A LA CARTE\WOMEN RESTAURATEURS.Byline: Larry Lipson The ranks of the world's most celebrated restaurant owners include many women. Madame Prunier's in Paris and Elaine's in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of are two prime examples. Here in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , numerous women are well-known for their restaurants, as chef-owners or host-owners. Here are a few of the ones who have made a mark locally, operating independent eating spots worth consideration: Angeli Caffe Owner: Evan Kleiman. Address: 7274 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 936-9086. Cuisine: Italian. Comments: Chef-owner Kleiman is a noted cookbook author who pioneered the purveying of Tuscan recipes in L.A. and for a while ran a group of Angeli-named trattorias before confining herself to her original hot spot on Melrose. Border Grill Owners: Susan Feniger and Mary Sue This article is about the concept in modern literary criticism. For either part of the given name or real or fictional people named as such, see Mary and Sue. Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue Milliken. Address: 1445 Fourth St., Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. . Phone: (310) 451-1655. Cuisine: Mexican. Comments: Now media darlings via radio, television and cookbook fame, the cooking duo of Feniger and Milliken are true celebrities of the national food-show circuit. Like Kleiman, they have reduced their prior multiunit restaurant ambitions to this single facility. Camelions Owner: Marsha Sands. Address: 246 26th St., Santa Monica. Phone: (310) 395-0746. Cuisine: California/French. Comments: Touted by her publicist as "the grand doyen of Santa Monica," Sands holds court in a charming cottagelike hideaway that is favored by foodies for its consistently capable culinary character. Chez chez prep. At the home of; at or by. [French, from Old French, from Latin casa, cottage, hut.] chez prep at the home of [French] Helene Owner: Michelene Hebert. Address: 267 S. Beverly Drive Beverly Drive is a northwest/southwest major street in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles. The southern end of Beverly Drive is at the intersection of Beverly Drive and Harlow Avenue, a small street south of National Blvd. and north of the Santa Monica Freeway. , Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. . Phone: (310) 276-1558. Cuisine: French-Canadian. Comments: A move from Venice to uptown Westside has proven astute for Hebert, who cooks her delightful homey fare for legions of devotees in this cutesy cute·sy adj. cute·si·er, cute·si·est Informal Deliberately or affectedly cute; precious: a cutesy boutique for children's fashions. converted dwelling. La Masia Owner: Josie Prado. Address: 9077 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. Phone: (310) 273-7066. Cuisine: Spanish. Comments: The spirit of Spain is in Prado's place, whether it's the kitchen or music-dance club. Madame Wu's Garden Owner: Sylvia Wu. Address: 2201 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. Phone: (310) 828-5656. Cuisine: Chinese. Comments: Since the days when Cary Grant chopsticked regularly under the Madame's tutelage TUTELAGE. State of guardianship; the condition of one who is subject to the control of a guardian. , Wu has wooed Hollywood's luminaries in her friendly, regal manner. Moonlight Tango Cafe Owner: Vicki Criezis. Address: 13730 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 788-2000. Cuisine: Contemporary continental. Comments: Slim, glamorous Criezis is a former Houston attorney who has re-energized this glitzy glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. supper club into one of the premier food, entertainment and fun spots of the city. Saddle Peak Lodge Owner: Dr. Ann Graham Ehringer. Address: 419 Cold Canyon Road, Calabasas. Phone: (818) 222-3888. Cuisine: American. Comments: Entrepreneur-author-business executive-consultant and restaurateur res·tau·ra·teur also res·tau·ran·teur n. The manager or owner of a restaurant. [French, from restaurer, to restore; see restaurant. , Ehringer is a multifaceted Ph.D., a true woman of the '90s, whose hunting-lodgelike dining destination with its game-accented fare is a prime pick locally as a romantic rendezvous. Teru Sushi Owner: Louise Mahoney. Address: 11940 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Phone: (818) 763-6201. Cuisine: Japanese. Comments: Mahoney propelled sushi into citywide prominence as a behind-the-scenes orchestrator of hyper-chef performances at this raw maguro mecca. Valley Inn Owner: Jo Kumpula. Address: 4557 Sherman Oaks Ave., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 784-1163. Cuisine: American. Comments: Possibly the only waitress who bought and took over the restaurant where she worked in town, Kumpula hosts the sports and literary set at this venerable hangout where a substantial meal and a strong drink for a reasonable price aren't things of the past. Xiomara Owner: Xiomara Ardolina. Address: 69 N. Raymond AvPe., Pasadena. Phone: (818) 796-2520. Cuisine: Country French. Comments: A petite Cuban bombshell who knows her way around a dining room as well as anybody, Ardolina has built a house of grand gastronomy gastronomy Art of selecting, preparing, serving, and enjoying fine food. Two early centres of gastronomy were China (from the 5th century BC) and Rome, the latter noted for the excess and ostentation of its banquets. that receives constant national recognition. |
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