Ode2Fatty

The Brentwood

Went to eat at The Brentwood for a little celebration dinner. The Brentwood is our Westside fancy place to eat. We're friendly with the maitre'd, and he always gives us a little extra treat - last night desserts were on the house! He's also very knowledgeable about the food - he likes to eat - and he's been mentioned in Zagats as a wine connossieur.

I looove The Brentwood. First, there's the vibe - Old School - mellow. I imagine Dean, Sammy and Frank ate at places like this. The lighting is really dim - I had to squint when I walked in the door. Low slung horseshoe shaped booths. Think Four Seasons NY (the bar area). It's small and intimate and though there may be celebs there - it's not a circus. (We did in fact see Mike Dunleavy the Clippers coach.)

We had a nice side booth where we could check out all the action - mainly consisting of counting the face lifts. I think I was the only one with my original face. So I started with the Frissee salad - which had pancetta, blue cheese and carmelized onions and Gigante had the Ceasar salad. We shared the crab torte - a huge hunk of crab meat - think the size of a can of tuna in a buttery creamy vegetable sauce. Mmmm. I hated that I had to share it with Gigante. We both had the same entree - Alaskan King Salmon and veggies. For dessert . . . blackberry cobbler with vanilla bean ice cream and bread pudding smothered in chocolate sauce. I'm not much of a bread pudding fan, but this is positively decadent. Very rich. And they threw in a couple extra scoops of ice cream.

The Brentwood, 148 S. Barrington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90049(b/w Sunset Blvd. & Barrington)Price: $31 to $50Email:foodcowest@yahoo.comPhone: (310) 476-3511
Hours of Operation: Sunday - Monday: 5:00pm - 11:00pm, Tuesday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 12:00am, Friday - Saturday: 5:00pm - 2:00am

posted by Fatty @ 5:49 AM