In LA, we have our own food culture. We’re blessed with a wide range of food genres and food price ranges. In the past year and a half we’ve seen a surge of pop food trucks. Kogi, Nom Nom, CoolHaus, and the Grilled Cheese Truck sound familiar? Unless you’ve been living under a rock in LA, you must have seen, heard, or experienced these LA exclusive delicacies.

Finally! Someone had the awesome idea to round up the essence of LA street food. Next Saturday, in Downtown Los Angeles we’re having our first LA Street Food Fest.

Event Info

What: 1st Annual  LA Street Food Fest
When: Saturday, February 13th, 11am – 5pm

Admission: Tickets will be available at the door the day of the event. Exclusive VIP Tickets are available online now, but will not be for sale at the event.
$5 General Admission Includes entry to the festival, a free drink ticket, cool giveaways.
$30 VIP Includes all of the above plus access to above street-level VIP patio with a bird’s eye view of the fest, goodie bag, exclusive bites not available to GA attendees, private bar, access to indoor restrooms, and more.

Children: Little ones age 10 and under admitted free with a paying grown up

I’ll be there sampling away and updating my Twitter Feed. LMK if you go! Bon Appetit!

One thing I absolutely adore about Los Angeles is the food. The food culture is one-of-a-kind and with promotions like dineLA Restaurant Week, fashionistas on a budget can afford to dine as well as treat herself to a new pair of shoes. This fall, dineLA blessed us with over 250 prime Los Angeles restaurants. With that many choices, one is sure to find a place that suits one’s palette. I’ve been a proud participate for the past, say 3 years (?). Every year I go back for more. ah… I love LA.

When?

October 4-9th & October 11-16th

Where?

List of participating restaurants

Breakdown:

dineLA list all the participating restaurants. Each restaurant is categorized by genre, price range, and if they will participate in Lunch, Dinner or both. The price range is categorized by 1-3 “$”, one being the lower end of the pay scale and three on the very top. Prices also vary between lunch and dinner. After selecting the restaurant from the Participating List, you can preview the promotional menu prepared especially for the Restaurant Week audience. Do note, items on the Lunch and Dinner menus can be significantly different. Each restaurant have a limited number of reserved spots for Restaurant Week diners so RSVP early!

Happy tasting my food connoisseurs.

What’s better than a custom ice cold salad and your choice of 7 succulent soups? Why a buddy to share the moment with! Souplantation is having a Buy One, Get One Free (BOGO) coupon. This offer is valid with a purchase of one regular priced adult and two beverages. The total comes out to roughly $15+ (depending on your sales tax). Not too bad for a fashionista on a budget. Better hurry, this offer is good till Thursday April 8th, 2009.

And there’s more. It’s Lemon month all April long. Enjoy favorites like Summer Lemon Tossed Salad with Spiced Pecans, Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup and Hot Lemon Lava Cake (after 4 pm).

Don’t forget to follow Souplantation on Twitter to stay up to date on the latest Souplantation crazy.

Yum…

Who hasn’t been through their Pinkberry addiction? It’s hard to believe that Pinkberry has only been around for 4 years and has already made such a big impact (Fro-yo crazy!). Well, Pinkberry is ready to give back. Starting January 10th through January 25, get a FREE small Pinkberry with one topping when you purchase one product of equal or greater value. Woo hoo!

Good only at participating Pinkberrys.

There is no better way to say, I LOVE YOU BUDDY than a Pinkberry on the house.

It was nearly a year ago when I was first introduced to this interesting little site. I don’t remember how or who introduced me but since then, Yelp has been on my top 10 favorite sites. Yelp is like my secret weapon. Where to eat? well just plug in a city, genre, and boom! You get recommendations from your 10,000 closest friends. Not only does Yelp recommend restaurants but also salons, massage parlors, and even dentists! (If you couldn’t tell by now, I’m big on community generated sites) In its most simplified form, Yelp is a community oriented network of people like you and myself who love to brag about the next best thing. Ever go to a new restaurant and not know what to order? Now you can look up what others have had and know what dishes to stay away from. Members have the ability to post pictures of food, personal lists of places to eat, and even community events. Yelp caters to neighborhood oriented recommendations.

You don’t need to be a member to reap the benefits. Personally, I was stalking Yelp for half a year before I took the plunge of joining. I must say, the people there are genuinely nice. And not in a creepy lets meet up and let me show you my blog, but in a warm and supportive way.

Yelp has introduced me to a variety of new restaurant that has tickled my pallet. From neighborhood hole in the walls to bousie Japanese french fusion restaurants. I’m especially thankful for Yelp’s recommendations of desert joints. Yelp is definitely one of the many dotcoms to keep an eye on.

If you’re on Yelp, be sure to say hi Yelp Me