Category Archives: Food

Underground Eats

Written by Jason Cosper. Posted on January 21, 2009. Filed under Food, Lists, Los Angeles. Comments Off.

File under “things I didn’t know about 505 Flower before tonight”:

  • Despite almost everything else in the complex dropping their shutters after lunch, Saffron stays open until 9 PM.  So now I have an option other than Subway, Carl’s Jr., Famima, The Standard or Casey’s.  Even better is the fact that it’s Indian food.  Which I love.  So yay for Saffron!
  • Speaking of Famima, they’ve got a huge one hiding down there.  And it’s stocked better than the one off 6th and Grand.  Their refrigerator case had a pile of extra spicy tuna rolls, the steamer was loaded with bao and the shelves were brimming with a bunch of exotic Pocky.  Until the one right across the street from our building opens up, this totally is my new go-to Famima.

You might think I’m easily swayed, but both of these things (along with the fact that Weiland serves Craftsman) have pretty much redeemed that bomb shelter of a food court for me.

How Come You Taste So Good?

Written by Jason Cosper. Posted on December 28, 2007. Filed under Food. 2 Comments.

Tamales have to be my favorite part of the holiday season, hands down. Unfortunately, I only seem to have gotten a grand total of two of them from any of my coworkers or friends this year.

Oh well, at least the ones I had were downright tasty…

A Bottle Full Of Guilt

Written by Jason Cosper. Posted on July 3, 2007. Filed under Food, Quotes. Comments Off.

“In Fiji, a state-of-the-art factory spins out more than a million bottles a day of the hippest bottled water on the U.S. market today, while more than half the people in Fiji do not have safe, reliable drinking water. Which means it is easier for the typical American in Beverly Hills or Baltimore to get a drink of safe, pure, refreshing Fiji water than it is for most people in Fiji.”

One More Time At Trader Vic’s

Written by Jason Cosper. Posted on April 30, 2007. Filed under Food. 1 Comment.

Trader Vics

My friend Soren pointed me towards the sad news that the Beverly Hills Trader Vic’s — the oldest Trader Vic’s in continuous operation — may very well be be closing its doors on May 1st. If this is true, I think drinks are in order on Tuesday night. Anyone in?

Update: Humuhumu checks in with an update in my comments:

Stay tuned… a commenter on my blog reports that last night was the last night, meaning that this morning’s meeting is all about final paychecks. Still waiting on confirmation, but it doesn’t look good.

Thanks Humuhumu! Here’s to hoping that I didn’t miss the final night…

Mao’s On Melrose

Written by Jason Cosper. Posted on December 22, 2006. Filed under Food. Comments Off.

After leafing thru a few of my recent Twitters, I was reminded of a huge mural I saw on the side of a building on Melrose for Mao’s Kitchen. So I did a little searching and I managed to come across a thread on Chowhound where another observant individual seemed to notice it too.

If the person who chimed in at the bottom of the aforementioned Chowhound thread is right about the owner wanting to open this outpost quickly, I am very excited. I’m almost never on the Westside, but I do make it up to the Hollywood area at least one or two times a month. And it’d really be nice to have an option other than Swingers or Canter’s when I’m looking to get my post event grub on.