I took on a high end steak house in Ventura called the Aloha Steak House. Personally, I don’t normally hit up places where the average meal costs $30 to $40 dollars a plate, but this place gets business and a lot of people like it so I wanted to add it to EatMeCalifornia’s list.
Filed under Camarillo, Ventura, Ventura County
Back at the end of February, I hit the apple pan which is an L.A. burger landmark. Since then, I’ve been mired in Veggieburgerland, waiting for the right moment to break free. I found that excuse in The Counter’s new Westlake Village location. Until now, the closest location to have one of The Counter’s legendary burgers was Santa Monica. Now that they’ve infiltrated Ventura county, I think I might have to find a way to make their burgers a weekly habit.
I made two visits to The Counter this week. One on opening day, April 6th, and one today. The first time around I had a veggie burger, but today I had beef, glorious, hormone free, humanely raised beef. For those of you who care about such things, The Counter gets their beef from Meyer Farms. Here is their promise to the consumer: Continue reading
Filed under Ventura County, Westlake Village
As I start this post, I am at the edge of sleep. Imagine, if you will, a man at a desk with eyes half closed and slow laborious breathing. He is leaning backwards in his chair and yet his stomach is in full contact with the aforementioned desk. Ladies and gentlemen, that man is me.
Tonight I had the privilege of eating at one of Los Angeles’ burger institutions. It’s housed in a little building on Pico just east of the 405 freeway and across from the Westside Pavillion. This is the joint that you hear about when people do their best of L.A. lists. It’s small, it’s hot and you can’t park within a city block of the place. It turns out all of those things are beneficial though, because without them the lines would be around the block instead of just past the door. Here at EatMeCalifornia, we like to cut through the hype and tell it like it is. So without further ado, I give you…
Filed under Los Angeles Area, Westside, Westwood
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