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The Hungry Cat
First to recommend
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Further proof that the location mantra means something different in Los Angeles, the city's best seafood restaurant is located at the back of an anonymous bit of concrete courtyard off Vine, just between Sunset and Hollywood. Chef David Lentz says he was inspired by clam shacks and it shows with perfect fried oysters, clam chowder with bits of chorizo and dinosaur kale and inspired fish specials. The wine list is tiny and always interesting, but it's the drinks -- fresh-squeezed in-season juices with top-shelf liquors, simple syrups and the occasional rosemary sprig -- that make The Hungry Cat worthy of canonization.
Updated Feb 13, 2008
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Canele
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It's the Lucques of the east side, only less expensive and they don't take reservations. Located in Atwater Village, the menu's in constant motion but they'll always give you a fresh-baked canele before you leave. (Or during dinner, if you ask nicely.) Neither the menu nor the wine list are long, but they're always interesting. Recent standouts: Bourride; papparadelle with shell beans, cherry tomatoes and cavolo nero; roasted pear with biscuit shortcake and creme fraiche.
Updated Feb 13, 2008
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Hadaka Sushi condom
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I've been doing my best to ignore Hadaka Sushi, a new restaurant that prides itself on serving sushi on the bodies of naked women. Not out of any feminist vigor -- everyone has to make a living -- but just... man, that's gross. Anyway, today's press kit came with a Cracker Jack prize: A Hadaka Sushi condom! Now you're safe to eat our naughty raw fish! No, we aren''t.
Updated May 29, 2007
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Britney Spears
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Like her marriages, Britney Spears' brief venture into restaurant ownership was marked for death. The night she opened NYLA in June 2002, hostile bouncers kept would-be VIPs waiting outside in a driving rainstorm; inside, her partner Bobby Ochs was served with a lawsuit stemming from the failure of his last restaurant, Marla Maples' Peaches. Less than six months later, Ochs was gone and NYLA had its own lawsuits from unpaid suppliers.
Updated Mar 6, 2007
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Robert De Niro
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He's the poster boy for successful restaurant investments: TriBeCa Grill in New York, Ago in L.A., Rubicon in San Francisco, Nobu everywhere. (We'll overlook the unfortunate flirtation with hummus and belly dancing that was Layla.) The true measure of his commitment to the restaurant business? In January, the state of New York was forced to remind him that he owed Nobu workers more than $300,000 in overtime.
Updated Mar 6, 2007
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Jeri Ryan
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Ryan and her husband, Christopher Eme, own Ortolan, a restaurant named for a small bird that becomes illegal if you cook and eat it whole. It's not on the menu, although you could argue there's a Star Trek influence in Eme's fondness for serving soup in test tubes.
Updated Mar 6, 2007
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That 70s Show
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No, no, no. First you get the hit sitcom, then waste the money on a restaurant with your friends. Instead, Ashton Kutcher, Wilmer Valderrama, Danny Masterson and Laura Prepon (among others) invested in the successful Dolce Group, which owns Geisha House, Les Deux, Dolce and the upcoming Ketchup (among others).
Updated Mar 6, 2007
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Justin Timberlake
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2 people recommended this item
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Remember Chi? In the Hyatt West Hollywood? Yeah, we don't, either. There's only so much room in this town for Asian-fusion restaurant-clubs with indoor-outdoor waterfalls.
Updated Mar 5, 2007
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Phil Rosenthal
First to recommend
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Funny, he doesn't look like a restaurant mogul. "Everybody Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal has succeeded where Denzel Washington failed, consistently investing in winning restaurants. So far, he's got Jar, AOC, Hungry Cat and Mozza; soon to come are Osteria Mozza and a Hungry Cat outpost in Santa Barbara.
Updated Mar 7, 2007
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Jennifer Lopez
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Jennifer Lopez was an investor in the late La Boca del Conga (along with Jimmy Smits and Sheila E.), which tried to add Nuevo Latino to the Conga Room. Both went down in flames and today it's a sports bar. However, J. Lo still owns Cuban eatery Madre's in Pasadena -- now approaching its fifth anniversary.
Updated Mar 3, 2007
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