DINING BEAT : AMORE LOVES DOGS, STOGIES.Byline: Larry Lipson Restaurant patios used to be simply dining adjuncts for warm seasons. Amore, an opportunistic ristorante in the Plaza de Oro complex at 17239 Ventura Blvd., Encino, goes a few steps further. It recently gained some notoriety for its promise to feed dogs In a sewing machine, feed dogs are the feeder mechanism which is typically used to pull fabric through a sewing mechanism. A set of feed dogs typically resembles two or three short, thin metal bars, crosscut with diagonal furrows, which move back and forth in grooves while the pets' owners dined on the patio. Now it is presenting a monthly cigar dinner night on the patio - not at the same time the pets are present, we hope. Its next cigar event is slated for 7 p.m. May 29, with an appetizer, cigar and champagne reception followed by a three-course sit-down dinner that includes two more cigars (one a rare Cuban hand-made Elvis Sanchez), two Italian red wines, espresso and cognac. The tab, including tax and tip, is $75. There will be live music. No barking, though. Reservations: (818) 784-4745. Eating for life Some 300 Los Angeles-area restaurants will donate 10 percent of their day's receipts June 6 to the Aid for AIDS organization as part of the second annual Dining Out for Life event. Many of the participating restaurants will provide special dishes or menus and sell mementos that day. Numerous celebrities including Rod Steiger, Shirley MacLaine, Marion Ross Marion Ross (born October 25, 1928) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Born Marian Ross in Albert Lea, Minnesota, she grew up there, and in nearby Waconia and Willmar. , Michael Lerner, Charlotte Rae, Phyllis Diller, Shirley Jones and Lainie Kazan will be on hand. Participants include all the local Barbara Lazaroff-Wolfgang Puck restaurants (Spago, Granita gra·ni·ta n. A granular dessert ice with a sugar-syrup base, usually flavored with fruit purée, coffee, or wine. [Italian, from feminine past participle of granire, to make grainy, granulate , Chinois on Main, Wolfgang Puck Cafes), also Drai's, Le Dome, Cafe La Boheme, the Shed, Lunaria, Border Grill, 72 Market Street, Valentino, Cicada cicada (sĭkā`də), large, noise-producing insect of the order Homoptera, with a stout body, a wide, blunt head, protruding eyes, and two pairs of membranous wings. , Alto Palato, Rex Il Ristorante, El Cholo For the Choloa language, see . For the 1986 video game, see . Cholo, broadly, is a term applied to persons of mixed Amerindian and Spanish ancestry. However, its precise usage has varied widely in different times and places. , Sonora Cafe and the Cobalt Cantina can·ti·na n. Southwestern U.S. A bar that serves liquor. [Spanish, canteen, from Italian, wine cellar.] . Get on Zagat wagon If you fancy yourself a restaurant reviewer, the Zagat Survey wants you. Zagat, reportedly the best-selling non-fiction paperback locally, uses public opinion to formulate its annual restaurant guide. So, if you'd like to fill out the questionnaire, send a self-addressed, business-size envelope to Zagat Survey, 12618 Homewood Way, Los Angeles, Calif. 90049, or pick one up at Duke of Bourbon Duke of Bourbon (French: Duc de Bourbon) is a title in the peerage of France. It was created in the first half of the 14th century for the eldest son of Robert of France, Count of Clermont and Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of the lordship of Bourbon. , 20908 Roscoe Blvd., Canoga Park. Get it in by June 21 and you'll receive a free copy of the finished publication. |
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