The Re-View

My wife and I have been traveling around southern Europe for over two months. Now we are on a Celebrity...

A fan of this column wrote to me after reading about our $300 lunch at El Cellar, suggesting that I...

It’s not only in Santa Monica that you find first-rate restaurants that have survived the various changes in food styles...

I am interrupting my series on old-time restaurants in Santa Monica because of a very different experience I had the...

In the 1950s and ‘60s, fine dining in Los Angeles was centered in Hollywood. There was Chasen’s, La Rue, Scandia,...

The one restaurant most closely associated with fine dining in Santa Monica is still Michael’s. While it has not followed...

With hot new restaurants opening up all the time, we tend to forget some of the old standbys that have...

Whenever I write an article claiming one thing is the best, I get a number of e-mails suggesting I try...

A lot of people I know were disappointed when they learned that Chez Mimi, one of the few remaining authentic...

BBQ is a culture like sushi, or Menudo. People will drive hours to find it. It’s a multi-geographic culture. There...