[Photo: Grub Street ] Well, that three week remodel took a little bit longer than expected, but Grub Street checks in with Cuvee management to reports that the eatery should reopen on Tuesday . In addition to the restaurant’s revamped American menu, the redesigned cafe/deli style space boasts “white marble, abundant natural light, slick steel surfaces, and nautical hanging lanterns on the ceiling.” · First Look at Cuvee’s Remodeled Space and Menu [GS] · Temporary Shutter [~ELA~]
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Eater Tracking: Cuvee To Reopen Next Week on Robertson Blvd
Last night, Paula Deen visited The Tonight Show With Jay Leno , and both grayhaireds couldn’t keep their hands off each other. It was like watching your grandparents make whoopie, if your grandfather was an extremely unfunny talk show host and your grandmother was a Southern celebrity chef. [Eater National]
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Video Interlude: Last night, Paula Deen visited The…
Isn’t it great when BlackBoard Eats just happens to offer a surprisingly generous discount or freebie to that restaurant you’ve been wanting to try? Well, good news for fans of Church & State, Mozza2Go, Joe’s, Street, Akasha, and Bashan . Starting June 3 the foodie newsletter will offer a second round of coupons to the aforementioned eateries, so for those not yet subscribed, enroll here to play
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SIV is a true supporter of chef shuffles over at Ammo . Last time she shared thinkage on Ammo back in 2008, she offered two and a half starts for the cuisine of Julia Wolfson, describing her food as “the closest thing to Chez Panisse cafe fare in these parts.” Not too shabby at all. Today, SIV ups the star power to a full three big ones , with praise for new king of the kitchen, Daniel Mattern who hails from the Campanile, Lucques, AOC fame
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Week in Reviews: Three Stars of "Civilized" Success at Ammo
HOLLYWOOD — John Kelly Chocolates soft opened a small retail store next door to its original production facility on Sierra Bonita earlier this month, now the chocolate shop officially celebrates its debut on June 5. Drop by for the homemade fudge which comes in 12 flavors.
A Starbucks was evacuated in Crescent City, CA after a woman threatened to blow up the store . When the mentally ill woman attempted to buy a coffee mug, instant coffee and a $25 gift card, she put a note on the counter and allegedly told employees, “Don’t move that or the building will explode.” [Eater National]
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Phone: 323-655-5009 Status: Opens tonight Today’s opening of Cafe Habana seems to have slightly overshadowed this evening’s launch of the eagerly anticipated Red O , so for anyone that might have forgotten, just a friendly reminder that the gorgeous modern Mexican mecca also starts serving tonight.
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OPENING ALERT: Red O Debuts Modern Mexican Tonight
Back in March came word that ancient (by LA standards, at least) Beverly Hills mainstay Ristorante DaVinci had reopened after its 2008 shutter with a fresh new look, new Mediterranean menu, and new chef. At the stoves was/is Chef Jason Fullilove who had previously worked at Ilan Hall’s The Gorbals downtown. Around that time restaurant management made an effort to draw in bloggers to check out the updated digs and sample the new menu, but clearly those efforts didn’t prove incredibly fruitful because the eatery is listed for sale by Bizben
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Up For Grabs : Ristorante DaVinci On The Market For $999,000
Yesterday Eater SF reported that ex-Ubuntu chef Jeremy Fox had landed a gig as chef at Daniel Patterson’s Plum coming to Oakland this Summer. This news arrives after Fox shacked up for a week inside the Animal kitchen with his week-long pop-up of veggie-based dinners that attracted meat eaters alike to a full week of sold out success.
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Chef Shuffle: Jeremy Fox, New Chef For Daniel Patterson’s Plum in Oakland
Honest reviews of Rao Hotel and Restaurant , Oecussi, Oekusi, East Timor: Rao Hotel and Restaurant is the only place within the Oecussi township but that’s no problem, the place is more than adequate and reasonably priced for a modern …
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Rao Hotel and Restaurant, Oecussi – Reviews and Cheap Rates – Oekusi
LA TO VEGAS — A train between LA and Vegas is totally great, yet even better is the prospect of Top Chef Masters contestant and force behind Vegas’ RM Seafood, Rick Moonen , spearheading food operations. LAist reports that “Mr. Rick Moonen’s management company, Rick Moonen, Inc
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EaterWire: Rick Moonen Consults on X-Train Fare, Sprinkles New Blue Cupcake, Old Pasadena Restaurant Week, MORE!
The owner of El Pollo Fino , an Anaheim chicken restaurant, is in the hot seat after San Diego County animal services investigators uncovered 600 knives, fighting spurs, and 800 roosters bred to fight . Cockfighting is illegal in the US, and all birds were euthanized.
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Crime: El Pollo Fino Owner Busted For Chicken Fights
Delphine , Hollywood’s answer to a French brasserie, opened earlier this year in the new W Hotel. Along with the hotel’s two other eateries – The Station and The Living Room – Delphine’s launch kept Innovative Dining Group (Boa, Sushi Roku) busy for most of this year and last
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Good News/Bad News: A Mixed Bag of Tricks at Delphine Inside the W Hollywood
GLENDALE – Rosso , Glendale’s popular Sparr Heights neighborhood wine shop and wine bar , announced it will be expanding into the adjacent storefront, doubling the size of the shop.
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Eaterwire: Chefs Picnic Club at the Bowl, Rosso Wine Expands, Run on Huckleberry Chicken
Radio Room, the Edison’s monthly showcase of “the world’s most talented bartenders ” returns tomorrow night (May 25). Local mixology master Vincenzo Marianella from Santa Monica’s Copa d’Oro will be joined by H. Joseph Ehrmann from Elixir in San Francisco and Hamish McShane , all the way from Bayswater Brasserie in Sydney, Australia.
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Eventswire: Radio Room Returns to the Edison
A new edition of Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken’s Border Grill quietly opened its doors last Wednesday (May 19) in a commercial kiosk at 601 Figueroa (at Wilshire) in Downtown. The tiny outpost (called Border Grill Stop ) opens weekdays at 6AM and serves modern Mexican and Southwestern breakfast and lunch to the business crowd. Susan Feniger was spotted in the kitchen during the run up to opening.
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Plywood Report: Border Grill Stop Opens Downtown
Siggy’s Natural Organic Good Food Restaurant and Juice Bar Brooklyn Heights NY 76 Henry Street Brooklyn Heights 718 237 3199 www.SiggysGoodFood.com Dumbo is a dangerous neighborhood, you are on a diet. You have 5 Guys bugers , Junior’s Cheesecakes , Fascati Pizza and Grimaldi’s Pizza all within walking distance.
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Siggy’s Natural Organic Good Food Restaurant and Juice Bar Brooklyn Heights NY
Motorino Pizza Brooklyn New York Motorino Brooklyn 319 Graham Avenue Open Sunday-Thursday 11AM-12AM Friday and Saturday 11AM-1AM 718-599-8899 Motorino East Village 349 East 12th Street Open Sunday-Thurs 11AM-12AM Friday and Saturday 11AM-1AM 212-777-2644 Just when you thought the top NY Pizza rankings were settled, along comes Motorino and a motorcade of celebrity mentions including Rachel Ray, Michelle Park of NY1, and a NY Times write up in Feb. When I think pure Neapolitan pizza, I think Una Pizza Napoletana in the East Village but guess what?
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Motorino Pizza Williamsburg Brooklyn New York
Lassen and Hennings Bakery and Deli Brooklyn Heights – Red Velvet Cake 114 Montague St Brooklyn Heights (718) 875-6272 www.lassenandhennigs.com Last week, we went up to Brooklyn Heights and checked out a few more places on Montague. Our dinner at a sushi place wasn’t very impressive (it was run by Chinese) but a spoiled evening was quickly averted when we discovered the Lassen and Hennings Bakery. Everything at Lassen and Hennings is made on the premises which says a lot about the quality and freshness
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Lassen and Hennings Bakery and Deli Brooklyn Heights – Red Velvet Cake
SANTA MONICA — Today Thrillist announces the public debut of a previously private space, Suite 700 , at the Hotel Shangri-La. Come for classic cocktails and a global tapas-style menu served in the hotel’s indoor/outdoor penthouse restaurant and bar. Don’t miss the fire pits and flannel (?) walls.
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EaterWire: Suite 700 at Hotel Shangri-La, Intelli Pas Updates, MORE