Category Archives: Trippy Food (Tasty flora and fauna)

Amazing, exciting and otherwise delicious (or horrific) cuisine Val has discovered in his travels

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Beer

Beer dinners Kings Row Gastropub, Pasadena, California Since opening as the first true gastropub in Pasadena, Kings Row Gastropub has aggressively presented culinary events such as whole hog roasts (or whatever flora and fauna fit in their custom-made Caja China).  … Continue reading

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Prose and Kahn’s

Red Med at Formosa West Hollywood, California Of late, the Hollywood hotspot that once was the place to see and be seen has been looking a little long in the tooth; back in 1925 when boxer Jimmy Bernstein turned a … Continue reading

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All The Young Girls Love Alice

The Big Unit Alice Cooper’stown, Phoenix, Arizona Like the Paul Stanley/Gene Simmons-owned Rock and Brews and the now-defunct Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ & Beer in Las Vegas, Phoenix’s Alice Cooper’stown entices with the promise of sex and booze and rock and … Continue reading

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A Whole Lot Of Bull

Chianina Long Beach, California Michael Dene’s latest Long Beach-area venture in the space formerly housing Kelly’s of Naples launched only a few weeks ago, but is poised to introduce diners to the rare and powerful breed of cattle that lends … Continue reading

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Srirachageddon It

The Sriracha Burger Slater’s 50/50, Southern California Southern California is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions; Old Testament, real wrath of God-type stuff: bottled fire and brimstone filling up garages! Sriracha cookbooks, pricey Sriracha Festivals, Sriracha ice cream sandwiches, … Continue reading

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