Small Bites: DineLA’s fall Restaurant Week, Bruni-o-rama, weekends at the Palihouse
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Here we go again: DineLA will launch its first fall Restaurant Week in October, and if you’ve been following @dine_LA on Twitter, you may have noticed the list of participating restaurants getting longer and longer (see the current list below). The latest participants include Akasha, Spago Beverly Hills, the Foundry on Melrose and Campanile. It’s no wonder that restaurants are jumping on the bandwagon when this year’s earlier Restaurant Week was a hit with anyone (everyone) whose dining-out habits were squeezed by the recession. Participating restaurants offer special deals on three-course meals. ‘We’re thrilled with the response to the first-ever fall dineLA Restaurant Week,’ says Carrie Kommers, director of dineLA. ‘Obviously, there is still a demand from the restaurant community for a program that drives increased traffic to them and creates awareness of LA’s incredible dining scene. Doing this twice a year was an easy decision.”
All Bruni, all the time: (Former) New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni will appear on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ this morning at 7 a.m., following this week’s interview on Nightline, in which he reviewed the Choco Taco. Bruni’s been busy on the interview circuit, also discussing his book ‘Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater’ with the New Yorker and Time Out.
Weekends at Palihouse: Brendan Collins, chef at the Hall at Palihouse Holloway, rolls out Saturday brunch, served 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Omelets, filet mignon and eggs, smoked salmon terrine and moules frites are on the menu. Earlier this summer, he started Roast Sunday Lunch, featuring roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, toad in the hole, fish & chips, and wild mushroom and potato pie -- and sticky toffee pudding and Canterbury burnt cream for dessert. 8465 Holloway Drive, West Hollywood, (323) 656-4020, www.thehallbrasserie.com.
-- Betty Hallock
DineLA Restaurant Week participants so far
Akasha
Baleen Los Angeles
Beachcomber Cafe
Beacon
Bella Cucina Italiana
BLD
Bluewater Grill Seafood Restaurant
BLVD 16 Restaurant & Lounge
Cache Restaurant & Lounge
Campanile
Casa
Catch at Casa Del Mar
Chart House Malibu
Chart House Marina del Rey
Chart House Redondo Beach
Chinois On Main
Ciudad
Dal Rae
Geisha House
Gordon Ramsay at the London West Hollywood
Grace Restaurant
Hot Stuff Cafe
Itacho
Ivan Kane’s Cafe Wa S
Johnny Rebs’ Southern Roadhouse
Josie Restaurant
Ketchup
L.A. Prime a New York Steakhouse
La Bistecca
La Casita Mexicana
La Grande Orange Cafe Pasadena
La Vecchia Cucina
Lawry’s Carvery, L.A. Live
Lawry’s the Prime Rib
Maison Akira
Maria’s Italian Kitchen Downtown
Maria’s Italian Kitchen Pasadena
Maria’s Italian Kitchen Sherman Oaks
Maria’s Italian Kitchen West L.A.
Michael’s
Minx Restaurant & Lounge
Morton’s The Steakhouse Beverly Hills
O-Bar Restaurant
On Sunset
One Pico
Red Seven by Wolfgang Puck
RH Restaurant and Bar
Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine Downtown
Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine Pasadena
Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine Woodland Hills
Royal-T Cafe
Rush Street
Ruth’s Christ Steak House Beverly Hills
Ruth’s Chris Steak House Pasadena
Ruth’s Chris Steak House Woodland Hills
Sai Sai Modern Asian Cuisine & Sushi Bar
Salt Creek Grille
Simon LA
Spago Beverly Hills
sugarFISH by Sushi Nozawa Brentwood
sugarFISH by Sushi Nozawa Marina del Rey
Tam O’Shanter
The Bistro Garden at Coldwater
The Bungalow Club
The California’s Restaurant at the Sheraton Universal Hotel
The Foundry on Melrose
The Hall Courtyard Brasserie at Palihouse
The Happy Ending Bar & Restaurant
The Hideout
The Kress
The Lobster
The Penthouse at the Huntley
The Restaurant at Sunset Marquis
The Restaurant at the Standard Downtown LA
The Roof Garden at bhe Peninsula Hotel
The Belvedere at bhe Peninsula Hotel
The Sky Room
Warung Cafe
Wokcano Downtown
Wokcano Long Beach
Wokcano Santa Monica
Wokcano West Hollywood
Xiomara on Melrose
Yard House at L.A. Live
Updated Aug. 20, 11:28 a.m.: An earlier version of this list incorrectly included One Sunset; the correct restaurant is On Sunset, in Brentwood.