DINING BEAT : PETIT BISTRO IN VALLEY.Byline: Larry Lipson One of the most popular French bistro-style restaurants in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area will clone itself in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Le Petit Bistro, 631 La Cienega There are at least three places with the name La Cienega (from the Spanish La Ciénaga: swampland, marsh or bog): A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. , described by the 1997 Zagat Survey guide as ``the look, feel and taste of Paris in L.A.,'' will open another with the same name in the former Jean's Blue Room space at 13360 Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks. Veteran restaurateurs and brothers Jean-Claude, Robert and Georges Lachkar and partner Albert Emkies have purchased the lease and are targeting mid-April for the second Le Petit Bistro's debut. ``It will be exactly the same as the present Le Petit Bistro,'' said Jean-Claude Lachkar. He noted that the aim was to have the same decor, menu, prices, same everything. ``These are our opening day, 1992, prices,'' said Georges Lachkar. For additional information, call Le Petit Bistro at (310) 289-9797. 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 grand in winter, too Dining in Malibu doesn't have to be just a summer thing. Granita, 23725 Malibu Road, makes sure of that. The Puck/Lazaroff restaurant managed by Jannis Swerman has scheduled a special six-course black truffle truffle (trŭf`əl) [Fr.], subterranean edible fungus that forms a mutually beneficial (symbiotic) relationship with the roots of certain trees and plants. The part of the fungus used as food is the ascoma, the fruiting body of the fungus. dinner Feb. 23 ($80 per person), and winemaker dinners Jan. 30, Feb. 20 and March 20. Both the January Niebaum-Coppola and February Joseph Phelps events are tabbed at $95 per person. The March dinner with Kunde wines is $85. For credit card reservations (MasterCard and Visa only), call (310) 456-0520. Chain reactions Local restaurant chains are branching out. Daily Grill has opened its eighth location at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX in the Tom Bradley International Terminal and plans to unveil a ninth restaurant in Washington, D.C., in March, its first outside Southern California. ... Chin Chin with five L.A.-area outlets has opened a sixth in Las Vegas in the recently opened New York-New York Hotel. New locally are Cajun Bistro, 8301 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, (213) 656-6388. In the same city, the previously private Cafe Le Parc in Le Parc Hotel, 733 N. West Knoll Drive, (310) 855-8888, is now open to the public. |
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