DINING BEAT : BIG-TIME BARBECUE.Byline: Larry Lipson County Line, a full-service barbecue restaurant, is planning to open in early August in the former Truly Yours facility at 18588 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana. With such fare as fried turkey strips ($7.25) and a plate of two large buffalo meat balls in sauce ($7.95), it offers the slogan ``From turkey nuts to buffalo balls, we have it all!'' It also lists buffalo chips, chili, quesadillas, crab cakes, chicken wings and fingers, mild red chilis stuffed with cream cheese and topped with shrimp, hot links, steaks, prime rib, a variety of barbecued ribs, brisket brisket the mass of connective tissue and fat covering the anterior part of the chest in ruminants. Lies at the most ventral part of the neck, between the front legs and covering the anterior end of the sternum. , smoked tri-tip, smoked pork roast, a variety of stuffed hot chili peppers, a veggie plate and a fresh fish of the day. Described as specializing in western-style, hickory-smoked barbecue, the County Line has main entrees that run from $7 to $19, appetizers and starter plates from $5 to $8 and sandwiches and salads from $6 to $9. Information: (818) 342-5171 or (800) 544-7427. Under-$10 fare Also new on the scene are Cafe N'Awlins at 122 San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , Burbank, (818) 563-3569, and Saigon Inn, 9002 Balboa Blvd., Northridge, 893-6731. Cafe N'Awlins presents an all-under-$10 menu with jambalaya jam·ba·lay·a n. A Creole dish consisting of rice that has been cooked with shrimp, oysters, ham, or chicken and seasoned with spices and herbs. [Louisiana French, from Provençal jambalaia. , gumbo, blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. redfish redfish or rosefish or ocean perch Commercially important food fish (Sebastes marinus) of the scorpion fish family (Scorpaenidae), found in the Atlantic along European and North American coasts. , etoufee (shrimp, crawfish crawfish: see crayfish. or chicken), red beans and rice Red beans and rice is an emblematic dish of Louisiana Creole cuisine (not originally of Cajun cuisine), traditionally made on Mondays with red beans, vegetables (onion and celery), spices (thyme, cayenne pepper, and bay leaf), and pork bones left over from Sunday dinner, cooked , sweet potato pecan pie, beignets and the like, all cooked by chef Mark Antoine Foster, who worked with Cajun food guru Paul Prudhomme. Saigon Inn, also with under-$10 pricing and offering mostly Chinese food, has a handful of Vietnamese main course shrimp dishes and a quintet of Vietnamese lunch (soup and entree) items. On the move Looks like an exodus from the haute L'Orangerie kitchen and dining room to the revived Bistro, 246 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills. Promising an early October reopening, the Bistro's new owners have announced the hiring of several L'Orangerie staffers, including chef Gilles Epie, sous chef Didier Labbe and maitre d' Albert Charbonneau, who will be president and general manager. Also on the Bistro team is former captain from the nearby shuttered Bistro Garden, Jose Santos. Meanwhile, L'Orangerie has replaced Epie with Jean-Marie Konnert, previously at Les Arts (now Spencer's) in Pasadena and Brasserie Georges in Lyon, France. New L'Orangerie maitre d' is Christian Vannequefrom Givenchy Spa in Palm Springs. |
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