Restaurant-Dining Critiques » Eva Longoria https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site Kit Marshal’s Commentary on . . . Eating Well in Asia and Beyond . . . Gastronomic Discoveries . . . Wine News Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:02:43 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.34 Culinary Tidbits . . . Los Angeles: Ourdoor Dining Smoking Ban, Las Vegas: Beso Files for Bankruptcy https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site/culinary-tidbits-los-angeles-ourdoor-dining-smoking-ban-las-vegas-beso-files-for-bankruptcy/ https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site/culinary-tidbits-los-angeles-ourdoor-dining-smoking-ban-las-vegas-beso-files-for-bankruptcy/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 07:45:58 +0000 http://www.restaurantdiningcritiques.com/?p=9452 small logo RDCCulinary Tidbits . . . ★ A smoking ban in and around outdoor dining areas and within 40 feet of food trucks will be enforced starting March 8th 2011 in Los Angeles City. This also includes Starbuck’s outdoor terraces for those of you who enjoy to smoke cigarettes while drinking coffee.

★ TV actress, Eva Longoria’s, ill-fated Las Vegas restaurant venture Beso, along with consulting celebrity chef Todd English, filed for bankruptcy protection, in what has become a complicated tangle of accusations from investors and principals.

]]> https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site/culinary-tidbits-los-angeles-ourdoor-dining-smoking-ban-las-vegas-beso-files-for-bankruptcy/feed/ 0 Gordon Ramsay, Michel Richard, Tod English Open in L.A. https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site/gordon-ramsay-michel-richard-tod-english-open-in-la/ https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site/gordon-ramsay-michel-richard-tod-english-open-in-la/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 16:17:10 +0000 http://www.restaurantdiningcritiques.com/?p=66 Gordon Ramsay will open his restaurant in Los Angeles in the London Hotel, formerly the Bel Age sometime in May or June according to press releases. Also, in the news: it is possible that he might open a second restaurant in L.A. in joint-venture with David and Victoria Beckham while three of his restaurants have been shut in the past six months. . .

My friend of many years, Michel Richard, has opened a restaurant in Los Angeles called Citrus at Social located on the site of the former Hollywood Athletic Club. He also owns Citronelle in Washington D.C. and a new casual-style operation called Central in Washington D.C. both of which are doing extremely well. He will not be moving to Los Angeles quite yet but will monitor the new restaurant by visiting himself or sending a chef monthly to check on the operation. . .

On Hollywood Blvd and Ivar Tod English’s new Latin-style restaurant Beso, helped out by heavy, publicity hype due to the involvement of investor Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives) is opening to lukewarm – to really “horrible” reviews.

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