DINING BEAT : BEEFED-UP BARGAINS.Byline: Larry Lipson At last there's a restaurant on Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. serving USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. prime-grade steaks. Not only that, but El Paso Barbeque Co., 18938 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, is selling them at its choice-grade prices. And these really are choice prices: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of stripper-style, center cut, 10 ounces of trimmed prime beef for $12.95, charbroiled to order; or a 12-ounce rib eye steak The rib eye or ribeye, also known as the Scotch fillet (Australia) is a beef steak from the beef rib. When cut into steaks, the ribeye is one of the most popular, juiciest, and expensive steaks on the market. , sometimes called a ``spencer,'' for $14.95. The latter is a more marbled mar·bled adj. 1. Made of or covered with marble: a marbled façade. 2. Having a mix of fat and lean: a well-marbled beef roast. Adj. 1. piece of beef, according to El Paso owner Ted Ma, who is readying to jet to El Paso for a few days to catch up on the latest in the Texas city's barbecueing trends. Ma said he serves the steaks with a choice of any of two of six accompaniments, those being a baked potato, grilled vegetables, a green salad, barbecued beans, corn-on-the-cob and coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. . He explained that the main difference between prime and choice grades is in the flavor and the fat content, the prime usually having more marbling marbling, in bookbinding, a process of coloring the sides, edges, or end papers of a book in a design that suggests the veins and mottles of marble. In tree marbling, as of tree calf bindings, the design suggests also the trunk and branches of a tree. and more fat on the edges, although the latter often is trimmed when served. Prime steaks in the top steakhouses in town often cost $25 to $35, according to size and type of cut. Consequently, El Paso's prime steaks have to be a terrific bargain. Owner Ma, who always has been willing to be distinctive - he was one of the first to popularize pop·u·lar·ize tr.v. pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing, pop·u·lar·iz·es 1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle. 2. veal ribs - intends to broaden the prime steak portion of his menu in the near future with a variety of familiar cuts if the demand becomes apparent, possibly by Mother's Day. Information and reservations: (818) 996-5607. Bernard's Regal brunch One of the more intriguing hotel brunches for Mother's Day is that of the Regal Biltmore Hotel's Bernard's restaurant. The grand old hotel, 506 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, currently in its 75th year, will be using its original 1923 silver service for a five-course sit-down brunch from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pommery champagne, fresh orange juice, fruits, cheeses, smoked fish, baked goods, a Viennese dessert buffet, coffee and tea will accompany a choice of several entrees. A harpist will entertain, and every mother will be presented with a long-stemmed rose. Tab is $48 per person (children $17.95). Reservations: (213) 612-1580. An afternoon tea ($23) in the hotel's Rendezvous Court and a buffet brunch ($29.95) in its Smeraldi's restaurant round out the Regal Biltmore's Mother's Day offerings. |
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