by LRGadmin | Feb 12, 2024 | California, Los Angeles, Stories, Subscriber Only Stories
Oh my god… Can I just start by asking: What the hell happened here?? Never in all my years of dining have I have seen staff in hospitality look so morbid and depressed. Nobody was even trying to hide it. At one point I was about to ask what was wrong to literally...
by lareine | Nov 26, 2025 | Stories, California, Subscriber Only Stories
Now then, THIS is the sort of restaurant you have to visit when you are in San Francisco—or should I say, the USA. I am not going to go on a rant about the Michelin Guide in this country, but often, you can come away with many disappointing nights in your memories,...
by lareine | Feb 21, 2026 | Stories, California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Subscriber Only Stories
I went to Manzke before it closed. It used to hold one Michelin star — so rare in Los Angeles — and I really thought it deserved it. I was gutted when I went to book (this had been my LA restaurant lifeline!) only to discover it had shut its doors. Restaurants in the...
by lareine | Feb 21, 2026 | Stories, California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Subscriber Only Stories
From the outside looking in, you could easily judge this restaurant before even stepping inside—but don’t. It’s not what you think. The interior and exterior are both comfortable, and yes, a strong logo and good marketing certainly help in today’s visually driven...
by lareine | Nov 14, 2025 | Stories, California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Subscriber Only Stories
Newly opened at Cross Creek Ranch in Malibu, I happened to come across an article in a local paper with a write-up about this. Somebody (not the writer) was blabbing on about how everything else is rubbish around here and Clark’s is just fantastic. Fantastic is...
by LRGadmin | Feb 15, 2024 | California, San Francisco, Stories, Subscriber Only Stories
There are so many conflicting opinions about this restaurant, some good, some not so good. I really did not know whether to visit and I hesitated back and forth, but finally making the decision to go I was not disappointed at all- the food was delicious. We started...
