Republique
Long live the kouign
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@PorkyBelly Love Maison Giraud! 
How was the croissant today?
Excellent as always and the kouign amann i had was way better than republique
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Guess that makes you the big winner @PorkyBelly not Leo!
If by big winner you mean best supporting glutton, you are correct.
Gimmicky is such a weird wordâŚdo you really just mean to use it to say they try to attract attention/business? Or were you suggesting something else, less substantive about the place?
To me, the cocktails made with coffee there put to shame the majority of cocktail bars in the country outside of the very elite tier ones.
Sweet, Iâm glad i showed up late this time around I was shocked they were sold out at 6:30 when I got there. Fortunately Iâm such a fixture there they saved a pie for me.
But Zema Latin Vibes was down the street at the Alibi, so I went and bought the entire fucking arepas menu plus cheese sticks and brought it back to Lodge to make a banginâ night out of it with everyone; you shouldâve stuck around lol
I love everything you hate about the pizza, though the middle seemed perfect compared to the curst on my pie, so perhaps quality control was off earlier. I guess all the Oscar boycotters went there? Itâs never been that packed beforeâŚtruly odd.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCXUccvE0Ie/?taken-by=compulsiveaesthete
Whole menu from Zema:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCXUUqrE0IT/?taken-by=compulsiveaesthete
Itâs sort of confusing what is from where in your photos? Did you just get a huge flapjack at Superba? How was it? Moist? Dry? Looks like sourdough?
I like how your post makes it seem like American Tea Room in the Arts District, and Local in South Central are right next to each other lol Props for mad mobility 
Was the obnoxious party in the corner gone by then? Maybe I should just go later.
You didnât mind the huge length of the pea tendrils??? I thought the taste was good, but⌠it was too much work for me.
I also found the music a wee bit loudâŚ
Cheko El Rey Del Sarandeado
Great meet up with some FTC/former CHâs at Sergio Penuelasâs new joint in E. Long Beach
Pescado S(Z)arandeado (also had the amazing chicharron de pasdaco, ceviche del rey and aquachiles)
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Certainly more the former than the latter. Agree that âgimmickyâ is a bit of a loaded word. I tried to lessen its negativity by saying âan element of gimmick,â but I shoulda just thrown the whole dang word out. Semantics!
I think the themes are fun and lead to some interesting/really good drinks. My intention was to acknowledge that part of the experience is a menu full of âWes Andersonâ or âHarry Potterâ themed drinks (which I could see some more cynical-types rolling an eye or two or three at). Theorem is always high on my recommendations list. I think itâs really great, and Iâve never had anything like it. Iâll have to look into the âelite tier oneâ coffee cocktail bars that you mentioned.
Vive la Chateaubriand!
I dunno; it seems fairly close to me - just go a bit south and then west. However, I drove my husband kind of batty yesterday by crisscrossing all over the South Bay. Good thing I like to drive! 
All that meat looks marvelous⌠::sigh::
My mistake with poor wording, I was saying Theorem is so good at making cocktails without alcohol that they are better even than most regular cocktails bars (places that use alcohol), except for like the most elite ones like Death & Co., Walker Inn, etcâŚ
In terms of coffee cocktail bars, Theorem is unrivaled as far as I know.
Rats! I was hoping there was a whole world of coffee cocktail bars that I wasnât aware of. But yes, totally agree.
A dream I also share haha