Comments on: NY Times rates LAX restaurants http://blogging.la/2008/12/22/ny-times-rates-lax-restaurants/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jon http://blogging.la/2008/12/22/ny-times-rates-lax-restaurants/comment-page-1/#comment-44039 Jon Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:25:29 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=18439#comment-44039 We went there for my wife's Birthday on December 5th. The food was outlandishly overprices. Dinner for four? Around 250.00. Oh and the menu selection was small and the food itself was quite bland. Also the place is under heavy construction. You may want to save your field trips for when the exterior remodel is completed. However you are correct, stopping in for a drink might be fun, if only for the "Jetsons-esque kitsch." It's interesting for about 15 minutes at best. After that it just starts to feel sad. We went there for my wife’s Birthday on December 5th. The food was outlandishly overprices. Dinner for four? Around 250.00. Oh and the menu selection was small and the food itself was quite bland.

Also the place is under heavy construction. You may want to save your field trips for when the exterior remodel is completed.

However you are correct, stopping in for a drink might be fun, if only for the “Jetsons-esque kitsch.” It’s interesting for about 15 minutes at best. After that it just starts to feel sad.

]]> By: Chal Pivik http://blogging.la/2008/12/22/ny-times-rates-lax-restaurants/comment-page-1/#comment-44038 Chal Pivik Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:59:00 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=18439#comment-44038 Actually, the NY Times says a lot of nice things about LA on a regular basis. As for me, I am always happy to mock and belittle Los Angeles for its low standards. It's one of the requirements for writing for this blog, along with appreciating and extolling its virtues when the occasion arises. I think Patt Morrison said something once about embracing LA in all of it's absurdities and daunting contradictions, which is how I survive here. Actually, the NY Times says a lot of nice things about LA on a regular basis. As for me, I am always happy to mock and belittle Los Angeles for its low standards. It’s one of the requirements for writing for this blog, along with appreciating and extolling its virtues when the occasion arises. I think Patt Morrison said something once about embracing LA in all of it’s absurdities and daunting contradictions, which is how I survive here.

]]> By: fitzgerh http://blogging.la/2008/12/22/ny-times-rates-lax-restaurants/comment-page-1/#comment-44037 fitzgerh Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:50:06 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=18439#comment-44037 You know, I heart the NY Times. And NYC, for that matter, but the Times writers have a serious complex when it comes to Los Angeles. They are always taking cheap shots. Enough already!!! You know, I heart the NY Times. And NYC, for that matter, but the Times writers have a serious complex when it comes to Los Angeles. They are always taking cheap shots. Enough already!!!

]]> By: Chal Pivik http://blogging.la/2008/12/22/ny-times-rates-lax-restaurants/comment-page-1/#comment-44036 Chal Pivik Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:15:58 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=18439#comment-44036 Encounter's website has a link to a creepy virtual tour on their "Genesis" page. Genesis? That must be the futuristic (yet biblical) term for "About." Encounter’s website has a link to a creepy virtual tour on their “Genesis” page. Genesis? That must be the futuristic (yet biblical) term for “About.”

]]> By: mrhooks http://blogging.la/2008/12/22/ny-times-rates-lax-restaurants/comment-page-1/#comment-44035 mrhooks Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:10:19 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=18439#comment-44035 I haven't been there in about 9 or 10 years, but yeah, "Jetsons living room" is an accurate description. I remember the place had a funky neon purple glow, and the elevator played some weird chime when the doors closed, like the love child of the Mac chime and Ming the Merciless. All that was missing (or maybe it wasn't, I can't remember for sure) was Esquivel! playing on the sound system. However, after part of the structure fell apart some years back, they've rebuilt the place, and I don't know if it's the same as I remember. It's way overpriced in terms of the quality of the food/drink, but it's worth going at least once just for the kitsch factor. At least it's more interesting than how it was back in to 70s (I went once back then too), I guess. I haven’t been there in about 9 or 10 years, but yeah, “Jetsons living room” is an accurate description. I remember the place had a funky neon purple glow, and the elevator played some weird chime when the doors closed, like the love child of the Mac chime and Ming the Merciless. All that was missing (or maybe it wasn’t, I can’t remember for sure) was Esquivel! playing on the sound system. However, after part of the structure fell apart some years back, they’ve rebuilt the place, and I don’t know if it’s the same as I remember.

It’s way overpriced in terms of the quality of the food/drink, but it’s worth going at least once just for the kitsch factor. At least it’s more interesting than how it was back in to 70s (I went once back then too), I guess.

]]> By: frazgo http://blogging.la/2008/12/22/ny-times-rates-lax-restaurants/comment-page-1/#comment-44034 frazgo Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:49:13 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=18439#comment-44034 I heard from a friend that the bar there is like walking into the Jetsons living room. We're organizing a field trip to find out for sure. I heard from a friend that the bar there is like walking into the Jetsons living room. We’re organizing a field trip to find out for sure.

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