DINE BEAT : RESTAURANT NOTES CHOW DOWN IN WESTWOOD.

Byline: - Larry Lipson, Daily News Restaurant Critic

The next big-time restaurant in Los Angeles hopes to open in Westwood in late June.

Restaurateur and designer Michael Chow, who owns the celebrated Mr. Chow restaurants in Beverly Hills, New York and London, brings his artistic and culinary vision to a historical domed building built in 1929 at 1099 Westwood Blvd. He's dubbed it Eurochow.

It features a 25-foot-high white marble obelisk that reflects prisms of light onto a 55-foot high dome ceiling, a 20-foot high bar, 26 levels of up-lighting, a 2,000-bottle visible wine cellar underneath a glass dining room floor, a community table, a balcony with a table for two, works by famous artists, and chef Andrea Rogantini's Chinese and Italian food.

Information: [phone].

Little Tokyo treat

Reader Gail Yew of Glendale writes, ``We thought we had discovered gourmet heaven at bargain prices'' when she and her friends ``came upon a hideaway of an eating place called Reikai's Kitchen.

Located in Little Tokyo at 455 E. Third St., Reikai's is open for lunch and early dinner (to 6 p.m.). They also offer discounts for seniors.

All dishes and bento meals here are $8 or less, except for three special lunch box items at $10, $15 and $25 each.

Information: [phone].

Mama mia!

Grandma's cooking will be a serious matter June 7 and 8 when four matriachs of Sicilian home cooking will be guest chefs at Celestino Drago's L'Arancino, 8908 Beverly Blvd., West Hollywood.

At the ``Great Ladies of Italian Cooking'' tasting dinner ($60), Virginia Buscemi Carlson, Jemma Finazzo, Concetta Pellegrino and Rosa Licari will prepare such dishes as ``beccafico'' (baked fresh sardines stuffed with bread crumbs and raisins), swordfish with Salina capers, Palermo-style baked pasta and baby octopus salad.

Information and reservations: [phone].

Food festivities 

For those on the summer food and wine festival trail, the annual Taste of Pasadena in that city's Central Park takes place Saturday through Monday with jazz entertainment, arts and crafts, interactive games, amusements and samplings of food from several Pasadena-area restaurants.

Information: [phone].

And wines from A (Au Bon Climat) to Z (ZD) will be poured at the Santa Clarita Valley Wine Classic at California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday. There will also be appetizers and desserts from local restaurants, plus hot air balloon rides. Beneficiary is the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra. Advance tickets: $50 single, $90 a pair, call [phone]; at the door: $60 single, $100 a pair.

Napkin notes

Taking a jump beyond burgers, fries, tacos and the like, Islands, 23397 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills, has introduced a rotisserie chicken platter for $7.95. Information: [phone]. ... Due to close Tuesday is Zenzero, 1535 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. The restaurant, once the toast of the Westside, has announced a six-month shuttering ``for a major renovation'' to ``implement our vision for the millennium.'' Last chance reservations: [phone]. ... Chef David Silberkleit, formerly at Kensington Place in London, has joined executive chef Alex Ramos at Charlie G's Prime Steakhouse, 18663 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, [phone]. ... Executive chef at the new Mi Piace, 4799 Commons Way, Calabasas, is Stephen Gialleonardo, previously in New York at Bice, Sfuzzi and Il Cigno.