DINING BEAT : A NEW NAME FOR CHRONICLE.Byline: Larry Lipson Goodbye Chronicle. A restaurant name that sounds more fitting for a newspaper has been discarded dis·card v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards v.tr. 1. To throw away; reject. 2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. . The Splichals, Joachim and wife Christine, who own and operate the former Pinot at the Chronicle, 897 Granite Ave. in Pasadena, have decided to change its title to Pinot Restaurant & Martini Bar. So the Chronicle, a name long associated with good food and wine in Pasadena becomes history. This change brings the restaurant into line with the Splichals' Pinot Hollywood as a dining place with an active bar and cocktail-lounge business. A special bar menu available from noon to 6 p.m. has been introduced, and a weekday martini hour with complimentary appetizers from 4 to 7 p.m. presents 50 different martinis regularly and a daily special martini for $3. Information and reservations: (626) 792-1179. New digs for Drago In another part of L.A.'s ever-changing culinary landscape L'Arancino, 8908 Beverly Blvd., West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. , is the latest restaurant of another entrepreneurial local chef, Celestino Drago. Drago, who owns Il Pastaio in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , Celestino in Pasadena and his flagship Drago in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , found that a few of his native Sicilian specialties served at Drago proved strong enough in popularity to spin off a new-style Sicilian 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 . Hence, L'Arancino. The site, formerly Jackson's, has been refurbished to emulate an Italian living room. It has mirrored walls, a lofty blue ceiling and churchlike high windows This article may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since August 2007. . L'Arancino has a full bar and is open for lunch weekdays and dinner nightly. Information and reservations: (310) 858-5777. All-you-can-eat feat Bargain of the week is the new Sunday buffet, all-you-can-eat, brunch at JJ's Grill, 17200 Ventura Blvd., Encino, priced at $7.95, children $3 less. Items include made-to-order omelettes, roast turkey, broiled broil 1 v. broiled, broil·ing, broils v.tr. 1. To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element. 2. To expose to great heat. v. chicken, baked ham, bacon, sausage, french toast, pancakes, scalloped scal·lop also scol·lop or es·cal·lop n. 1. a. Any of various free-swimming marine mollusks of the family Pectinidae, having fan-shaped bivalve shells with a radiating fluted pattern. b. potatoes, a full salad bar, bagels, croissants, muffins, cookies, cakes, pastries and other premises-made desserts. The brunch is served from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Information: (818) 501-7600. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Celestino Drago, owner of Il Pastaio, Celestino and Drago, has opened the new trattoria L'Arancino in West Hollywood to showcase his native Sicilian specialties. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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