Any recommendations for going to Santa Anita Derby Day?

[clyde]

Do you know of a good restaurant in LA?

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by clyde

Do you know of a good restaurant in LA?

Wow, that's subject to personal likes and interpretation.

For example, for me and my wife we enjoy late night eclectic menu choices at Bully's when at Del Mar. I love their sauteed mushrooms in the late night hours with a glass of a hearty red wine. But Bully's may be a secondary preference to those who like to watch the Pacific surf as they dine on California fusion or somethin'.

I like eating tasty and hopefully sometimes healthy food around a bar or lounge. I'm a sucker for seared ahi tuna with wasabi and a tall cold beer.

Seriously, if you need LA restaurant recommendations I'm sure some of us here can help. I've worked a ton of my career in Santa Monica and also in Orange County.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by clyde

Do you know of a good restaurant in LA?

Depends on what part of LA.

You can't go wrong in New Orleans, particularly the French Quarter.

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Depends on what part of LA.

You can't go wrong in New Orleans, particularly the French Quarter.

I once got caught in an ice storm while on business in Texas and had to spontaneously spend the night in a cheap motel in Huntsville, Texas. Texas troopers had closed I-45. The Holiday Inn was sold out, so cheap motel next door it was.

Right down the street from the state prison where Texas executions take place.

I made it through the icy parking lot of my cheap hotel to the Holiday Inn "lounge" next door. I met a girl also caught up spontaneously in the road closure who had a room at the Holiday Inn and decided to head to the bar to make the best of the night.

She had a German accent, and told me she was running from some personal troubles in New Orleans and was headed to Los Angeles.

She claimed to have been a chef or chef assistant in many of the known New Orleans dining establishments. After a few drinks she offered, "let me tell you something, every New Orleans restaurant kitchen is infested with cock roaches...they can't get rid of them, no matter what they do."

Turns out she was running from a male in her life , but that subject didn't come up immediately upon meeting her.

Her legacy is that I have not really looked forward to fine dining in the French Quarter in the years since. I go with stuff that seems the germs would have been safely killed. Fried gator tail, on my last visit.

[asudevil]

Originally Posted by clyde

Do you know of a good restaurant in LA?

Where are you going to be?

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by clyde

Do you know of a good restaurant in LA?

He's dining with every response.

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by 2Hot4TV

He's dining with every response.

I did have a nice Cobb Salad in the Turf Club at Santa Anita today.

It was fine, but it's sure apples and oranges to the crawfish and cold beer I've had in Breaux Bridge.

I detect some provincial folks here.....

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by clyde

Do you know of a good restaurant in LA?

Louisiana




I laughed

[clyde]