RE: HER Food Festival RE:Her is a charitable organization for female-owned restaurants in Los Angeles, created amidst the COVID-19 pandemic by women who own restaurants in LA. From January 21st - 30th, come together for an all-new woman-fueled food festival, with exclusive menus and more in celebration of the sisterhood of [...]
That, was a good day. In 1989 a group of partners and I opened Roxbury, a nightclub, restaurant and blues lounge on Sunset in West Hollywood. It was the days of red velvet ropes and selective doorman, a trend made famous by Studio 54 in New York City. As Roxbury’s [...]
NBA All-Star Weekend in LA and Black Panther, A Tale of Two Economies Watching the opening segment for the NBA All-Star game on Sunday it was evident whether by default or acquiescence to a cultural tidal wave, the NBA has gone black. It was quite something to see the NBA’s [...]
As a regular practice the Post & Beam management team reads Yelp to stay abreast of what our guests are saying. We do so with the intention of catching anything we may have missed in the experience at the restaurant that would enable us to improve. Of course, we like reading the good stuff [...]
PIMENTO CHEESE This recipe originally appeared in the Hollywood Bowl Chef's Picnic Club. "A Southern California native who grew up on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica and cooked all over the world, Armstrong has introduced some soulful Southern notes into his repertoire at Post & Beam in Baldwin Hills and Willie Jane in Venice." [...]
PICKLED SHRIMP SALAD WITH BUTTERMILK VINAIGRETTE DRESSING Chef Govind Armstrong teaches us the process of pickling shrimp to mix into a salad and how to make homemade dressing. See video on How to Make Pickled Shrimp on the Hallmark Channel . […]
For more than 20 years, my dad, Howard Johnson, owned a very popular restaurant on the Upper Westside of Manhattan called the Cellar. The Cellar was a special place and at the time of its inception in 1973, there were very few, if any, black-owned restaurants outside of Harlem below 110th street. Ironically, my father [...]
On a recent Friday night, Chef and Restaurateur Marcus Samuelson was in town. After seeing each other during the summer in Harlem at his game changing restaurant The Red Rooster, we agreed to connect next time he made it out to the West Coast. True to his word Marcus called to let me know [...]
