are the potatoes mashed WITH a banana, or are there bananas IN the potatoes?
because #1 sounds like a genuine good time, if you have a better banana than i do, but #2 sounds truly revolting.
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haven’t been to carmine’s in years.
it was so awful the last time i went, i have no desire to return.
I didn’t want to out & out slam the food. That’s what I have my @westsidegal for… Hehehe. But you’re kinda’ right. Have to admit - I used to get their food for our company holiday party, but switched to Maggianos the last few years. I know, I know, Maggianos. But when you’re trying to feed a group of people from different cultures with varying palates, Maggianos is the ticket. Everybody is satisfied. Plus they have a whole dept. for these things. It makes life easier. Anyway, back to Carmine’s. I did have a delicious cioppino w/crostini there. And IIRC, they had a decent bartender who made good martinis and a tasty cosmo (it was a long time ago 
) with a sweet/sour gumdrop at the bottom.
Bananas mashed in with the potatoes. Really gross.
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Why? Just why?
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Chez Jay - the Fiondella steak is always consistently great (marinated in olive oil and herbs for a day or two)
Galley - the best happy hour, which is also served on the patio. Mediocre food in a great space.
Vito - total old school experience, best Caesar Salad on the westside, prepared tableside. Veal Meatballs are usually the special on the weekends, size of softballs.
Peppones - best carpaccio in town. Expensive but has that feel you seek.
Warehouse - doesn’t get much more old school kitsch than this. I think a couple Columbo episodes were filmed here, and the happy hour is truly happy. $6 umbrella’d Mai Tai’s.
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I’ve read that Leonard Nimoy helped invent that dish.
Perhaps it was back in his “In Search Of” days and they were searching for the West Coast’s most repellent side dish.
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Awww… Columbo is still my favorite show, especially the episodes where food is involved. There’s about 30 episodes on Netflix. I wonder which ones were filmed at Warehouse.
Your mentioning Mai Tai’s made me think of Trader Vic’s. Oh sigh…
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Agree and I think Maggiano’s actually has some servicable dishes that would be sufficient for more houndly types.
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Love that show. (Did I just date myself?)
During UCLA Dead Week, Lamonica’s used to have an unsolicited driver parked downstairs of the dorms at night in a car loaded with pizzas for cramming students who were too stressed to call and wait. Brilliant business maneuver - that car was pretty much always sold out. Cash business, baby.
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Our standard at Musso & Frank’s are the Frenched Lamb Chops, Sand Dabs and a martini or negroni which always comes with a side car. Not everything is great, but those lamb chops definitely are! Sit in the old main room ONLY.
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Chez Jay
Dan Tana’s
Thanks everyone. The time has come to decide, and we’re going with Musso and Frank’s. The question now, is what to order. Suggestions?
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I usually start with the caesar or crab louie followed by lamb chops or a bone-in ribeye. For dessert, the key lime pie is pretty tasty, albeit not the “best in the world” as our waiter claimed the last time we were there.
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The cheesecake, and maybe the pineapple sherbet.
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a martini
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Consommé, wedge salad, lobster Thermidor, asparagus with hollandaise, and a Pink Lady to drink.
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When I used to live closer to that end of town, I particularly liked Musso’s for the flannel cakes, the chicken pot pie (only on Thursdays per the current menu), and the sand dabs.
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