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Restaurant: Restaurant Lozano
Where: 44 N. Baldwin Ave., Sierra Madre
Phone: (626) 355-5805
Reservations: Accepted
Cocktails: Yes
Service: Full wait service
Atmosphere: Casual Elegant
Outdoor Dining: Yes
Credit Cards: MC, Visa, American Express,
Debit w/logo
Kid’s Menu: No
Senior Discount: No
Food to Go: No
Catering Menu: Yes |
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Restaurant: Frank and Dean’s
Where: 3768 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
Phone: (626793-1847
Reservations: Accepted
Cocktails: Yes
Service: Full wait service
Atmosphere: Casual Elegant
Outdoor Dining: Yes
Credit Cards: MC, Visa, American Express,
Debit w/logo
Kid’s Menu: No
Senior Discount: No
Food to Go: No
Catering Menu: Yes, and Banquets, too |
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Jerk
Chicken at Restaurant Lozano |
Contestant at Frank and Dean's |
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Ditto |
Ditto, Ditto |
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Crowd
shot at Frank and Dean's |
Another contestant |
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And
another... |
And
another. I'm surprised how many of these pictures show the dice still in
the air. |
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A Look At San
Gabriel Valley Restaurants by SanGabrielValleyMenus.com
Restaurant Lozano to Host Wine Tasting, Frank and
Dean’s Hosts Tahoe Giveaway
by Bill
Coburn
I
stopped by Restaurant Lozano in Sierra Madre the other night and had a really
delicious Jerk Chicken entrée with a cilantro and lime sauce, served with black
beans, white rice and a jicama slaw. I admit I’m not a big fan of black beans,
but I ate them with the rice and it was a good combination. It was a nice sized
breast of chicken, and unlike most places that I feel overpower you with
cilantro, this sauce was more like a hint of cilantro, which I really enjoyed.
The jicama slaw was a first for me, and I enjoyed it, made with shredded jicama
and red onions. Katie and Keelan were visiting Katie’s dad, so I only have one
entrée to report on, but I recommend it, it was a very enjoyable (but lonely)
dinner.
Restaurant Lozano will be
hosting a wine tasting this week, featuring the wines of Dover Canyon Winery.
Steve
Cunningham will be your wine guide for the
evening, he is a
former Submarine Commander, an avid wine collector and is on the wine committee
at The Atheneum at Caltech.
Four to five wines are poured and light hors d'oeuvres are
included. ONLY $15.00. I haven’t actually tried Dover Canyon wines, but I did
check out their website and discovered that they specialize in Zinfandel and
Syrah.
I also found a very interesting
story on the background of their label, which features a drawing of a white St.
Bernard, named Blue. Winery owner Dan Panico was given a white St. Bernard
named Blue by his mother, when he was 16 years old. Blue followed Dan
everywhere including many trips to the beach, and to Dan’s favorite hangouts
during his college years. Quoting from the website now: “In 1989, at the age of
10, Blue rescued Dan from a killer surf in Santa Cruz. After watching
Dan’s board sweep up in the air in the rocky surf, with no sign of his master,
Blue raced up and down the beach, barking frantically. Although a strong
swimmer, Blue seldom ventured out into the deeper waves because saltwater
bothered his ears. But today Blue threw hygiene to the storming winds
and plunged through the streaming waves. Blue pulled Dan, bleeding and
knocked unconscious by his own surfboard, to safety, but in the process was
knocked against some jagged rocks and broke several ribs. He healed, but at his
advanced age he was never quite the same.
Blue
faded away in the summer of 1992, just months before Dan and Ed produced Dover
Canyon’s first wine, a Cabernet Sauvignon. After drinking two bottles in
celebration, Ed painted this portrait and gave it to Dan as a gift, never
dreaming that it would become the hallmark of one of the finest new wineries on
the horizon.” I don’t know about you, but that story makes me want to stop by
and try some of the wines in Blue’s honor!
I also stopped by Frank and
Dean’s restaurant. Actually, I was called to stop by, I had entered a contest
that they were having to give away a Chevy Tahoe. One hundred applications were
drawn from the many that had been collected, and those 100 lucky people (one of
whom wasme) got a chance to throw 5 dice. Each of the dice had one of the
letters from the word Elvis, as well as things like free appetizers, free wine,
etc. Anyone who threw the name Elvis would win the Tahoe. While nobody threw
Elvis that night, Frank tells me that in the nights leading up to the contest,
one person did throw the name. Bad timing, you never want to peak too soon.
However, there were people who won gift certificates, appetizers and wine, and
everyone seemed to be having a really good time, as you can tell by the faces of
the people in the photos. Part of the reason for the use of the name Elvis for
the contest was the appearance that night was that the entertainment that night
was an Elvis tribute.
There’s always something fun
going on at Frank and Dean’s (Except Sunday and Monday, when they’re closed).
But they have karaoke on Tuesday nights, Salsa lessons ($5) followed by a Salsa
party (no cover) on Wednesday nights, and Thursday to Saturday nights they have
dancing to Top 40 music. The place is filled with memorabilia from the Rat Pack
era, the glamour days of Hollywood, etc. Even the menu is a tribute to the
great Hollywood stars, with most of the entrees being named for Hollywood
favorites.
Bill Coburn is
owner of SanGabrielValleyMenus.com, a restaurant website featuring dozens of
restaurant’s menus, as well as downloadable coupons. He has nearly 20 years
experience in the restaurant business, and has been eating for much longer
than that. |
