Juicy Wingz, formerly in the seemingly cursed northwest corner of the Colorado/San Gabriel intersection, is no more.
Any idea what kind of business - if any - could make it there?
New ownership may be why things are not as they once were.
Wasn’t impressed with the little tokyo location.
yikes sounds awful, thanks for the heads up
I went to the Little Tokyo location as well, it was awful.
Fairly certain I saw “coming soon” signage for Milkcow Cafe Soft Serve across from PCC on Colorado Blvd. Maybe a branch of this:
https://milkcowcafe.ca/ out of South Korea (there’s a location in Fremont, too)?
Also, Millie’s Cafe on Washington at Hill (there are a lot of new places opening in that stretch) - the menu from the Silverlake location shows a lot of veg and vegan options:
https://www.milliescafela.com/
FWIW stater bros has finally opened.
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Almost forgot: think saw signage for Monsieur Crepe in that small strip on Hill at Union, in with The Dog Haus, Melt It, etc. Signage looked like business of same name in Sierra Madre, So maybe second location?
Had friends who went for the omakase. They do not recommend.
Last time we had omakase at the Pasadena location, it was really good. However, I noticed that the Little Tokyo location had a significant drop in quality when Chef Enya was spending most of his time in Pasadena. Haven’t been in a little while, but maybe the quality in Pasadena is also dropping because he is spending much of his time in MDR. I guess I need to try Pasadena again soon to judge.
Dan, the xlb spot next to Sugarfish on Lake is now soft-opened. They’re still controlling how many tables get seated at lunch, but if you get there right when they open (got there at 12 today), it should be no problem.
I got the crab xlb, which was decent, if you like the super thin wrapper type xlb’s. Slightly more crabby flavor than din tai fung. And definitely more crab – got a couple of shell fragments too, woo!
The oxtail noodle soup was also surprisingly good. The broth was a clear, but beefy broth. Noodles were nothing to write home about, but the broth was the star.
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I just completed a quick bang-bang on Lake. After an early afternoon appointment, the oldest chowpup and I rolled over to Roma Market for The Sandwich. We had already had a big breakfast at home and just needed a snack. The Sandwich was pretty solid, and great for $5.50. We snacked on that on the short drive north to Bulgarini Gelato. Leo and his son were manning the shop, and they were decorated for a festive Christmas meal tonight. In hindsight, I should have packed a cooler with dry ice so I could take gelato home, but there wasn’t enough time for that kind of planning today. Leo currently has 6 seasonal pear sorbettos on hand…Bartlett, roasted pear, pear/rose/saffron (I dislike most rose flavored items, but LOVED this enough to pair it with pistachio), pear/fennel, pear/Himalayan salt, and more that I couldn’t remember. They were all spectacular. The chowpup loved the pear so much that he had two different pear sorbettos. He told me that I had spoiled gelato and sorbetto for him…only Leo’s will do.
Pear/rose/saffron with Sicilian pistachio and peach with salted chocolate
Leo was so great. Since the shop was empty, he had time to chat with us. For folks who are interested, he’s doing dinner all week next week after Christmas. I’m thinking it’s time to go back. I have a copy of the current menu in the car. I’ll post when I remember to go get it.
P.S. Bulgarini December 2018 menu
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This place is no bueno.
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Pier Grill on Hill between Union and Walnut - between the Starbucks and one of those juice places. Think the banner said Grand Opening or Now Open, but it was dark and there were Now Hiring signs in the windows. Menu fails to excite me:
i always think glendora when fresh seafood comes to mind… either that or riverside.
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This space is now a Popeye’s.