DINING BEAT : BRENTWOOD PARTNERSHIP.Byline: With Larry Lipson Restaurant entrepreneurs Marvin Zeidler and chef Bruce Marder, who currently co-own and operate Broadway Deli and Capo, both in Santa Monica, are joining with their Capo partner, wine merchant Steve Wallace (Wally's, West L.A.), and onetime restaurant owner Richard Drapkin (Cafe Jacoulet and Les Anges) to revive the Brentwood Inn, 148 S. Barrington Ave. A mid-September debut is planned followed by other restaurant projects. According to Zeidler it will be a ``grill and lounge'' and renamed Brentwood without the ``Inn.'' Nostalgia at Rhino Retrofest what is retro food to you? How about ``chili-size'' portions or Chinese pressed almond duck? Doubt if you'll find them at the Rhino Retrofest at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is a multipurpose convention center in Santa Monica, California. It was built in 1958. For trade shows, the Civic Auditorium features 11,775 square feet (1,094 m²) of space, while the stage adds 4,485 square feet (417 m²) more space, Friday through Sunday, but you will find Chasen's chili, Jody Maroni's sausages, Papa Jake's Philly cheese steaks and fare from California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen (NASDAQ: CPKI, known within the food industry as CPK) is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, , Twisted Chips, Pick Up Stix and Mrs. Fields. Also on tap: retro music performances, games, exhibits, arts, crafts, clothing, collectibles, celebrities. Admission: $15 (children under 12 free). Information: (877) 467-3876. Soul food in Reseda A tiny soul food cafe has opened in Reseda. Food for the Soul, 18509 Victory Blvd., serves fried chicken, oxtails, short ribs, meat loaf, pork chops, catfish or snapper, smothered steak, chitterlings chitterlings cross-sectional rings of the large intestine of the pig; usually deepfried quickly to a crackling, crisp delicacy. (Saturdays and Sundays only), collard greens Noun 1. collard greens - kale that has smooth leaves collards cole, kail, kale - coarse curly-leafed cabbage , candied can·died adj. Permeated, covered, encrusted, or cooked with sugar: candied sweet potatoes. candied Adjective coated with or cooked in sugar: yams, cabbage, black-eyed peas, 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 pie Sweet Potato Pie is a traditional dessert popular in the Southern United States. It is a usually made as a large tart in an open pie shell without a top crust. The filling consists of sweet potatoes, milk, sugar and eggs, flavored with spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg. and peach cobbler for lunch and dinner. Cornbread muffins are included with meals, and hot-water cornbread is available Saturdays and Sundays. Information: (818) 881-8821. Napkin notes Originally figured to open in October, King's Fish House in The Commons complex in Calabasas, now looks like it will enjoy a mid-September unveiling. This, the fourth, will be the largest of the King's Fish Houses to date. A fifth King's will open in Mission Valley in February 2000. ... A third Gourmet 88 has opened, this one at 227 E. Palm Ave., Burbank; (818) 972-2888. This makes two Burbank locations and one Glendale for the Mandarin and Cantonese dining spots. ... In the same Media Village, downtown Burbank location, is Gitana, a new restaurant/sports bar/billiard room/night club/cigar lounge at 260 E. Magnolia Blvd. Information: (818) 846-4400. ... The Murphy family will get back together to reopen the former Jimmy's as Jimmy's II at 201 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, in early October. Jimmy Murphy, wife Anne, sons Sean and Jamie (both currently at Spago Beverly Hills and daughter Geraldine (currently at 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 , Malibu) will head the management team along with the kitchen team of chef Neal Fraser (who just left Rix), co-chef Chris Goosen and pastry chef Darcy Tizio. ... Incidentally, Fraser's replacement at Rix, 1413 Fifth St., Santa Monica, is ex-Monkey Bar chef Gordon Naccarato, who'll be assisted by Woodside alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. Gabriel Morales. Information: (310) 284-6820. |
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