A Heavenly Dinner Redbird – Los Angeles, CA Visited: August 8th, 2015 Restaurant Type: Modern American Tonight, it was time this old timer became a part of the “Hip” crowd and not the potential “Break Your Hip” crowd. Tracy and I would join our friends Steven and Adelaide at one […]

Beauty And The Little Beast Little Beast – Eagle Rock, CA Visited June 28th, 2015 Restaurant Type: New American Thanks to the generosity of TravelsWithMaiTaiTom subscribers Jenny and Nik (a very nice gift card), Tracy and I were treated to quite a delicious dinner at Little Beast, a quaint neighborhood […]

MaiTaiTom’s Best Of 2014 Award Winner The Factory Kitchen – Los Angeles, CA  Restaurant Type: Italian Tracy and I visited a number of very good restaurants in 2014 (which is why it’s harder for me to fit in my clothes this February than last), but we agree the one I’m […]

“History Lives Here” The Derby – Arcadia, CA Restaurant Type: Traditional American When you first step inside The Derby in Arcadia, immediately you realize you are in the midst of horse racing history. Originally called the Proctor Tavern when it opened its doors in 1922, the name change to The […]

Good “Eats” In AltaPasadena AltaEats – Pasadena, CA Restaurant Type: American What’s better than “discovering” a great new restaurant?   I believe it’s having that restaurant located less than two miles from your house. Had we been in Paris, Tracy and I would have probably walked to AltaEats (1860 N. Allen […]