Sunny Spot, Venice

The pretty Sunny Spot

822 Washington Blvd · Venice, CA 90292 · Neighborhood: Venice Having already been a fan of Sunny Spot since they opened their doors this past November, I was super excited to learn that they were launching their inaugural brunch weekend just in time for Mother’s Day. A special Friends and Family sampling enabled me to try a few items on their menu. With [...]

Stüssy x Plan Check Bar x Backyard Bite

ISB: International Stüssy Burger

1800 Sawtelle Blvd · West Los Angeles, CA 90025 · Neighborhood: West Los Angeles For my second visit over at the new-ish Plan Check Bar I got to help collaborate a special event. The trendsetters over at the street wear brand Stüssy (yes, remember them??) paired up with the new bar/restaurant just north of “Little Osaka” for a funky fresh evening. The [...]

Plan Check Bar, West Los Angeles

Plan Check Bar's Chef's Favorite Burger

1800 Sawtelle Blvd · West Los Angeles, CA 90025 · Neighborhood: West Los Angeles Last night, the Backyard Bite left her comfortable West Hollywood haven and ventured across the 405 to “Little Osaka” to try what is bound to be a new favorite neighborhood burger joint. At 8:30 pm on a Monday, the eve of [...]

Plan Check, West Los Angeles

Plan-Check-Logo Courtesy of Plan Check

1800 Sawtelle Ave · Neighborhood: West Los Angeles 310-288-6500 Owner of the soon to be opened Plan Check restaurant and bar, recently chatted with me briefly about his exciting new venture. Terry Heller is an LA native and real estate developer-turned-restauranteur who partnered up with Ernesto Uchimura (the former corporate executive chef of Umami Burger), [...]

Burger love…

am90burger

I. Love. Burgers. LOVE them. Funny thing is, I never ate a burger until recently. I had grown up on a very minimal red meat diet. About 4 years ago, I went to an In-n-Out Burger because my visiting brother INSISTED that we go there. I resisted at first but then it was was like,”wow” [...]

Next Door by Josie, Santa Monica

BACKYARDBITE.COM visits Next Door by Josie

2420 Pico Blvd · Santa Monica, CA 90404 · Neighborhood · Santa Monica The good people over at the Santa Monica focused, Buy Local Market invited me to the Grand Opening of the new farm-to-table casual eatery, Next Door by Josie. This place is soon to be a popular gastropub and chill spot for many Santa [...]