During the start of the pandemic, Ralphs in Westwood got rid of the self serve salad bar, as well as other self serve food. Although I understand the reasoning, I was very sad to see it go. For a while, ...

After Sugarfish opened their handroll only bar, Kazunori, it was only a matter of time before other decided to copy it’s format. Enter HRB – The Hand Roll Bar Experience. Their first one was in downtown and now their second ...

Just about every restaurant has a rewards app these days. But California Pizza Kitchen takes it one step further to make life easier for their in restaurant customers. First, setup your account in the app. Next, when you arrive at ...

As if Amazon wasn’t already trying to take over the world, now it’s going after the food delivery market that Postmates, Doordash and Grubhub are all competing for. Frankly, I didn’t even know about this Amazon service until they sent ...

If you are into sake, this is clearly the place for you. I’m not a sake drinker but as the name implies, this place has a ton of them to choose from. Like a sommelier at a fancy restaurant, the ...

When people use the phrases “Mom & Pop” and “hole-in-the-wall” when describing restaurants, they are exaggerating. Well, not in this case. On the outside, this place looks like a dump. And so does the inside. In fact, it looks like ...

In it’s quest for world domination, the Nobu restaurant chain is expanding at a rapid pace and is at all the trendy places. I’ve tried the one in Beverly Hills but while I was at the WSOP this year, I ...

In my unending quest for the best sushi in Los Angeles, it was time to try Sushi Tsujita in the Little Osaka area. You can park in the lot behind the building and walk around to the front where you will ...

Gazen Izakaya is apparently a chain of upscale authentic Japanese restaurants in several locations, including this one in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. I’ve started going here the day it opened back in late 2015 or early 2016. When they first ...

After opening their first KazuNori in downtown LA, Sugarfish has now opened a second branch in Westwood back in June. I tried it the first week of opening and as expected, there were a lot of snags and little problems ...