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It's time for dineLA when for two weeks (January 19 through February 1) restaurants offer specially priced prix-fixe lunch menus for $15-$25 and dinner menus for $30-$50. These are the perfect days to try new restaurants or visit old ones while maintaining a bit of control on the wallet.....and losing a little control of the waistline. After all, when some of the best chefs in LA are offering affordable dining opportunities, how can you say no?!?! One of the many participating restaurants is Acabar in Hollywood and we got a preview of their dineLA menu. The dineLA menu price is $40, a great value for Chef Octavio Becerra's food and includes three courses, with three options to choose from within each course. First Course:
18 January, 2015
Remember the song you sang as a child, "Peanut, peanut butter and jelly. Peanut, peanut butter and jelly. First you take the peanuts and you crush them, you crush them..... then you take the jelly and you spread it, you spread it..... peanut, peanut butter and jelly." Spread PB As this song continues in your mind, you might be thinking about your favorite childhood food. Who doesn't love peanut butter (except those with allergies, sorry!)?  Did you know that the creamy, nutty spread that we loved with apples, bananas, celery, jelly and more is the #2 food in America (bacon is #1)? Spread PB Take a trip back to childhood at the new Spread PB Bar in Studio City. Elementary school friends Katie Kerr and Dustin Albert met over peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and the obsession  flouished. Katie has been a member of the Peanut  Butter of the Month Club for three years. Now Katie and Dustin are sharing their love with the rest of us.
16 January, 2015
When I went to lunch at Spago a few months ago, I saw that a new place was going in next door called Spaghettini. Silly me thought that meant that it was a "little Spago." But it's not. It's actually the second location for a successful restaurant and music venue, owned by Laurie Sisneros and Cary Hardwick, that has been in Seal Beach for 26 years. Spaghettini is a large rectangular space that is wide open. With white walls and dark wood and blue accents, it is rather simple in its décor, but also modernly elegant. Spaghettini Dining Room We started at the bar and ordered a couple drinks to start the evening. We ordered The Home Slice (apple ginger soda, Angel's Envy Bourbon, citrus) and The Duet (El Dorado 12 Year Rum, Rhum JM, honey, Italian sweet vermouth, Angostura, grapefruit peel). The Home Slice was refreshing with the sweetness of the bourbon on the finish. But, I would have liked a bit more acidity or bite on the front of the palate. The apple ginger soda seemed a bit muted. The Duet on the other hand was a well balanced cocktail. Perhaps not the first drink you want for the night on a chilly night, it was perfect. The cocktails range from $15-$18 and are a bit steep.
15 January, 2015
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