Mary Catherine Hamelin
M Cafe de Chaya
Eating well and healthy is going to be very easy in this town, especially with the opening of M Café, the latest offshoot of hotspot Chaya. Shigefumi Tachibe has created a menu rooted in macrobiotics but flavored with everybody’s favorites, and caught our eye with the perfect place to catch up and grab a [...]
Beechwood
Being trendy doesn’t have to mean a steady diet of cigarettes and Red Bulls. Sweet potato fries, anyone? Peanut Butter Truffle Tart with homemade cracker jacks? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Venice’s new Beechwood Restaurant is serving up comfort food so good you’ll have to be carted out in a pair of sweatpants (with an [...]
Sprinkles Cupcakes
As a girl who loves planning parties, it angers me to feel like I don’t have the time I used to for flower-picking and crafting hand-made decorations, much less one of my super-delicious cakes.
Step in Sprinkles Cupcakes in Beverly Hills to come to the rescue, creating drool-worthy cupcakes perfect for parties such as a surprise [...]
Crustacean
Let me start by saying that I do not eat fish, so I had no business being at the beautiful restaurant Crustacean in Beverly Hills the other day. However, when I heard about its famous garlic noodles and under-floor koi pond, I had to see what all the fuss was about.
The term “Euro-Asian fusion” [...]
Pinot Hollywood Martini Bar
For a taste of old-school Hollywood, order one of the A-list martinis at Pinot Hollywood Martini Bar outside Sunset Gower Studios. Here lies a dimly lit haunt that will not disappoint. You’re sure to catch old men caressing young ladies and old ladies caressing young martinis in this “very Hollywood” joint. I [...]
