Restaurants I miss....
Marjorie Alexander
M in Boulder again.
Away from L.A. for almost 5 years and miss:
In and Out
Tommy's
Fajitas, Midori Margaritas and chocolate cake at Marix
The Wiener Factory
Killer Shrimp
Pancakes at DuPars
Denver has just gotten it's own Cheesecake Factory. Average wait for a
table is 1 hour. The newest hot spot for these folks.
LAJazzBaby
Olive...just about as perfect as a restaurant can be...even with those weird
portraits...to me only Ghandi was familiar.
Gary Snelson
On 25 Oct 1997 03:03:00 -0700, Myra Shinkman <my...@no-spam.com> wrote:
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>Alas, alack, the only DuPars left (I think) is the one at Farmer's Market.
>
Hi,
There's a DuPar's in Studio City (Ventura Blvd, a block east of Laurel Canyon),
and one in Westlake Village (way out the Ventura Freeway by Thousand Oaks).
Still get my occasional fix of hot boysenberry pie ala-mode in Studio City.
Gary
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L. Ravi Narasimhan
I miss Paru's in Northridge. But, having Madhu's Dasaprakash in West
L.A. is a fine substitute.
--- Ravi
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Okay...eveyone try not to laugh.
I miss the Chicken Burritos at Pup 'n' Taco!
- Don
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Myra Shinkman
Gary Snelson <add...@signature.line> wrote:
: There's a DuPar's in Studio City (Ventura Blvd, a block east of Laurel
: Canyon), and one in Westlake Village (way out the Ventura Freeway by
: Thousand Oaks).
I would never have known about the Westlake DuPars, as I never go there,
but the one in Studio City is still there? Wow. Now, why did I think it
was closed?
I used to go to the one on Sepulveda and Victory, but it's gone, gone,
gone.
Myra
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Bill Snyder
Myra Shinkman <my...@no-spam.com> wrote:
>Now, the one restaurant I miss the most is The Moskva Cliff. I still get
>these terrible yearnings for chicken Marachale.
>
>Sigh.
Ah, The Marechale! But...chicken? Surely, you jest! CAPON, delicious,
stuffed CAPON! Rolled in croutons before baking, the thing looked like a
WW-II hand grenade. It simply melted in your mouth. And piroshki, those
wonderful piroshki, made with capon trimmings. Oh, and Don, their best
waiter.
In the upstairs dining room, they occasionally served a "Bolshoi Obed", a
multi-course grand Russian feast (usually historical). At one of these
feasts they served a Bordeaux Wine Sherbet between courses. Red wine oozed
like thin syrup out of a large scoop of freshly made sherbet. Everyone
loved it.
Moskva Cliff in Studio City disappeared shortly after the exec chef and
part-owner, Vladimir Koroslov, passed on to that great kitchen in the sky.
He certainly was a character: sweet and shy in front of the customers, yet
screaming over special requests and substitutions back in the kitchen (is
this an essential genetic trait of chefs?).
I've never found a recipe for The Marechale. An old, lost friend was first
cook there. He knows the recipe. Perhaps I should look him up and beg
tearfully for the secret. Does anyone out there have it?
Gosh, that was a long time ago.
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Restaurants I miss...
Most of these closed for reasons other than customer apathy.
LAWRY'S CALIFORNIA CENTER: the quintessential California restaurant, right
from the pages of Sunset magazine. Tasty Margaritas on a warm summer
evening in a pleasant garden setting. We all have to make that Sour-cream
Tortilla Casserole at home, now. The food was pleasant, but it wasn't the
food that brought you back. Corporate decision closed it. Someone ought to
kick the board of directors in the kneecap for taking this one away from
us.
DON'S PLACE in Burbank: The hidden patio where friends gathered for great
burgers, onion rings and draught beer. Burned to the ground one night.
SARGENT'S in Burbank: Wacky Southern menu, super hush puppies. Owner
retired, too proud (and justly so) to sell the name and risk embarrassment.
The staff was in tears when it closed. Granada is located there now.
BAY 90'S in Manhattan Beach: Interesting marketing ploy. They served a full
dinner at a competitive price. But on weekdays, they added a really nice
choice of ready-to-cook meals (like sirloin steak with baking potato and
green salad) to take home and prepare the next evening. The take-home meal
was sold at the 1890's price, around, say, 15 cents. No hard-sell needed!
D AND K RATSKELLAR on Ventura Blvd: Platters of good German comfort food.
Got into a fight with a proposed high-rise; the high-rise won.
MAGIC APPLE INN, Burbank: No use trying to describe it. You had to be
there, and it had to be "then." And if you remember it, you miss it, don't
you?
TRANCAS in Malibu: The incarnation run by Ray Ogee many years ago. Chef
Mike Roy loved this place. Both are dead. Oh, well.
DI PALMA'S ITALIAN VILLAGE, Signal Hill, then moved to Corona: Incredible
10-course dinners. Enough for three hungry people. No fast food here! Sign
over dining room door: "I am John Di Palma. This is my dining room. If you
do not have at least two hours to enjoy your meal, please come back another
time." Accompanying the entree was a tureen of soup, a huge bowl of salad,
special breads, pizza, antipasti (several small bowls of various goodies),
dessert, big bowl of fresh local fruit.... One day it just caved in under
its own weight. ;-)
Chef in the Forest, Idylwild. Death of the owner-chef in a tragic
automobile accident ended the reign of this well-known restaurant featuring
its singing chef and open kitchen. Sob. Location now owned and operated by
Chart House Restaurant.
Sharon Raghavachary
L. Ravi Narasimhan wrote:
>
> I miss Paru's in Northridge. But, having Madhu's Dasaprakash in West
> L.A. is a fine substitute.
>
> --- Ravi
>
There's a Paru's on Sunset between Kensington and Normandie. Kannan, the
owner, is very friendly.
Sharon
OBB
I miss the rabbit and sticky buns at the Tick Tock... for that matter, I miss
the late night scene at Gorky's which held the location for awhile in
Hollywood... but the Tick Tock... ahhhh.
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jackie naiditch
Chez Puce, in West L.A., on Pico--before she enlarged the place. I
loved the sign, for impatient diners, something like, "Puce is not an
Octo-puce."
Jackie
Jennifer Selzer
Myra Shinkman wrote:
>
> Gary Snelson <add...@signature.line> wrote:
>
> : There's a DuPar's in Studio City (Ventura Blvd, a block east of Laurel
> : Canyon), and one in Westlake Village (way out the Ventura Freeway by
> : Thousand Oaks).
>
> I would never have known about the Westlake DuPars, as I never go there,
> but the one in Studio City is still there? Wow. Now, why did I think it
> was closed?
You were probably thinking about Tiny Naylors, which *used* to be next
door...*sigh* I do miss Tiny Naylors!!!
Jeff Massie
In addition to Tiny Naylor's and Gorky's in Hollywood (already mentioned
in this thread), the L.A.restaurant I miss the most is the Jailhouse on
Ventura Place in Studio City, home of the second-best* restaurant chili I
have ever tasted anywhere, not to mention the immortal Jailhouse Omelet!
* best was at the Emporium in West Redding, CT.
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Marv Miller
Somebody wrote about Tiny Naylor's:
>> I used to go to the one on Sepulveda and Victory, but it's gone, gone,
>> gone.
I think you meant the southwest corner of Sepulveda and Sherman Way.
Beside the 76 station. ^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Myra Shinkman
Marv Miller <ae...@lafn.org> wrote:
: >> I used to go to the one on Sepulveda and Victory, but it's gone, gone,
: >> gone.
: I think you meant the southwest corner of Sepulveda and Sherman Way.
: Beside the 76 station. ^^^^^^^^^^^^
I wasn't talking about Tiny Naylors above. I was talking about Dupars,
which was on Sepulveda and Victory.
If I was near Sherman Way and wanted to eat, I'd go to Los Gatos. <g>
These days, I'd head down near Victory and go to Sam Woo's (yum yum).
rod mckenzie
There is a DuPars in Glendale on the north side of one of the first EW
cross streets running between Brand and Central just south of the 134
Freeway. Sorry I can't recollect the street but it's in one of the
financial buildings in that first or second complex south of the freeway.
Your memory may be fading about the duPar quality and the average age of
the clientele is about 110.
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Jennifer Selzer wrote:
> Myra Shinkman wrote:
> >
> > Gary Snelson <add...@signature.line> wrote:
> >
> > : There's a DuPar's in Studio City (Ventura Blvd, a block east of Laurel
> > : Canyon), and one in Westlake Village (way out the Ventura Freeway by
> > : Thousand Oaks).
> >
> > I would never have known about the Westlake DuPars, as I never go there,
> > but the one in Studio City is still there? Wow. Now, why did I think it
> > was closed?
>
> You were probably thinking about Tiny Naylors, which *used* to be next
> door...*sigh* I do miss Tiny Naylors!!!
> >
> > I used to go to the one on Sepulveda and Victory, but it's gone, gone,
> > gone.
> >
Jeff Massie
In article <345ba95a....@news.ecom.net>, sny...@ecom.net (Bill
Snyder) wrote:
> Is Chili John's (Burbank Blvd in Burbank still around? Their chili was
> good, but I finally gave up trying to be there when they were open. No
> rattlesnake venom, either.
I've lived in SoCal for almost 20 years, and I have never found that place
to be open when I wanted to try it. I long also gave up.
JM
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> The Four Oaks Restaurant on Beverly Glen, Los Angeles, CA!
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