New location, same flavor

Most aficionados of Indian food living in the Verdugo corridor know and love India's Flavor, a cozy restaurant in Sparr Heights near...

Nothing fancy, but good fusion

When a menu ranges from Mediterranean to Mexican to seafood to burgers, you can usually expect at best mediocre food. It’s like...

A near-perfect taste of Italy

Going to Briganti, I learned an important lesson: Don’t be fooled by first impressions. With so many charming restaurants in...

Welcoming café offers simple, creative fare

Robert Downey Jr. stared at me all through my lunch. I was eating at Studio Café Magazzino, a tiny, home-spun café across from...

El Metate is hard to find, hard to forget

On a quiet, one-way Pasadena street, a few doors down from a comedy club and where you must take caution not to get run over by little old...

A fine set of 'Luggage'

There are many things to love about Pasadena, but what I love most is how history meets modernity. This town values the vintage and welcomes...

Plan B pays off for chef

When Chef Nadav Bashan’s boyhood dream of firefighting didn’t pan out, he went to plan B: the Southern California School of...

A comfortable taste of Colombia

Café Colombia opened in 1999 to serve transplanted Colombians. But the Burbank restaurant has plenty of rich comfort to go around.

Anthony's earns its 'Fine' name

Perigord duck fillete, Tasmanian smoked cheddar, wild fennel vinegar, Spanish Arbequina olives, French white truffle butter. Kids, you can...

Churros at a new level

A cavernous corner of a shopping mall is probably one of the last spots in which you'd look for creative confections, but it's all happening...

The wrap gets sophisticated

East meets West meets Continental at Wrap Express, the latest addition to the cluster of quick eateries across from Glendale City College....

Tasty tahini chicken and lots more

I don’t know about you, but anything called a tahini chicken salad sandwich piques my curiosity. So I made my way down to the recently...

Dishing up a spicy tradition

The Loguercio family has seen good times and bad from behind the 24-seat counter at Chili John’s in Burbank since 1990. They say...

Restaurant automation has arrived

It's official. The future has finally arrived. Just like in "The Jetsons" cartoon, you can now push buttons on a computer and the meal of...

Dining Out: Hard to beat for charbroiled fish

If you are searching for an eclectic fish menu, you would be hard pressed to find one more appealing than Fish Dish Grill Burbank.

Factory's food worthy of return visit

This location is a tough sell, I thought as I walked across the parking lot toward the entrance of the Pizza Grill Factory in Burbank....

Chop Stop delivers in speed and nutrition

The Chop Stop, Burbank's newest "fast-food" restaurant, advertises a salad "loaded with fresh, wholesome foods that are nutritious,...

Waffles not just for breakfast anymore

Now that the holidays are over, you're probably spending less time at the malls. But if you do need to go to the Glendale Galleria and you...

Caminiti's hits a home run with pizza

There is always a winner and a loser when you play a game but everybody was a winner when my entire softball team visited Caminiti's...

Diner now serves good comfort food into the night

What is it about a diner that comforts us so? The waitresses with pencils behind their ears? The pies on display? The regulars? The long...