http://citytour.porhomme.com Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:56:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/mr-c-beverly-hills/ http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/mr-c-beverly-hills/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:25:25 +0000 admin http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/mr-c-beverly-hills-2/ Mr. C Beverly Hills is the first endeavor by the Cipriani family in Los Angeles (specifically their fourth generation, Ignazio and Maggio Cipriani) and it’s nothing short of exceptional. No expense was shared as the interiors of the hotels are equal parts contemporary and equal parts timeless. The amenities are immense and it may well be one of the finest hotels we’ve seen in quite sometime. There are a total of 138 rooms with 12 Signature Suites and Classic Suites, with spaces ranging from 365 to 800 square feet. With Cipriani classics making their way to the west coast in the hotel’s restaurant, it’s a destination that will leave a mark on a new city, same way it did ages ago to New York.

]]> http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/mr-c-beverly-hills/feed/ 0 http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/cru/ http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/cru/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:03:18 +0000 admin http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/cru/ Cru is another very California restaurant, focusing strictly on vegan, raw, and gluten free food. Their mission is to entice new comers to the vegan life, while also retaining veterans to the life style, all while keeping the menu completely made in house with only local ingredients. With such passion for what they believe in you can’t help but assume their menu offerings will not disappoint. Using big flavors and the freshest ingredients available, Cru is making a name for itself among vegans and meat eaters alike.

]]> http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/cru/feed/ 0 http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/the-pattern-bar/ http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/the-pattern-bar/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:03:18 +0000 admin http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/the-pattern-bar/ Simple Spanish tapas and sandwiches just done very very right. Located in the hip fashion district of down-town LA, this new spot is the perfect place to grab some great food and delicious cocktails with friends. A full tapas menu, offering tons of pork dishes, and a cocktail list that makes your mouth water The Pattern Bar is one of those hidden gems all cities have, but done California style.

]]> http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/the-pattern-bar/feed/ 0 http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/seed-kitchen/ http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/seed-kitchen/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:03:18 +0000 admin http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/seed-kitchen/ California has a few different food cultures, some have spread across the United States(fresh Mexican food for example) and some are a little strange to people outside of the state(veganism), seed is one of the strange ones. Vegan food scares some people away, but seed offers such a vast menu its impossible to not find something you won’t like. With items like simple salads, curry bowls, and vegetable panini’s even the most red blooded, meat eating American can find something delicious.

]]> http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/seed-kitchen/feed/ 0 http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/bleecker-street/ http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/bleecker-street/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:03:18 +0000 admin http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/bleecker-street/ The old saying “created in LA, perfected in NYC” rings true in this NYC transplant. Bleaker Street takes lower Manhattan and puts it in the middle of LA. Offering classic Little Italy foods like veal parm and lasagna, and throwing California options in there with Ahi Tuna steaks, Bleaker Street blends the two food mecca into one package. Along with the menu Bleaker Street offers a variety of dining options, with a mezzanine level, the main restaurant floor, bar, and patio seating. To pair with the extensive menu come an equally extensive wine by the glass list, sporting more the 60 options.

]]> http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/bleecker-street/feed/ 0 http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/hugos/ http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/hugos/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:03:18 +0000 admin http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/hugos/ Hugo’s is one long success story that starts from the simplest of beginning, and turns into something great along the way. A restaurant based on the idea that people should love where they work, and customers should love what you produce for them. Hugo’s started as a neighborhood butcher shop that offered carry out foods. Soon, in the 1980’s, American tastes changed and all of a sudden we had a food culture on our hands that didn’t just eat to live, but lived to eat. Hugo’s gained a reputation as a place where fresh ingredient’s, that sometimes only they had, were used in new way. You could see the cooks making the food, and they would explain how they were using certain things, and pass their knowledge on to you, soon the idea came about to add tables and chairs, and the rest is history. Offering fresh, local foods, staying as green as possible, and catering to vegetarians and vegans has kept the local legend of a restaurant alive and its not going anywhere anytime soon.

]]> http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/hugos/feed/ 0 http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/red-room-wine-bar/ http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/red-room-wine-bar/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:03:18 +0000 admin http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/red-room-wine-bar/ The name says it all, The Red Room Wine Bar at its core is a wine bar. With more then 50 wines offered by the bottle or in 2.5oz and 6oz pours, you can have a bottle of wine you love, or try a few you’ve never heard of. Along with the wine there is a tapas menu, and a full dinner menu. The Red Room offers classic wine foods like beef and lamb, but also has a pizza menu for late night snacking. Combined the food, the wine, and the wine knowledge and you have the ingredients for a great night.

]]> http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/red-room-wine-bar/feed/ 0 http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/cleo/ http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/cleo/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:03:18 +0000 admin http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/cleo/ Located inside the Redbury hotel, Cleo is a Mediterranean dining experience tucked away in Hollywood. The menu at Cleo offers everything you would expect to find when dining in the Mediterranean, from the raw bar to the kabobs, everything is authentically prepared by chef Danny Elmaleh. Cleo also boasts a vast wine list from around the world, including some very unusual selections for Lebanon and other not as well know wine producing areas.

]]> http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/cleo/feed/ 0 http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/fig-and-olive/ http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/fig-and-olive/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:03:18 +0000 admin http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/fig-and-olive/ Basing an entire restaurant concept around a simple ingredient usually translates into a flash in the pan restaurant, NYC’s Baked Potato Bar is a prime example. But, when the ingredient you use is a versatile as the olive, you may just have a great idea. Fig and Olive’s idea is to run a menu completely around their incredible selection of olives and olive oils. They do so by offering oils to taste before your meal, using olive oil instead of butter in all of their dishes and by offering simple plain olives. All of their dishes focus on the eating traditions of the south of France, Italy, and Spain and their wine list reflects the same regions.

]]> http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/fig-and-olive/feed/ 0 http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/cafe-la-boheme/ http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/cafe-la-boheme/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:03:17 +0000 admin http://citytour.porhomme.com/2011/cafe-la-boheme/ 23 years in the restaurant business is an accomplishment in itself, but 23 years in the ever changing, constantly critiquing city of Los Angeles, well that’s just a miracle. With its chandeliers and fireplaces La Cafe Boheme tips its hat to tradition, but with its Asian influenced menu it stays current. With the kitchen being run by a classically French trained chef, who come from an Asian American family, the menu offers everything from filet mignon tacos to tuna tataki, the menu offers something for everyone.

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