Night + Market: Great Food, Disappointing Wine Program

Written by Allison Levine on July 23, 2019

Food Wine

I have very mixed feelings about my experience at Night + Market in Venice. I have read and heard great reviews. After all, chef and owner Kris Yenbamroong was a semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation in the Rising Star Chef category and the James Beard Foundation’s Best New Chef West award. Los Angeles’s Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jonathan Gold praised the restaurant and named it 24th best restaurant on the 101 list.

Arriving at the Venice location, I knew the space would have a hipster vibe. It was packed, lively and energetic. The decor has a playful cheesiness to it with pink strands and colored lights hanging down in front of the windows, neon lights and posters all around. Read More +

Please The Palate Summer 2019 Newsletter

Written by Allison Levine on July 9, 2019

Travel Lifestyle Food Cocktails Wine

Happy Summer 2019! I hope you had a wonderful, long 4th of July weekend. This summer (specifically June 8th), marks the 8th anniversary of Please The Palate. It is really hard to believe how quickly time has flown. It has been a lot of hard work but also a lot of fun building Please The Palate. When I first launched my business, the idea was to continue planning wine events as I had been doing. I also thought I would start a blog to share my experiences. Never could I have imagined that I would have a weekly wine column in the Napa Valley Register (since 2015) and regularly contribute to other media outlets, such as California Wine Advisory. I also never thought I would host a podcast but have been doing that for the past year for Wine Soundtrack. It has been amazing to watch Please The Palate grow and to be open to opportunities along the way. And, I could not do it without the support of friends and readers such as yourself. Thank you!

Upcoming Events

Drink 728 on 7/28
Spend an afternoon in Santa Barbara enjoying the wines of Fiddlehead Cellars paired with food from the SoHo Restaurant. The Fiddlestix Vineyard sits at mile maker 728 and on July 28, we celebrate! Taste Fiddlestix Vineyard, featuring verticals + horizontals of
728, Lollapalooza, Burtie Baby. Doyle Pinot Noir and more!

Date: Sunday, July 28
Time: 12-4 pm
Address: SoHo,1221 State St #205
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

General Admission Ticket: $100
Designated Driver Ticket: $50
General Admission Couples Price: $180 (for 2 tickets)
Wine Club Member Tickets: $85

Purchase your tickets here.

Read the full Please The Palate July 2019 Newsletter.

Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Standing’s Butchery

Written by Allison Levine on July 6, 2019

Lifestyle Food

With the 4th of July weekend here, it is time for barbecues. Around the country, families and friends gather to grill up meat and enjoy a good meal. To make that meal the best it can be is dependent on the quality of the meat served. For my small family barbecue, we enjoyed the most incredible steaks from Standing’s Butchery. It really can make all the difference and that is why Standing’s Butchery is the Please The Palate pick of the week.

Standing’s Butchery, owned by Jered Standing, is located on Melrose Avenue near La Brea. Opened since November 2017, Standing’s Butchery is one of the few proper butcheries in Los Angeles. I remember as a kid going to the butcher shop with my mom to pick out meat for dinner but as I got older, the butcher closed and we would get our meat at Whole Foods. There is something nostalgic but also forward-thinking when shopping at a free-standing butcher.

Standing’s Butchery specializes in supporting local farmers who raise their animals in an environmentally conscious manner. The animals are raised using the best standards. They are free range and no hormones are used. In addition, Standing’s Butcher is a zero-waste store. Every piece of meat or bone is used, either for sale in the butcher case or in the creation of a ground mix or in raw dog food.

The New York steaks we ordered for our 4th of July barbecue were beautiful cuts of NY Steak. A few minutes on the grill and they were perfect. And that is why Standing’s Butchery is the Please The Palate pick of the week.

Standing’s Butchery
7016 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles
(323) 413-2212