Visa card on one meal, but those that have been (not me) have elevated Urasawa-san and his dishes to celestial status. His described methods, offerings, and sense of aesthetics are straight out of the best izakaya houses in...

food is Citizen Smith in the Cahuenga Corridor of Hollywood. Of course, the best wine bar in town is AOC (Mid-City) followed by RedWhite+Bluezz (Pasadena). Other wine bars include Lou on Vine (Hollywood) and the status...

, and there’s no complaints here – not as mind blowing as those at AOC, but not bad at all. Dessert: Social Chocolate Decadence Chocolate coconut cake with chocolate gelato and a candied coconut topping Fine, fine, so you...

the AOC regs. Anyway, that vintage is a little sweeter than subsequent years, and is a bright and lovely wine that went very well with the meal. Sad to say, it was the last bottle. The Anselmi Capitel whites are inexpensive and...

Saying you like Chinon AOC is like saying you like Bordeaux... There are so many different styles at the hands of different winemakers and in different villages there that it’s not much help just to say “Chinon”...

with the noise (the acoustics are terrible, and the groups of 20-somethings very loud) try a Father’s Office burger (1018 Montana in Santa Monica), and maybe a burger at Amuse (Main Street in Venice). For your nice meal,...

Gol, Lucques, Yang Chow, AOC, Water Grill, WH Palm, Josie, R23, Amuse....

the westside scenier restaurants like Lucques, AOC, etc. For an app, entree, and dessert each for four people we spent $160, I consider very reasonable (we tried to BYOB, but their wine license hadn’t gone through, so no...

such as cheese, wine, certain meats. We have the French system of AOC food products, the Italian DOCC system for wines, etc. When you buy an AOC cheese, or an AOC poulet de Bresse, you know that you are getting a product that has...

on a mileage run to get miles for Continental Elite status). And we found pretty much the same with regard to the “higher end” of the dining spectrum. Although I am pretty fond of the ingredient driven middle of the...

Plus, the writer seemed to be very status conscious – either that, or wants to be a fashion or society writer. The “promotional” comments seemed to jump out at me with every paragraph. "dressed in a gray T-shirt,...

wow, it’s been about a year since we were at Pamplemousse— did they remodel? I think this comment is a bit harsh regardless. As for the other 2, did they at least warrant Hilton status?

Brie de Meaux is certainly raw milk cheese, and is one of the two AOC Brie cheeses – Brie de Melun is the second. It is typically 4-6 weeks old when imported, hence it is illegal. Whole Foods does not stock it for this...

-star status in short order. Service The service was excellent. My dining room team member was knowledgeable, friendly in a polished manner and offered the appropriate balance between helpfulness/involvement and “laissez...

date is into money/status, GO SOME WHERE ELSE!! Good luck.