DINE BEAT : RESTAURANT NOTES FINS' LOSS ... UBON'S GAIN.Byline: - Larry Lipson, Daily News Restaurant Critic Bringing fish to the sea doesn't always work out. Fins, the popular Westlake Village and Calabasas seafood restaurants, tried a third branch in Malibu. It was on the Bambu site 3835 Cross Creek Road, but Fins will retreat back inland and concentrate on the year-round crowd and its more accessible facilities. The Malibu location will become a second Ubon, that's Nobu spelled backward, the downscale To resize lower or convert down. See scale, downsample and downconvert. noodle cafe of chef-restaurateur Nobu Matsuhisa, He opened his first Ubon a month ago on the ground floor of the Beverly Center at 8530 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. Matsuhisa, who owns the eponymous and famous Japanese sushi-seafood house at 129 N. La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills, also has Nobu restaurants in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and London. Meanwhile, Fins will continue to operate as usual in Malibu through May, even presenting a Mother's Day brunch on May 9. Information and reservations: (310) 456-5464. A change at Paul's Cafe Paul Lloyd, co-owner of Paul's Cafe, 13456 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, has confirmed that chef Darin Eckermann, his full partner, has sold Lloyd his share of the restaurant and is turning over his kitchen to sous chef Adrian Jones. Jones, also an alumnus of Joe's in Venice and JoeJoe's in Sherman Oaks, is fully familiar with Paul's current menu, and there will be no apparent changes due to Eckermann's departure, promised Lloyd. Information and reservations: (818) 789-3575. Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo (Spanish; “Fifth of May”) Mexican holiday commemorating the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. The French army, better-equipped and far larger than the Mexican army, had been sent by Napoleon III to conquer Mexico. choices For those who want to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a serious Mexican dinner, but don't mind doing it on a day other than the actual fifth day of May, note that the American Institute of Wine & Food is sponsoring a celebration meal Sunday evening at a major Mexican restaurant. La Serenata Ser`e`na´ta n. 1. (Mus.) A piece of vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a serenade. Or serenate, which the starved lover sings To his pround fair. - Milton. de Garibaldi, 1416 Fourth St., Santa Monica, will be the scene of a margarita and Sauza tequila tasting, mariachi music and four courses that include huitlacoche huit·la·co·che n. Variant of cuitlacoche. empanadas, scallops, lentil soup, Veracruz-style salmon or Oaxacan-style halibut halibut: see flatfish. halibut Any of various flatfishes, especially the Atlantic and Pacific halibuts (genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae), both of which have eyes and colour on the right side. and a dessert assortment. Tab is $48. Ticket information: (310) 535-6090. Other Cinco de Mayo happenings include a five-day ``margarita madness'' celebration at Rebecca's, 101 Broadway, Santa Monica, Monday through Friday (details: 310-260-1100); and a three-course, prix-fixe dinner for $29 highlighted by entrees like ranchera The ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico. Although closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco in the post-revolutionary period, rancheras are also played today by norteño (or Conjunto) or banda (or Duranguense) groups. skirt steak and achiote a·chi·o·te n. See annatto. [American Spanish, from Nahuatl achiotl.] chicken at Derek's, 181 E. Glenarm St., Pasadena. Reservations: (626) 799-5252. Napkin notes The Westlake Village Inn, 32001 Agoura Road, Westlake Village, has visiting chef Stephan Oppenhagen of the Thornbury Castle in Gloucestershire, England, cooking a special dinner tonight in its Provence dining room. The four-course meal, including appropriate wines, is ticketed at $75 per person. Reservations: (818) 889-1662. ... Tony Hipp, formerly at The Grill in Beverly Hills, is the new chef at Gladstone's 4 Fish, 17300 Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Look for a series of special events following completion, expected at the end of June. Information: (310) 573-0212. ... New chef at Encounter in the Theme Building at LAX is Steven L. Falsetti, most recently at the Wyndham hotel in Salt Lake City. Reservations and information: (310) 215-5151. ... The buzz in Simi Valley among pizza fanciers is that the new Westside Pizzeria, 605 E. Los Angeles Ave., cooks great thin-crusters ($7 to $13) for takeout along with well-turned salads, pastas and sub sandwiches. Information: (805) 522-0801. |
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