HOT SPOTS : SPLENDOR UNDER GLASS.Byline: Larry Lipson Bistro Garden at Coldwater, 12950 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, (818) 501-0202. The main dining room's magnificent skylit ceiling and fancy setting draws the cognoscenti co·gno·scen·te n. pl. co·gno·scen·ti A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur. from the hills and dales of the Valley. A turn to French-accented fare is an appealing improvement. Italian delight Toto, 5658 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, (818) 781-0144. It's a sleek, modern, mini-cafe and pizzeria, recently enlarged, that serves crispy pizzas, perfect pastas, goodies with mussels and clams, all with a very strong, authentic Italian accent, and all at low prices. And yes, it really does deliver its pizzas by limo. Under priced, over par Tavern on the Green Tavern on the Green is a restaurant located in Central Park, New York City. Of the several dining rooms, the most famous is the Crystal room with windows overlooking the garden. , 10400 Glenoaks Blvd., Sun Valley, (818) 899-7456. You eat comfortably in a country-club setting and you eat well here for amazingly low prices. Would you believe an all-you-can-eat Friday night fish fry for $6.95? Thin-crust craze Trilussa, 16925 Ventura Blvd., Encino, 818-905-6595. (Also in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , Santa Monica and Glendale.) Spawned from Rome, this trendy, inexpensive thin-crusted pizza and pasta lair with bar is oh-so Italian and oh-so friendly, it's no wonder it's oh-so crowded. Marina magic Cafe del Rey, 4451 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, (310) 823-6395. This waterside rendezvous of nonsmoking non·smok·ing adj. 1. Not engaging in the smoking of tobacco: nonsmoking passengers. 2. Designated or reserved for nonsmokers: the nonsmoking section of a restaurant. frou-frou food fanciers finds health-conscious types munching on colorful strands of gravlax grav·lax n. Raw, thinly sliced, cured salmon seasoned with dill and served usually as an appetizer. [Swedish : grava, to bury (from the original process of curing it in the ground); see and cucumber or nibbling nibbling Nutrition The consumption of multiple–up to 17–'mini-meals' per day, as opposed to the usual 3 meals/day. Cf Bingeing, Gorging. crab cakes nestled in pink grapefruit sauce. It's hip. It's hot. Seafood spectacular Water Grill, 544 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, (213) 891-0900. The definitive oceanfare destination when downtown, this clubby club·by adj. club·bi·er, club·bi·est 1. Typical of a club or club members. 2. Friendly; sociable. 3. Clannish; exclusive. rendezvous is often picked as No. 1 for fish in L.A. Creatively healthy Nowhere Cafe, 8009 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, (213) 655-8895. Hangout of young TV stars on the veggie trail. Former Spago chef has devised good tastes here from blah ingredients, turning over new leaves (and seeds) nightly in comfy setting. |
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