Frenchtown Confidential

Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.

Showing posts with label restaurants. Show all posts

Showing posts with label restaurants. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Ten Highball Glasses and Seven Cafés de Paris

I was practically raised in antique stores, and I still like to "treasure hunt". Shortly after starting this blog, I found one o...

Thursday, March 12, 2020

We Need to Talk About Taix

Sometime around 1870, a family of bakers and sheepherders from the Hautes-Alpes left France, emigrating to Los Angeles. For decades, custo...

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Arbin Mathieu's Next Chapter

If you're reading this blog, you know who Philippe Mathieu was. I've mentioned that prior to founding his namesake restaurant (and...

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Early French Restauranteurs of Los Angeles: Victor Dol

Los Angeles is, for many foodies, a dream destination. Year-round access to good fresh produce (and good wine)? Check. One of the mos...

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Early French Restauranteurs of Los Angeles: Eugene Aune

Before we begin: Wildfires are still raging in the Calabasas/Malibu/Thousand Oaks area. If you want to help, and aren't a trained vo...

Monday, October 22, 2018

Early French Restauranteurs of Los Angeles: Jean La Rue (Laroux)

The French, whether in France or abroad, are known for a lot of things. Sophistication. Military might (fight me on this, Google). Knowing...

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C.C. de Vere: I'm a native Angeleno and my primary ethnicity is French. Searching for my own roots led me to discover a long-ignored French community in my native Southern California. Now I'm telling its stories.

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