A new wine store opened near my house, and as soon as we saw it open my girlfriend and I decided to check it out, and we were quite happy with it, and will be returning soon, so we got a few bottles. This was the first we tried. I have had the Sofia 2004 while in Napa at the Coppola winery and it was my favorite of his wines, so I thought we should try the 2005, and I was not at all disappointed. This is an excellent sparkling wine, and well worth tasting.

Daphne's Greek Cafe

7100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 130

West Hollywood, CA 90046

(323) 969-8225

Sun-Thur 11am-9pm fri-Sat 11am-10pm

Certainly can't be considered real greek food with the instant rice, and substandard pita bread, but still not that bad in a rush, if only because of the yogurt sauce. This is an OK fast food place, that is probably at least a little healthier than your local burger joint. And this one is at the new best buy/target mall, so if you are looking for a quick bite it won't kill you.

Gordon Biersch

145 S. San Fernando Blvd,

Burbank, CA 91502

Sun-Thurs: 11:30 AAm-Midnight Fri-Sat 11:20 AM-1:00AM

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Right in the heart of downtown Burbank, I have been to this restaurant a few times, and wasn't too impressed the first few times, but I must say I really enjoyed my meal this last time. This place is medium priced, and has a decent bar and beer selection, and the service is pretty decent. Not a bad chain restaurant.

South Street

117 North Victory Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91502

(8180 563-2211

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A quite large restaurant in what was obviously a strip mall at the North West corner of Victory Blvd and Clark Ave, this place has some great food, and is well worth checking out. In fact I can guarantee I will be going here again. Not only is this the best Philly Cheese Steak that I have had in Los Angeles, but the Pizza is pretty damn good thin crust New York style pizza. My only complaint is they seem to have forgotten my order, and so it took way too long, but I will give them a second chance.

El Torito Mexican Grill

4012 Riverside Dr.

Burbank, Ca 91505

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A decent though not impressive Mexican chain restaurant. It has parking, and the food and service were not bad, and the food was not bad either. Nothing I would recommend, but not bad if you really want Mexican food. Actually we wanted to go to another restaurant nearby, but it was packed so we went to the bigger and less packed restaurant. The margaritas were OK and so was the food.

CPK

101 N. Brand Ave

Glendale, CA 91203

(818) 507-1558

Monday - Thursday: 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM, Friday, Saturday: 11:30 AM - 11:00 PM, Sunday: 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM

A decent enough mishmash of a restaurant. Really not a pizza place, but a Fusion restaurant, will all sorts of different Pizza like products. Reasonable priced with huge portions, though not the best food. Decent enough for a chain, but not too impressive, but certainly good enough for a quick bite.

Outback Steak House

1761 N. Victory Place

Burbank, CA

(818) 567-2717

Monday - Thursday: 4-10, Friday: 4-11, Saturday: 12-11, Sunday: 12-9:30

I had never been here, and went for dinner after work with my girlfriend, and must say I was actually fairly impressed. The steak was quite tasty and cooked exactly as I asked. Sure I was too stuffed afterwards, but this place is worth a try, because for steak it is pretty reasonably priced.

Dave and Busters

400 S. Baldwin Ave. Ste 930-U

Arcadia, CA 91007

(626) 802-6115

Mon - Wed: 11:00 am - 12:00 am, Thur: 11:00 am - 1:00 am ,Fri - Sat: 11:00 am - 2:00 am, Sun: 11:00 am - 12:00 am

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This arcade and restaurant is in the Santa Anita mall in Arcadia, and is quite fun, but the restaurant is not worth eating at. The menu for both food and all the mixed drinks seemed great, and sounded tasty, but that did not prove to be the case. The service was awful, having to repeat things to the waiter repeatedly, and it took way too damn long. Not only that, but the food was absolutely horrible, and it seemed to have sat out for way too long. In fact this was the least I have ever tipped for dinner because the service and food were so bad.