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Help: need good croissants for a brunch but don't want to pay $2.50/each. Ideas?
West LA area preferred as I'll need to buy very early this Sunday AM.
I need around 25. Are Costco and Trader Joe's frozen my only options?
Please help!!
Joe's on Abbott Kinney? Still good or is there something else w/ of 405 - same price range?
Thanks. all, for your thoughtful responses!
Joe's on Abbott Kinney? Still good or is there something else w/ of 405 - same price range?
Hi Westsidegal,
Thanks for the info, but what restaurant does it pertain to?
Joe's on Abbott Kinney? Still good or is there something else w/ of 405 - same price range?
Really? I didn't know any MdR places were in fact tasty. I thought it was all about the view, no? I'll look into it, thank you.
Any other thoughts?
Joe's on Abbott Kinney? Still good or is there something else w/ of 405 - same price range?
The title says it all, Chowhounds.
Dinner, weekday, w/ my husband.
Okay, anniversary dinner, but we're not doing over-the-top, so, not Melisse, for instance.
Just want the food to taste good and don't want ear-splitting 'ambiance' - Upper West, for instance, was a PITA for making us wait 30 mins even w/ a reservation, on a school night, and was pretty noisy.
Oh: Not a big fan of tapas-style food, either. Does that rule out the new Cachette?
Any thoughts?
Thank you all, as ever.
Afternoon tea in Santa Monica? And kindly don't mention Tudor House, since...
Thanks, Yogachik. I love Jin, but I wonder if it's not too difficult for oogenarians and nonogenarians. All the tables are outside, in the sun... not really a cozy place. Know what I mean?
Their pastries are amazing, it's true. Just wondering if it is the best ambiance for us....
Afternoon tea in Santa Monica? And kindly don't mention Tudor House, since...
I'm looking for food that tastes good. So not Funnel Mill since they really have no food...
7 ladies, 1 year to 91 years old. Quiet. I'm thinking hotel, but which one? Or something on Montana or San Vicenta (sadly Chez Mimi closed)
Please help! To make matters worse, it needs to be on a Sunday.
Thank you all.
Good Russian food in LA?
I know there are not a lot of choices, but what have people had recently that's been good?
PS Balalaika not essential. Not at all.
Quick! Need good food in Pasadena! Hard, no??
Thank you for the thread, but look how old the replies are! We have a car and time - where shall we go???!!!
Quick! Need good food in Pasadena! Hard, no??
Seriously, anyone? Silence on the board here.. Is Pasadena really that bad?
Quick! Need good food in Pasadena! Hard, no??
Someone's in from out of town. Don't want to spend a bloody fortune, but not looking for fast food, either....
Hounds?
Heading to Santa Monica Tomorrow, Don't Get There Often, These Recs?...
Second your thought on the stress of eating at Huckleberry - loud, hard chairs, cold food. Not great..
Drive-thru or curb-side service in Santa Monica/West LA/Beverly Hills/We Ho/Culver City areas?
Thanks, all, for your great ideas. Re Gaby's ... how is their falafel?
(Off topic: Has anyone eaten at the new Sunnin? I did, once, and was SOOO disappointed in the falafel - NOT FRESH! How could they let that happen??)
Drive-thru or curb-side service in Santa Monica/West LA/Beverly Hills/We Ho/Culver City areas?
New mom seeking to limit hauling carseat in and out...
Love the Baja Fresh on Sepulveda/Olympic which will bring my food out to me.
Please don't say anything else fast food (I realize Baja Fresh sort of falls into that category...)
Looking forward to your thoughts.
Help! Need place for mom's birthday lunch tomorrow - Westside-ish, great food, quiet, not insanely $$
Thanks, all. I think I'll look into Fraiche and Fig. Chez Mimi is perfect for atmosphere, but I agree the food's not quite inspired (plus it's my mother's go-to spot and I wanted something new...)
Help! Need place for mom's birthday lunch tomorrow - Westside-ish, great food, quiet, not insanely $$
I appreciate that. We may go there on our own, but if it rains tomorrow and we can't sit outside, it might be a bit much for a group, half of whom are in the elderly set (one is 90, one 86...). Even the hostess - when I asked her for a quiet table - said, 'have you BEEN to Spago before? It's not a quiet restaurant..."
Help! Need place for mom's birthday lunch tomorrow - Westside-ish, great food, quiet, not insanely $$
Thanks - I'm not in love w/ Wilshire, either. Would you call Spago at lunch quiet? (Haven't been in eons...)
Help! Need place for mom's birthday lunch tomorrow - Westside-ish, great food, quiet, not insanely $$
My elderly mother's birthday, so a quiet room, great food, and somewhat reasonable. I looked at Spago but their lunch prices aren't listed on the menu... Location: from SM to WeHo/Ho.
Please help!
Wil Wright's macaroons
Oh, and the amusement park/pony?/donkey rides where the horrible Beverly Center is now...
Wil Wright's macaroons
Boy, do I remember those cookies! Wil Wrights, Beverly Hills. I actually grew up and never knew what that flavor was until someone told me: almond.
I MISS WIL WRIGHTS (and CC BROWN'S...)
Thanks for the recipes!
If you moved to the Palos Verdes area, where would you end up eating?
I have to say, you guys are brilliant. Thanks for the wonderful suggestions and, of course, the candor. It's what I suspected, really. By the way, it sounds as though there're more than a few people on here who, together, could and maybe should create a darned good restaurant in PV.
I have the name already: Oasis.
If you moved to the Palos Verdes area, where would you end up eating?
Interesting restaurants, anyone? There must be foodies there, no?
And, for real experts, where would you end up hanging out and having a coffee if you lived on the peninsula? (Is there a non-chain cafe that encourages reading there?) Must you go off the peninsula for a real meal / real coffee and if so, how far?
Please help... (I can reciprocate in the West LA/SM area, but for PV, I'm stumped.)
Vibrato on Beverly Glen Circle... any opinions?
Thinking of taking husband there for his birthday... a Tuesday night. How's the food? What are prices like? Is the jazz deafening, or just right?
Thanks Chowhounds...
Organic (not raw, please!) restaurant on the Westside?
Ideally, where the atmosphere is also pretty nice?
Not everything must be organic, but most things - the meats, cheeses, vegetables, ideally, should be.
That doesn't mean I'm looking for vegan, or macrobiotic, or raw, by the way. No, I like my food cooked and I'm not a vegetarian.
Just organic.
Not a huge fan of Akasha, though perhaps someone can persuade me otherwise.
Any food type will do, as long as it's tasty. .
Thanks, Chowhounds!
Right to the Point - Good. Cheap. Sitdown.
I love Metro - wonderfully tasty food. But jeepers, it is LOUD!!!!
Or, I'm just getting old.
Help Chowhounds: ISO Organic Chicken Soup on Westside?
Feeling ill, must have Jewish penicillin. Want to avoid the hormones, etc. so chicken must be organic.
Has to have chicken pieces in it. Also, either noodles or matzoh balls will work. Carrots are a plus. For instance, Junior's has pretty good soup, not organic. Whole Foods not organic, also not reliably edible.
I'd consider ethnic, but usually it's not organic...
Take-out - for obvious reasons - must be possible. West of the 405, if possible!
I know it's a tall order. Anyone?
