Category Archives: Southern California

Unusual and otherwise tasty cuisine from Southern California including Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, and Santa Barbara counties

When You’re Strange

Weird Food Festival XIII Los Angeles, California There is an old adage that one man’s meat is another man’s poison; in fact there are times when one man’s meat is the same man’s poison (in the case of fugu (blowfish), … Continue reading

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Little Italy

Novecento Pasta & Grill Culver City, CA Culver City can chew up restaurants and spit them out like a spoonful of cold Spaghetti-Os, so it takes brass coglioni to elbow your way between the big dogs and have any kind … Continue reading

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Put Some Deli In Your Belly

Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant Los Angeles CA I got schooled. East Coast boy, nothing gets past me. When the general question of where to get decent pastrami in the Los Angeles area on the Save the Deli Facebook page (hosted by David … Continue reading

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Everything Old Is New Again

Putnam Pantry, Danvers, Massachusetts Fair Oaks Pharmacy, South Pasadena, California Restaurants such as Boston’s historic Union Oyster House and Madrid’s centuries-old Sobrino de Botín have expanded over the years yet still maintain the rustic charm of antiquity. In a time … Continue reading

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Tavern Off The Green

City Tavern Culver City, California Those of you expecting Culver City’s City Tavern to resemble the kind of place Paul Revere may have stopped in for a pint of ale may be disappointed, although to their credit, the space looks … Continue reading

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