A LA CARTE : PICNIC BOXES.Byline: Larry Lipson Boxed meals for the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the or other outdoor summer excursions are an important adjunct to menus at many restaurants now. Here are a few that pay attention to the needs of picnickers: California Canteen Address: 3311 Cahuenga Blvd. W., near Universal City. Phone: (213) 876-1702. Cuisine: Californian/Basque. Price range: Dinners for two are $30 and $35. A la carte options run from a $3.25 salad to a whole rosemary-roasted chicken or paella for $13. Description: Boxes containing plates, utensils, glasses, napkins, bread, olive oil olive oil, pale yellow to greenish oil obtained from the pulp of olives by separating the liquids from solids. Olive oil was used in the ancient world for lighting, in the preparation of food, and as an anointing oil for both ritual and cosmetic purposes. and condiments are named after classical music luminaries Debussy, Verdi and Albeniz. They all contain five items: three starters, a main course and dessert. Daily Grill Address: 12050 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Also in Encino, Brentwood, 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. , Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. and Palm Desert. Phone: (818) 769-6336. Cuisine: American. Price range: From $14.95 to $24.95 per person. Description: Eight different three- or four-course meals plus Godet go·det n. A triangular piece of fabric usually set into the hem of a garment to add fullness. [French, goblet, godet, from Middle Dutch codde, cylindrical piece of wood.] Belgian white chocolate white chocolate n. Cocoa butter combined with milk and a sweetener, often flavored with vanilla. Noun 1. white chocolate liqueur liqueur (lĭkûr`), strong alcoholic beverage made of almost neutral spirits, flavored with herb mixtures, fruits, or other materials, and usually sweetened. The name derives from the Latin word to melt. candies. All have sourdough bread and butter. Available with 24-hour notice. Hampton's Hollywood Cafe Address: 1342 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood. Phone: (213) 469-1090. Cuisine: American. Price range: From $20 to $40 per basket. Enough for two or more. (Special arrangements can be made for single meals.) Description: Large range of options of salads, appetizers, sirloin of beef, burgers, pastas, fish items and desserts. Jewel of India Address: 4523 Sepulveda Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 986-8555. Cuisine: Indian. Price range: Boxes for two from $14.95 to $24.95. Description: Complete vegetarian or nonvegetarian dinners (appetizer through dessert) with yogurt, beverage and bread. Also a finger-food assortment box. All with plates, napkins, utensils and glasses. Delivery within three-mile radius. La Cachette Address: 10506 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles
Phone: (310) 470-4992. Cuisine: French. Price range: From $22 to $25 per person. Description: Six three-course meals cooked by chef-owner Jean Francois Meteigner plus his La Cachette chocolate truffles. Marmalade Address: 14910 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Also in Malibu and Santa Monica. Phone: (818) 905-8872. Cuisine: Californian/continental. Price range: From $16.50 to $24 per person. Description: Six separate meals with movie-star names (Chaplin, Valentino, Monroe, Dean, Bogart and Bacall) with at least five items in each box. Variety of salads. Pinot Bistro Address: 12969 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Also at Pinot Hollywood and Cafe Pinot. (Patina in Hollywood has slightly higher prices.) Phone: (888) 269-5269. Cuisine: French/Californian. Price range: From $22 to $27. Description: Three boxes. All three-course meals. Lowest-priced has roasted chicken with fingerling fingerling young fish. potato salad. Highest has planked salmon with garlic-herb crust. Posto Address: 14928 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 784-4400. Cuisine: Italian. Price range: Boxed meals from $21 to $35. A la carte appetizers and pastas are $8 each, entrees $16 or $18, desserts $5 each. Description: Variety of options for appetizers, pasta, entrees and dessert. Also biscotti Biscotti (plural of Italian biscotto, roughly meaning "twice baked") are crisp Italian cookies often containing nuts or flavored with anise. Traditionally, biscotti are made by baking cookie dough in two long slabs, cutting these into slices, and reheating them to dry . Rosti Address: 16403 Ventura Blvd., Encino. Also in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Brentwood and Beverly Hills. Phone: (818) 995-7179. Cuisine: Tuscan Italian. Price range: From $9.75 to $14.25 per person. Description: Six meals devised by executive chef Agostino Sciandri with three to five items in each, all with chicken options. |
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