The MaiTai Tom Dining Guide:
In Search Of Excellence In Restaurants
MAITAI’S FOOD FOR THOUGHT
If there’s anything that Tracy and I like, it’s a good meal. We will share our restaurant experiences as we discover new restaurants and revisit some of our old favorites. Whether it’s breakfast, lunch or dinner, we’ll give you some ideas to chew on.
June 21, 2016
A Michelin One Star Experience…In Beautiful Bodega Bay Terrapin Creek Cafe Restaurant – Bodega Bay, CA Visited: May 29, 2016 If you drive by Terrapin Creek Cafe Restaurant in the pretty, coastal town of Bodega Bay, you’d be hard-pressed to guess that you were passing an establishment that has been […]
May 3, 2016
Holy Mole! Guelaguetza – Los Angeles (Koreatown) Visited: April 30, 2016 Proof positive that Los Angeles is a melting pot of cultures: Last weekend Tracy and I dined at a James Beard award-winning Mexican restaurant…located in Koreatown…which had been recommended recently by our waiter at an Indian restaurant. If only […]
April 28, 2016
Travels With Mai Tai Tom 2016 Restaurant Of The Year! Officine BRERA – Los Angeles, CA Visited: April 2016 & July 2016 No doubt about it, we had the closest competition ever for the coveted (well, maybe someday) Travels With Mai Tai Tom 3rd Annual Restaurant Of The Year Award.” […]
January 30, 2016
The Meat Of The Matter: Pasadena’s Classic American Steakhouse Alexander’s Steakhouse – Pasadena, CA Visited: January 2016 Restaurant Type: American Steakhouse (with hints of Japanese influence in the menu) Thanks to the generosity of subscribers Joanne and Judy, we dined at a relatively new restaurant in Pasadena that is definitely […]
September 9, 2015
Mediterranean Dining In Pasadena Café Santorini, Pasadena, CA Visited: August 12, 2015 Restaurant Type: Mediterranean Café Santorini, a Mediterranean restaurant in Old Town Pasadena, has always delivered the goods, so when our friend Doug said to meet here for dinner, it was the ultimate dinner “no-brainer.” It had been quite […]
August 19, 2015
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 […]
July 20, 2015
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 […]
May 30, 2015
Great View … Marvelous Meal Carmen de Aben Humeya – Granada, Spain Visited: May 2015 In 2015, we spent three weeks in Spain. Carmen de Aben Humeya in the Granada’s Albayzin district turned out to be easily our favorite meal of the 20-day trip. Tracy and I, along with friends […]
February 2, 2015
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 […]
May 12, 2014
“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 […]
February 20, 2014
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 […]