BENE OPENS IN S.O.Byline: - Larry Lipson A new Italian restaurant, Cucina Bene, has opened at 4511 Sepulveda Blvd., Sherman Oaks, on the site previously occupied by Greek Island. It features entrees under $20, pizzas from $10 to $14, pastas from $11 to $14, starters from $6 to $12 and desserts from $4.50 to $6.50. Cucina Bene also offers a seared sear 1 v. seared, sear·ing, sears v.tr. 1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. salmon in pomegranate pomegranate (pŏm`grănĭt, pŏm`ə–), handsome deciduous and somewhat thorny large shrub or small tree (Punica granatum sauce ($15.95), sliced Black Angus New York steak in a brandy cream sauce ($19.95) and a frutti di mare dish ($16.95) of scallops, clams, mussels and tiger shrimp in a spicy tomato sauce. Information and reservations: (818) 981-8300. SUNSET DINING: They used to call them early birds. The Universal Hilton Hotel's Cafe Sierra calls it a three-course sunset dinner for just $15. It's served Monday through Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. at 555 Universal Terrace Parkway, Universal City, and includes soup or salad, a choice of fresh Atlantic salmon, chicken teriyaki ter·i·ya·ki n. A Japanese dish of grilled or broiled slices of marinated meat or shellfish. [Japanese : teri, glaze + yaki, to broil.] Noun 1. , prime rib of beef or chicken fettuccini, and a dessert of cheesecake or ice cream. Dinner orders must be placed before the 6 p.m. cutoff time. Reservations and more detailed information: (818) 509-2030. SIPS AND NIBBLES: Chef-owner Neal Fraser, wife and co-owner Amy Knoll Fraser and co-owner Richard Drapkin of Grace, 7360 Beverly Blvd., have opened BLD BLD Build BLD Blood BLD Blade BLD Blonde BLD Breakfast Lunch Dinner BLD Bukas-Loob Sa Diyos (Filipino: Open In Spirit To God) BLD BASIC Bload Graphics (File Name Extension) BLD Below Limit of Detection , which stands for breakfast, lunch and dinner, a block away at 7450 Beverly Blvd., previously the site of Opaline and Cafe Capo. BLD opens at 7 a.m. with chef Mike Garber in charge of its kitchen. Information: (323) 930-9744. ... Throughout August and September W Hotel's poolside dining area, dubbed The Backyard, is featuring Sunday afternoon and evening specialties from 4 to 8 p.m. Featured are barbecued pork spareribs spare·ribs pl.n. Pork ribs with most of the meat trimmed off. [Alteration of obsolete ribspare, from Low German ribbesper, pickled pork ribs roasted on a spit ($21), grilled lamb sliders sliders a species of tortoise kept as pets. They have a black shell and a red stripe behind the eye. Called also Chrysemys scripta elegans, red-eared sliders. ($18) and a barbecued beer sausage sandwich ($12.50) plus several lemonade cocktails from its adult lemonade stand. W Hotel is located at 930 Hilgard Ave., Westwood. Information: (310) 208-8765. ... A first for Beverly Hills: A Restaurant Week (Sept. 1-10) celebrating Bon Appetit magazine's 50th anniversary, has some 20 of the city's restaurants offering a $50 prix-fixe dinner. Participants include Spago, Crustacean crustacean (krŭstā`shən), primarily aquatic arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea. Most of the 44,000 crustacean species are marine, but there are many freshwater forms. , Lawry's the Prime Rib and Il Cielo. Information: (800) 345-2210 or www.bonappetitfocus.com. |
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