Yamashiro’s Pagoda Bar

Sunday BBQ at Yamashiro’s Pagoda Bar

The new and improved Pagoda Bar at Hollywood’s historic Yamashiro has kicked off summer with its BBQ pool parties. Every Sunday from 2-5pm, Executive Chef Jason Park is grilling up $3 cheeseburger sliders and Kurobuta carnita sandwiches served with a side of Asian coleslaw and house made pickles. Enjoy muddled cocktails like the strawberry Basil-Jito, Glover’s Gimlet, or one of Norman’s famous Mai Tais...

Get the full scoop at my buddy Mattyshack's DigLounge


Yamashiro's Pagoda Bar / 1999 N. Sycamore Avenue / Hollywood, CA 90068 / 323.466.5125 / www.thepagodabar.com

Magnolia

Second location now open Downtown.



www.magnoliala.com
Magnolia Downtown / 825 James M Wood Blvd / Downtown, LA / 213.362.0880

Man Bites World

The guy that runs Man Bites World is trying to see how long he can eat the food of a different country every single day for as many days in a row as possible.

http://manbitesworld.com/
thanks to Mattyshack and Dig Lounge for this find

Mountain Cafe

Delightful Korean comfort food. The Abalone Porridge, served with 3-4 delicious sides, and the Ginseng Chicken Soup, served with a whole small chicken in the broth are both delicious. When eating in, they crack a raw egg on top of the porridge that cooks as you stir it into the steaming abalone rice. The egg makes it even better. A note to the uninitiated: the porridge is egg-less when ordered to go; the thought being that you can add your own egg at home.

Open 24 hours and, I believe, run by the same few Korean ladies (two moms and, I think, one grandma) I've seen every time I stop in. The place is small (only a handful of tables) and hard to find, tucked in the corner of a small strip mall on the south side of 8th street in Koreatown, where many of the store fronts are only in Korean. I believe they just added "Mountain Cafe" to the marquee so the honkeys could find it. And this is one honkey who is very glad they did.

Mountain Cafe / 3064 W 8TH St / Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA 90005 / 213.487.7615 / Google Map it

Colori Kitchen

Mattyshack took me to Colori this past weekend and I loved it. If I lived closer, I would be a Colori Kitchen regular.

Paraphrased from the website:
Colori Kitchen is a classic Italian trattoria in the heart of downtown
Los Angeles featuring the inspired cooking of Luigi Barducci Contessi, longtime executive chef at Ca Brea. The warm and welcoming
brick-walled restaurant features delicious pastas, soups, salads, fish
and meat dishes, plus traditional Italian deserts. Service is friendly, prices are affordable and the quality and variety of the cooking is a constant source of delight for the ever-growing community of Colori Kitchen regulars.

No liquor license, but bring your own bottle of wine because there is no corkage fee.

Colori Kitchen / 429 W.8th Street (between Olive & Hill, a few doors West of The Golden Gopher) / Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90014 / 213.622.5950 / colorikitchen.wordpress.com

Hours
Lunch: Monday through Friday, 11am-3pm
Dinner: Wed. and Thurs., 6pm-9pm; Fri. and Sat., 6pm-10pm