Top Markets and Eats on the Westside
Despite some very good options for quality supermarket shopping, few compare to the beautiful, new Gelson’s Market on Olympic near Bundy
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Despite some very good options for quality supermarket shopping, few compare to the beautiful, new Gelson’s Market on Olympic near Bundy
I recently read the LA Times list of its top restaurants and I must admit to being disappointed.
There are a lot of good restaurants in the Palisades and Santa Monica, and some wonderful sushi havens. But no YAKITORI! When I was in Japan last month, we enjoyed sitting in front of an expert YAKITORI chef and savoring his delicious sticks one at a time. (Yakitori means grilled chicken on skewers).
For some reason I’ve never been to Amici. But a friend mentioned it, so we went with some friends. It was disappointing.
The chef at Armav knows how to put just the right details into the cooking style to make it both familiar and special