Hello,
This week my weekly ritual of looking at the NY Times Wednesday Dining section came a day late, as it is Thursday.
Turns out this week's section is a special Restaurant Preview, covering the of-course-bajillion restaurant openings in NY this fall by all the star chefs and wanna-be star chefs, flooding the city's eaters with too many food options once again in an autumnal mass frenzy of new dining establishments in my old town.
I gingerly reviewed the goings on and clicked on another article in there about restaurants in other cities but somehow when my brain saw this photo, I forgot what I read and cursed the fact that I live in Los Angeles for the very first time! Expecting this stupendous and gloriously caramelized steak & frites to be down some sultry back alley back east where I'd be lucky to taste it this December if the mobs clear out enough to give me a seat, I read the caption and was OVERJOYED to read that this photo is of a steak frites in...West Hollywood?? Oh Carnivoric Joy!
David Myers, the chef/owner of LA's Sona--a restaurant quite worthy of my attention but far beyond my humble Liz Claiborne wallet--has thankfully graced WeHo with a new brasserie called Comme Ça, meaning "Like That," meaning it will be affordable, meaning I can have it! We all can!! As soon as it opens.
No, I don't think Comme Ça is open (since there's no phone number yet one would assume not), but believe me, when that time comes, due to the reputation of this chef and the fact that they received national exposure with a photo that could drive vegetarians to repent for a day if not forever, this place will indeed be busy.
So keep an eye out for Comme Ça, and if you are so inclined, read about what's going on in the NY restaurant world, then check out the new places in other US cities too. Who knows, maybe you will find the dish of your dreams just around the corner too.
Comme Ça
8479 Melrose Ave (@ La Cienega)
Los Angeles, CA 90069-5305
(photo by Fran Collin, NY Times)
Until we eat again,
Marly
Until we eat again,
Marly
3 comments:
Marly: Check out last week's NY Times dining edition where Portland, OR got it's very own section. Mike Colameco commented on his radio show that Portland is the up and coming place for new and adventurous chefs because it's easier and cheaper to open a new restaurant there. NM was going to mail you the section, but I'm not sure that he did.
XOXO
Mom
Make sure that Comme Ca is on the list (along with Pinks) for our.my next visit.
XOXO
Ok sounds like a plan!
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