Posts Tagged ‘California’

San Diego, California

July 29th, 2019 by Lorelai Dunn

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 1997 Gourmet Magazine Embroidered bywords on a sampler on the wall of Hob Nos Hill offer this assurance: “Pleasures In Life Are Few, One of Ours Is Serving You.” There isn’t a more benevolent restaurant in America. Its gentle dining rooms put us in mind of mid-century domestic … Continue reading San Diego, California

Cafeterias

July 22nd, 2019 by Lorelai Dunn

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 1995 Gourmet Magazine When Los Angeles was young at heart, cafeterias were stylish. They had first appeared in several American cities around the turn of the century; but by the mid-1920s there were so many on the West Coast that they were known as “California-style” restaurants, the modern … Continue reading Cafeterias

Ichiban P. B.

July 18th, 2019 by Lorelai Dunn

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 1994 Gourmet Magazine Pacific Beach, San Diego, California, Thursday, 11:05 A.M.: Customers cluster at the door of Ichiban P.B. on Garnet Avenue, waiting for the eatery to open. (Ichiban is Japanese for the number 1 or the word first; P.B. is local shorthand for Pacific Beach.) The featured … Continue reading Ichiban P. B.

One Hundred Years of Barbeque

July 17th, 2019 by Lorelai Dunn

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 1994 Gourmet Magazine Santa Barbara, California, smells of jasmine, orchids, and the sea; lesser-known Santa Maria, an hour north by car, is perfumed by the scent of hot beef juices dripping onto flaming oak logs. Every Friday, gusts of aromatic smoke begin to blow across the city’s broad … Continue reading One Hundred Years of Barbeque

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