Help! My boss and I are taking clients out to dinner in LA next month, and lucky ol' me got the job of selecting restaurants. I have tried searching old threads, and didn't come up with much, so I throw myself on your collective mercy…

I need at least three places that are nice, but which don't have very high-style food. It was only recently that my boss's wife and I persuaded him that there are good things to eat that are not covered with tomato sauce and mozzarella, and the only things he'll drink are Canadian Club and white zin . Fortunately the clients are pretty undemanding folks. We'll be based in Universal City. So far my only idea is McCormick & Schmidt's (spelling?).

And, for when the boss leaves town, someone mentioned in some thread I can't find, a place called something like Dinah's (nothing like a good memory, huh?) that sounded like a funky 50s sort of place. When I first read about it, I promised a trip there to friends coming in from the forests of Pennsylvania, and now I can't find it.

Many, many thanks for any help.