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Bahooka was founded in 1967 in West Covina, California [10] and expanded to a second location at 4501 Rosemead Boulevard [7] in 1976 after losing its lease. [11] This allowed the Rosemead location to expand its dining area, adding a new room as well as more custom wooden/fiberglass aquariums, which then exceeded over 100 aquariums, many over 100 gallons in capacity. [12]
The restaurant earned its first Michelin star in June 2019. [10] Also in June 2019, food critic Bill Addison of Los Angeles Times criticized the restaurant's "mediocre cooking", even with its "far grander setting". [11] In 2021, Michelin-starred California-based chefs, including Jon Yao, praised the restaurant's "best-executed Chinese food". [4]
Tripadvisor has been the subject of controversy for allowing unsubstantiated anonymous reviews to be posted about any hotel, bed and breakfast, inn, or restaurant. [64]In May 2021, Tripadvisor was criticized for allowing an offensive review to be posted about the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in which a visitor described bringing a baby to the gas chambers.
[2] [3] In 1982, the Southern California Restaurant Writers dubbed the steakhouse "A Legend In Its Own Time," a phrase that was adopted as the slogan of the restaurant. [4] Former U.S. president and Orange County native Richard Nixon would frequent the restaurant. [5] Inside the restaurant is a photo of co-founder Eleanor Sherod cutting off ...
The restaurants have raw bars serving fresh seafood. [1] The restaurants serve ten types of oysters [3] and also serve sea urchin and bay scallops. [5] Specific dishes include fritto misto, shrimp and grits, ragout, and squid ink pasta with calamari. [3] Water Grill's crab cakes were named the best in Los Angeles in 2011 by Los Angeles Magazine ...
The menu includes several kinds of steak (including a 40-ounce prime tomahawk) from Brandt Beef in Southern California. Oysters on the half shell, clam chowder and other dishes are available.
The Lonely Planet guide to California calls it "Country-style Cuban at its finest". [2] In a guide to law schools, the Versailles near UCLA is called a favorite [ 3 ] and restaurant critic Jonathan Gold wrote in Counter Intelligence that "everybody but me" adores the chicken, black beans, avocado salad and other offerings. [ 4 ]
Alaska: Akutaq. A specialty of Native Alaskans, akutaq is sometimes called Alaskan ice cream. It's a dessert made with fresh local berries, sweetener, and animal fat, and sometimes dried fish or meat.