
Joan’s on Third
Joan’s on Third is about as close as L.A. gets to New York’s famed Dean & Deluca – but on a more minute scale. What began as a… Read More »

La Brea Bakery
La Brea Bakery is a beacon of hope in an age of rubbery sandwich bread and carb-free diets. The brainchild of L.A. native and acclaimed chef Nancy Silverton,… Read More »

Fraîche
Fraîche Fine Gifts offers much more than the standard gift basket of ten dollar wine, sesame crackers, and pasteurized cheese spread. Its masterfully composed baskets are filled with… Read More »

Gloria’s
Gloria’s Cake and Candy Supplies was clearly born out of a passion for making and decorating sweets. We first visited the small shop on a tip from a… Read More »

The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills
It’s easy to drop major cash at The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills. This purveyor has been providing some of the finest international cheeses to chefs, caterers, and… Read More »

Beverly Hills Farmers’ Market
Sundays 9am-1pm Featured Vendors: Frontier Kettle Corn – that savory scent of popcorn you smell when you arrive at the market: it’s from these folks Honey Pacifica –… Read More »

Cookin’ Stuff
What Best Buy is to electronics and Target is to everything else in our lives, Cookin’ Stuff is to home cooking supplies. And in case your analogies are a little… Read More »

Hardy’s Meat Market
We debated for some time whether or not Hardy’s Meat Market was up to L.A. Gourmet standards. But, even weeks after our visit there, we couldn’t forget the intoxicating… Read More »

Co-opportunity
Santa Monica’s Co-opportunity is more than just a grocer; it’s a community. In fact, as its name suggests, the store is a co-op. This means that it’s owned… Read More »

El Gaucho Meat Market
El Gaucho Meat Market is a mini-mart, butcher, restaurant, and local hangout all in one. The mini-mart offers a small but more than sufficient variety of South American… Read More »