Ultimate southern California food/wine road trip - LA

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Mar 27th 2006 @ 3:39PM

In the April 2006 issue of Food & Wine magazine, Kate Krader outlines a week-long road trip she did around southern California, starting in LA, through Santa Barbara, with a quickie side trip to San Diego. While she does dine at some top-notch spots like Spago and Providence in Los Angeles, it's not all about high-end dining. A recap of her whirlwind food and wine tour through La La Land:

An LA institution, Pacific Dining Car (that just went to 24-hours), for dry aged beef
Norman's on Sunset for their Friday night whole roast pig
The Regent Beverly Wilshire's new restaurant, The Blvd
Providence for fish, obviously
Dinner at Sona
Late night at the Hungry Cat in Hollywood
Old school Greenblatt's Deli that has a remarkable wine list
Sushi at Shibucho, where Bordeaux and Burgundies are better than sake and beer
Silverlake Wine for the Monday night tasting event
The Lodge Steakhouse
Spago, which she says is her favorite place