Gastronomy 101

Wow, lots of stuff in my inbox lately, check it out: RESTAURANTS: Granville Cafe has a location in the Americana at Brand now, in addition to its original Burbank location. It looks as if they're planning to conquer the world, or at least SoCal and cover it with casual gourmet cafes. Local is new breakfast and lunch place in Silverlake from Jason Michaud, formerly of Cobras and Matadors. It's fresh, seasonal, farmer's market menu take on the local diner. They're looking to expand to dinner soon. Local is located at 2943 W. Sunset Blvd. You can see pictures and a review at Hobson's Choice . Take a Bao is new in the Westfield mall in Century City. It serves eight flavors of the steamed Asian dumplings for a good to-go lunch. They also serve rice bowls, noodles, and salads. EVENTS: K&L Hollywood Champagne Tent Event : Saturday, October 18 from 25 p.m K&L is will set up a tent wherein they will pour champagnes from the most sought after (vintage Cristal and Do...

Andrew Steiner has just opened Andrew's Cheese Shop on Montana Ave. Mr. Steiner was the former Maitre Fromager (Master Cheeser!) at Patina and he has not only a longtime love of cheese but has developed relationships with some of the top cheesemakers of the world through his professional experience. These relationships will allow him to provide difficult to acquire cheeses for his clientele. The shop is intended to be a place not only where people can go to buy cheese, but where people can go to relax, browse gourmet products, talk with the friendly staff and knowledgable owner and learn, or sit with their friennds and enjoy grilled cheese or fondue. Steiner will have over 200 varieties of cheese, helpfully grouped in categories that will allow the customer to choose what it best suited to his or her tastes, with the opportunity to try things that fall outside of their normal cheese world to perhaps find new favorites. The shop is set up to each type of customer personality. The s...

Ugh, I'm having the hardest time finding time to post here as you can tell, but I do still get e-mails about local happenings from time to time and I thought I might as well at least start updating the blog with those until I can work up some interesting posts I have in mind to do. Auntie Em's Begins Farmer's Market Delivery Service: If you want to support local farmers but can't seem to get yourself to the market, Auntie Em's will do it for you. They'll pick out a selection of the week's quality produce and deliver it to your door, as well as allow you to choose from a variety of pre-made items made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. If you're interested, take a look here: Auntie Em's Delivery . All'Angelo Introduces New Spriz Bar: All'Angelo Restaurant has revived the Venetian tradition of meeting for a spriz (Italian aperitif of Prosecco, soda, and bitters) and appetizers. They have introduced a special Spriz bar menu for the small bar area...