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California
Find the best restaurants, bars, coffee shops, ice cream, and more in California. We also have tags for many of the individual cities in the state, which you can browse here.
15 Destinations to Get Your Wine Fix on the Central Coast of California
Grocery Outlet - June 2021
At the Bayshore Blvd (San Francisco) location.
Free tacos for the vaccinated at Taco Bell TODAY, 6/15 (California only)
Show your COVID-19 vaccine card today at a participating Taco Bell location in California and get a free seasoned beef Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos taco.
Frybread Love | Humboldt County
After reading about Frybread Love in this extensive profile, https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2021/may/6/sharing-frybread-love-taste-native-comfort-food/ , I know where I'm going when I next visit Trin...
Golden Tee @ Monterey Airport (MRY)
For those of you looking for a “something for everyone” old school kitchen type of place for visiting kin during the holidays, I thought I’d post about the Golden Tee restaurant, an old-timer compl...
LouLou's Griddle in the Middle Cafe | Wharf #2 - Monterey
Long time since anyone has talked about LouLou's Griddle in the Middle, the small diner on Monterey's commercial wharf. http://www.chowhound.com/post/monterey-carmel-great-food-364989?commentId=22...
2020/21 Local Dungeness Crab in Markets and Price Agreement
Today the crab fleets in California and Oregon reached price agreement with wholesalers to start the season. Yesterday's offer from the fishers was $3.10 per pound. https://wildrivers.lostcoastoutp...
Chicken Wing prices rising: another pandemic shortage?
Craving chicken wings? The price of wings is rising fast, according to industry sources. Almost double what they were just a few months ago. Restaurants and markets have had to adjust their menu pr...
Dinner in Palm Springs & Environs
We will be in Palm Desert all of next week. I've searched the board and there is not much recent intelligence on restaurants for the Palm Springs area. We like all sorts of food; setting can be a...
Sur La Table prepares for bankruptcy
" . . . For companies like Sur La Table that offer classes and other in-store experiences, the nationwide shutdown has been even more pernicious. . ."
Legislation Restricting Use of 'California' on Olive Oil Labels Gains Momentum
On a panel discussion on the future of small farms in California last week, State Senator Cecilia Aguiar-Curry briefly mentioned her bill to restrict the use of "California" on olive oil labels. ...
Grocery Outlet May, 2021
Oakland, King Arthur whole wheat flour 10 lb, $4.99.
Paella Friday at Stone Creek Kitchen in Monterey
Last Friday with sunny skies and temperatures pushing 80 degrees in Monterey, Mom and I lunched al fresco at Stone Creek Kitchen. This was our first time here. I was drawn by the promise of paella,...
Krepe Dog truck in Modesto
A friend of a friend provided a chow-tip for Modesto's Krepe Dog. He says his fave is the Elote Dog ($7.51) described on the menu as garnished with grilled onion & Corn, topped with Cotija cheese, ...
Ice Cream & Shop(pe) | Uptown Palm Springs
Ice Cream & Shop(pe) opened last summer at Arrive Hotel in Palm Springs. I admired the cute aqua-colored ice cream pedestal dishes and asked that my order be served in one. Sadly, they're for displ...
Swanton strawberries in Davenport [moved from San Francisco board]
Last summer I picked (organic, of course) Swanton strawberries in Davenport -- have you been there? What's the best time to go? (Loved it.)
Churwaffle
Opinions on the Burgess Brothers' Churwaffle? It's a waffle made with their proprietary cornbread mix.
RIP Jim Clendenen
Sunday night the news of the passing of Jim Clendenen, "The Mind Behind" and founder of Au Bon Climat, began to send shock waves through my circles. Jancis Robinson MW's remembrance of his larger t...
Mexican restaurant in Palm Desert area/Cathedral City
I've been visiting Palm Desert for a couple years with extended family, and finally found a Mexican restaurant I really enjoyed: Salsas Restaurant (aka Taco Salsas). It's very unpretentious, has ...
Palm Springs CA Recs Please
Hounds - what are your "must go" places in Palm Springs? Are there any, or is it a culinary desert as well as an actual desert?
Daddy's City Diner | Breakfast All Day in Marina
Daddy's City Diner in Marina is the reincarnation of Seaside's City Diner, a much beloved short order cooking institution. It moved to Marina about three years ago to a much larger location in a do...