Taste of Abbot Kinney

Yesterday, I was invited by a team of LA food bloggers to hit up Taste of Abbot Kinney, the first ever restaurant tasting festival on AK in Venice.  The event was sold out though it didn't seem crowded. The tastings were inside of the restaurants (not along the street), which made for an awkward, if interesting time.  It worked well at Tasting Kitchen, as the "tasters" took over the back bar room.  It also worked well at Lemonade and sort of cafeteria style resto that's been proliferating like the LA fires.  Oooo zing. Lemonade was actually my favorite nibble. Photo below.



I also liked the desserts from Comme Ca at Intelligentsia Coffee.  The baristas were there usual intense selves. I snapped a photo.  Ah-wooooo! Coffee is serious, man.



There was a lot more tasting going on... at Joe's, 3 Square, N'ice Cream and The Brig. It was good but inconsistent, the way one of the food bloggers described eating out in LA in general.  Oddly, the restaurant I've been encouraged to try on Abbot Kinney, Gjelina, was not offering up anything.