DINING BEAT\No end to Chronicle.Byline: Larry Lipson For sad devotees of Pasadena's landmark Chronicle - sold to Joachim Splichal of Patina and Pinot and due to close at the end of the month - the word is, don't despair. There's light at the end of the tunnel. A new restaurant called Spencer's, replacing Les Arts at 70 S. Raymond Ave. in Pasadena, plans to debut Feb. 12 with a large contingent of personnel from the Chronicle, including its chef of 23 years, Domenick Medina, and his accomplished assistant chef and son, Domenick Jr. The younger Medina is a graduate of the California Culinary Academy  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and has cooked at Restaurant Lozano, Louise's Trattoria trat·to·ri·a n. pl. trat·to·ri·as or trat·to·ri·e An informal restaurant or tavern serving simple Italian dishes. [Italian, from trattore, host, from trattare and Twin Palms in addition to nine years working with his father at the Chronicle. Medina Sr. said he'll be taking eight members of his kitchen staff to Spencer's, which carries the name of current wine director and 16-year staff member Jim Spencer Spencer, named general manager and maitre d' of the new continental restaurant by purchaser Ron Eisler, said he'll carry on the strong wine commitment of the Chronicle. A menu highlighting many of the most popular dishes off the Chronicle's menu has been devised by Medina, who said the popular chateaubriand bouquetiere for two ($35) would be retained and would be the highest-priced entree. Some of the Chronicle's veal and pasta dishes will also be held over, including the favored seafood ravioli. Another, said Medina, will be the crab meat and julienned vegetable crepe crepe (krāp), thin fabric of crinkled texture, woven originally in silk but now available in all major fibers. There are two kinds of crepe. with dill sauce and an 18-ounce porterhouse steak. Medina said there also would be some new items, one being a salmon and crab cakes dish. Medina figured the entree price range at dinnertime at Spencer's would run from $10 to $17.50. Women's wine Chris Keller Chris Keller is a fictional character on the HBO series Oz, portrayed by Christopher Meloni from 1998 to 2003. Season 2 A violent sociopath, he has committed several murders by the time he is sent to Oz to serve an 88-year sentence. , sommelier at Eclipse in West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. , has introduced a California-Oregon wine list featuring bottlings from female winemakers only. He has stocked 41 to date, but has only chosen top-quality wines, he said. He named Harrison, a '92 cabernet sauvignon made by Lyndsey Harrison in Napa, and a '94 Lane Tanner pinot noir made by Tanner in Santa Barbara County, as two of his prime offerings. Reservations: (310) 724-5959. |
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