Message: | Can't say I'm with y'alls on Krispy Kreme. But maybe that's because I like "hot cotton candy." (Sounds sexy anyway!) As for the Pantry, yes, way overrated! Eating there is like getting socked in the stomach. True, you could say that about any number of my favorite places, but then they aren't owned by...Oops! No politics!
My mystery cachet vote goes to an entire neighborhood -- mine! That is the too-too-trendy Los Feliz/Silverlake area. A friend of mine who made the mistake of going to the new Hwd Hills Cafe location recently complained that you couldn't get a good meal on Vermont. It's true! Vermont and Hillhurst account for nearly all of my most-hated restaurants in town. Fred 60-whatever -- okay, they have good pancakes, but I'm not backing this place til they take those evil noodles off their menu. Mexico City -- they call this Mexican? yuck! Electric Lotus -- Indian food without butter?!? No way! Vida? It should have been a flash in the pan...when are they closing their doors?
In other parts of town...El Coyote! Okay I liked this place in hi-school but why are all those people still lining up for that swill? Canters? Another hi-school favorite I won't go back to. And not just cause they tried to bust a union. Ooops, politics again!
In an equally-controversial-but-only-to-a-chowhound vein, I have to say my last trip to Casa Bianca Pizza was disappointing. After my first, I waxed semi-rhapsodic on this board. But the second time left me thinking...too greasy...too salty...not worth the wait... I know, I know, grease and salt are good things.... But...hmm...well, one more try before I really decide it's a case of mystery cachet...
Chow, Rafi
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