Has anyone tried Crust yet in Studio City?

pizzafreak, thanks for the heads up. i still may have to check it out.

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Has anyone tried Crust yet in Studio City?

Drove by the other day, it was packed.

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Best Place for High Tea in LA

Clementine has an afternoon tea once a week.

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Best fish in Brentwood/santa monica???

Il Moro serves wild fish - always great.

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Studio City/NoHo on a budget

Sammy's Woodfired Pizza is opening this month in Studio City.

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Surprise Birthday Party Venue - The Valley or LA

Rivera is a great idea!

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Surprise Birthday Party Venue - The Valley or LA

Fig & Olive

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best bakeries?

Natas on Ventura in Studio City should have made this post.

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Great croissant in Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Noho, etc?

Portos, Burbank

Sweet Butter, Sherman Oaks

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Need restaurant near Century City but not the most expensive restaurants

Could not agree more, magiccat.

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Need restaurant near Century City but not the most expensive restaurants

Toscanova in the CC mall is very nice. Had a delicious Branzino, wonderful calamari (grilled) and arugula salad to start, partner had swordfish carpaccio to start. Wine just fine. Saw some beautiful pizzas and pastas go by. The place was packed on a Saturday night. But the service and food were great. I asked for no oil on the side of steamed spinach, and got just what I asked for. The spinach was really fresh, and plentiful. Not the most expensive place, by far.

I think this is a great go-to place.

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Whole Foods makes an awesome vegan ( you would never know it) cc cookie for $1.89 - in their baked goods self-serve case.

Also, Literati had an amazing cc cookie awhile back, have not been there for about 6 mos, but incredible. Price: under $3.

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Fig & Olive - has anyone been?

Had dinner there in November. Was fun, vibe great, waiter very attentive. Branzino delicious, carrot soup excellent, apple tart, lovely, wine choices ok. Dining companion had the ravioli...pasta is not their forte. Overall, really nice.

Tried to go back there for our firm holiday party, but they would not allow kosher meals to be brought in. We had our firm holiday dinner again at Spago. Spago has a small kosher kitchen, but they allowed meals to be brought in from favored kosher restaurants, anyway. Fig & Oilve said it was against the law.

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Angeli Caffe closing!

Wonderful place, amazing food. So many memories, and yes, the bread! Evan is one of the most gracious people in LA - ever. Angeli Caffe will truly be missed.

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Christmas Party For The Office

We had our holiday dinner party @ Spago last year - a table of 11. It was great.

What about trying the new restaurant @ the recently refurbished Hotel Bel Air?

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Spago
176 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

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Raphael -- Studio City -- WOW -- have you seen it?

looking forward to trying it soon. will report back.

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Ombra? New in Studio City

I like your sense of humor, Steve2! I hope things improve @ Ombra, but, too many other restaurants to try. Next!

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Ombra Ristorante
3737 Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90068

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Ombra? New in Studio City

Nice place, but very noisy, difficult to talk. Baby octopus salad was nice, the ravioli tasteless, but the red sauce was delicious. My partner's breaded chicken was dry, dry, dry, no sauce to be found, breading heavy and fell off. The bread (in bread basket) was stale. The waitress brought and started pouring another bottle of wine without asking us.

Again, we really wanted to like it, we wish the owner(s) well, but they don't need our business.

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Pumpkin Ravioli? Where's your favorite served up at?

Il Moro

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Il Moro Restaurant
11400 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064

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Table for 20 in Sherman Oaks area

What about Oliva just N of Ventura Blvd. on Van Nuys...

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Cinnamon Rolls at Little Dom's - Any Others I Should Try?

Literati Cafe has some giant, amazing cinnamon rolls, lots of icing. Call ahead to make sure they have them.

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Best CCC in L.A.? That's chocolate chip cookies to those of you whose teenagers don't text them abbreviations all the time ...

Literati Cafe is putting out some great chocolate chip cookies right now.

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Baked Cinnamon Rolls in West LA?

Saw some amazing ones at Literati Cafe at Wilshire and Bundy yesterday...

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looking for name of british themed restaurant in tarzana

Bleecker Street is what we were looking for, menu seems euro-med, which is OK w/us. We did not end up eating there, but it looked great. Anyone been?

Thanks.

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looking for name of british themed restaurant in tarzana

Anyone know the name? Thanks.

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Vegan/Healthy in Sherman Oaks

Thanks to all for the great suggestions. Keep them coming!

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Vegan/Healthy in Sherman Oaks

Need recommendations for healthy take out near Beverly Glen and Ventura give or take a mile or two. Something a la La Scala's chopped salad or tasty vegan soups.

Suggestions much appreciated.

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La Scala
1100 S San Pedro St Ste A0, Los Angeles, CA 90015

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Family birthday celebration in the South Bay?

Sammy's Woodfired Pizza @ Rolling Hills Plaza (Crenshaw & PCH). Great food, friendly service, amazing birthday ice cream sundae.

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Sammy's Woodfired Pizza
2575 Pacific Coast Hwy, Torrance, CA 90505

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Best chocolates in LA?

Edelweiss and Littlejohns for sure!

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