what Mr. Kinney had in mind. In the … Continue reading A Case of the Munchies in Venice Beach

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A Sparkling Italian Debuts in Beverly Hills

On a mild fall evening earlier this week, on a breathtaking Beverly Hills rooftop, Crateful founder and CEO Emanuele Ponzo hosted an intimate gathering of wine aficionados for a four-course dinner pairing featuring Italian winemaker Ca’ del Bosco. It was one of those rare meals that food writers fondly catalog among their more memorable experiences. Then again, that’s what a Crateful dinner is. If you’re … Continue reading A Sparkling Italian Debuts in Beverly Hills

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