Showing posts with label Beer List Restaurants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beer List Restaurants. Show all posts
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Restaurant Review #245: The Counter, Pasadena
Veggie burger
I've been hearing about The Counter for years. It was the favorite joint of a hamburger-obsessed colleague of mine, and everyone seems to rave about it. But I was really underwhelmed. There was nothing special about the flavor of the meat. I could have made a comparable, if not better, burger at home.
Beef burger
The concept behind The Counter is to build your own burger using
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Restaurant Review #229: Lazy Dog Cafe, Thousand Oaks
Black and bleu pizza - $11.95
For a group evening out in Ventura County, I attempted to steer everyone toward my favorite German/Italian restaurant, Two Guys from Italy, but was mysteriously overruled in favor of the Lazy Dog Cafe, a local suburban chain restaurant that I'm sure receives a lot of its business from its proximity to the Thousand Oaks Muvico theater (other locations are in in
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Restaurant Review #218: Two Guys From Italy, Moorpark
Jägerschnitzel
Our party of five showed up at Two Guys From Italy on a Thursday night around 7:30. We were a little taken aback at first because we were asked to wait for a table and the restaurant looked nearly empty. But then a friendly woman told us that she had two large parties coming in and she wanted to give us a quiet table in the back where another group was finishing up. Once we found
Monday, April 7, 2008
Restaurant Review #206: Boneyard Bistro, Sherman Oaks
Ribs
I decided to pay a visit to Boneyard Bistro for two reasons: their extensive beer list and the promise of sweet potato fries. Located on busy Ventura Boulevard amidst dozens of other restaurants, Boneyard Bistro is a bit hard to spot. We had no trouble parking on the street, but we may have benefited from the cold weather keeping people home. Still, the hostess acted like we should have
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