Originally Posted by
bigguyinpasadena
Actually I had two meals at "local"chains that were pretty good.
Osteria della Stado(sp-sorry)on State and Ontario-a Lettuce entertain you one off)and A very good old style Italian dinner(huge portions)at Ballo-a Rosebud enterprise.
they were close to the hotel and we were hungry.
First night in we wen't to Cafe Lux-hated it.
Well, they're not chains in the sense that they're copies of the same restaurant with the same name and you go in and can't tell one from the other. Some of the Lettuce restaurants have world renown chefs.