RESTAURANT REVIEW CATALOG

Here is a collection of all the restaurant reviews I’ve posted, organized by U.S. state. If you are interested in looking at a breakdown of my reviews sorted by their ratings, click the “Restaurant Rankings” page link up top.

The map below charts out a visual of all the restaurants I’ve reviewed. If you see a star icon, that indicates a spot that places in my 5-star category of restaurants.

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California

• AIKAN SUSHI & RAMEN (Pasadena)
• AJ’S TEX-MEX BARBECUE (Valley Village)
• AYCE GOGI (Van Nuys)
• BADMAASH (Los Angeles)
• BAY CITIES ITALIAN DELI (Santa Monica)
• BAEKJEONG (Temple City)
• BARACOA CUBAN RESTAURANT (Palmdale)
• BASE CAMP PIZZA CO. (South Lake Tahoe)
• BCD TOFU HOUSE (Los Angeles)
• BELL’S (Los Alamos)
• BICYCLETTE (Los Angeles)
• BLUE OCEAN / HARUMAMA (La Jolla)
• BONE KETTLE (Pasadena)
• BOOM BOOM CHICKEN (Palmdale)
• BREAD & BREAKFAST (North Hollywood)
• BROOKLYN SQUARE (Pasadena)
• CHUBBY CURRY (Beverly Hills)
• CRAFT BY SMOKE AND FIRE (Arcadia)
• CROSS STREET CHICKEN & BEER (San Diego)
• DAIKOKUYA (Los Angeles)
• DA KIKOKIKO (Playa Vista)
• DAYBIRD (Los Angeles)
• DIN TAI FUNG (Glendale)
• DIRT DOG (Pasadena)
• DON SAL COCINA & CANTINA (Lancaster)
• DON SEBASTIAN MEXICAN RESTAURANT (Quartz Hill)
• EAT FANTASTIC (El Segundo, CA)
• EGG PLANTATION (Santa Clarita)
• EGGS ‘N’ THINGS (Camarillo)
• ELOONG DUMPLINGS (Westlake Village)
• FARMER & THE SEAHORSE (San Diego)
• FINNEY’S CRAFTHOUSE (Camarillo)
• FIRST AWAKENINGS (Monterey)
• FISHBOWL POKE CO. (Northridge)
• FUSION SUSHI (Manhattan Beach)
• GEN KOREAN BBQ HOUSE (Oxnard)
• GO GO BIRD (Culver City)
• GOLDFISH JAPANESE RESTAURANT (Palmdale)
• GOL TONG CHICKEN (Los Angeles)
• GOT SUSHI (Northridge)
• GRIDDLE FRESH (San Francisco)
• HALFWAY HOUSE (Santa Clarita)
• HEIDI’S PANCAKE HOUSE (South Lake Tahoe)
• HOLBOX (Los Angeles)
• INTERSTELLAR (Santa Monica)
• IT’S RAW POKE SHOP (San Diego)
• IXTACO TAQUERIA (El Monte)
• JEANNINE’S RESTAURANT & BAKERY (Santa Barbara)
• KAMINARI GYOZA BAR (Los Angeles)
• KATSU JIN (South Pasadena)
• KATSU SANDO (Los Angeles)
• KAZE SUSHI (Palmdale)
• KAZUNORI (Los Angeles)
• KOGI BBQ (Los Angeles)
• KONBI (Los Angeles)
• LAMPLIGHT LOUNGE (Anaheim)
• LA PAPILLON (Lancaster)
• LA TAQUERIA (San Francisco)
• LEE ESTHER’S CREOLE & CAJUN COOKING (Palmdale)
• LOVE RAMEN (Lancaster)
• LUCKY BOY (Pasadena)
• LURE FISH HOUSE (Camarillo)
• MAESTRO (Pasadena)
• MAIN CHICK HOT CHICKEN (Arcadia)
• MALHI’S INDIAN CUISINE (Palmdale)
• MAMA MUSUBI (Los Angeles)
• MANHATTAN BEACH POST (Manhattan Beach)
• MEDITERRANEAN KITCHEN (Burlingame, CA)
• MENYA HANABI (Arcadia)
• MID EAST TACOS (Los Angeles)
• MINGALABA (Burlingame)
• MINI KABOB (Glendale)
• MOO’S CRAFT BARBECUE (Los Angeles)
• MY THAI CUISINE (South Lake Tahoe)
• NATURE’S GRILL (Ventura)
• NEW ENGLAND LOBSTER MARKET & EATERY (Burlingame)
• NOPGOW THAI RESTAURANT (Palmdale)
• N/SOTO (Los Angeles)
• OLIVES MEDITERRANEAN CAFÉ (Lancaster)
• ORTIZ’S TACO SHOP (San Diego)
• OSA ROOFTOP (Pasadena)
• PAMPAS GRILL (Los Angeles)
• PANGAEA GRILL (Carmel)
• PASTA E PASTA BY ALLEGRO (Los Angeles)
• PISCES POKE & RAMEN (Los Angeles)
• POKE SALAD BAR (South Pasadena)
• POPPING YOLK CAFE (Pasadena)
• PORTA VIA ITALIAN FOODS (Pasadena)
• Q&Q HAWAIIAN BBQ (Palmdale)
• QUARTERS KOREAN BBQ (Los Angeles)
• RAIZEL RAMEN (Palmdale)
• RAMEN BOY (Lancaster)
• RAMEN TATSUNOYA (Pasadena)
• ROL HAND ROLL BAR (Huntington Beach)
• SASSY BIRD (Lancaster)
• SEOULMATES (Los Angeles)
• SHOGUN (Palmdale)
• SHOOTZ (Stanton)
• SILVERLAKE RAMEN (Los Angeles)
• SMOKEHOUSE ON MAIN (Santa Clarita)
• SOLANA BEACH KITCHEN (Solana Beach)
• SUKHOTHAI EXTRAORDINAIRE (San Diego)
• SUMO JAPANESE RESTAURANT (Ventura)
• SUSHI KISEN (Arcadia)
• SUSHI KUMA (Monterey)
• TANGAROA TERRACE (Anaheim)
• TASTE MEMORY (Arcadia)
• THE BROKEN BIT (Lancaster)
• THE CRACK SHACK (Los Angeles)
• THE FLYING YOLK (Simi Valley)
• THE GETAWAY CAFÉ (South Lake Tahoe)
• THE GOOD EGG (San Diego)
• THE HAT (Simi Valley)
• THE LOCAL PUB & GRILL (Stevenson Ranch)
• THE RAVEN’S NEST (Quartz Hill)
• THE THIRD PLACE (Lancaster)
• TOMA RESTAURANT (Santa Barbara)
• TSURUMARU UDON HONPO (Los Angeles)
• WA SUSHI & IZAKAYA (Alhambra)
• WANDERLUST CREAMERY (Los Angeles)
• WAYPOINT CAFÉ (Camarillo)
• WHAT FLOATS UR BOAT (Arcadia)
• WHITE ELEPHANT (Anaheim)
• YUNOMI HANDROLL (Los Angeles)

Canada

• HUSH RESTAURANT (Toronto, Ontario)

Colorado

• BAR DOUGH (Denver)
• CITY O’ CITY (Denver)
• LITTLE MAN ICE CREAM (Denver)
• SYRUP (Denver)
• TOCABE (Denver)
• VOODOO DOUGHNUT (Denver)
• WALTER’S303 PIZZERIA & PUBLIK HOUSE (Denver)

Florida

• BARKADA BOWL (Cape Canaveral)
• BOLAY (Royal Palm Beach)
• CHEF ART SMITH’S HOMECOMIN’ (Lake Buena Vista)
• CHEFS DE FRANCE (Orlando)
• CHICKEN GUY! (Lake Buena Vista)
• COREY’S BAGELS (Indian Harbour Beach)
• CRYDERMANS BARBECUE (Cocoa)
• DUSTIN’S BAR-B-Q (Melbourne)
• EL INDIO MEXICAN RESTAURANT (Melbourne)
• FRIGATE’S WATERFRONT BAR & GRILL (Melbourne)
• FRONTERA COCINA (Lake Buena Vista)
• JIMMY’S FAMOUS GREEK FOOD (West Melbourne)
• ‘OHANA (Orlando)
• POKÉBAO (Melbourne)
• SANAA (Kissimmee)
• SANDBAR SPORTS GRILL (Cocoa Beach)
• SEITO SUSHI (Orlando)
• SE7EN BITES (Orlando)
• THAI HANA (Melbourne)
• THAI THAI RESTAURANT & SUSHI BAR (Melbourne)
• THE BROKEN BARREL TAVERN (Palm Bay)
• THE POLITE PIG (Lake Buena Vista)
• UMAMI RESTAURANT & SUSHI BAR (West Melbourne)
• VIET SUBS (Melbourne)

Hawaii

• AGU RAMEN (Honolulu)
• DUKE’S WAIKIKI (Honolulu)
• EATING HOUSE 1849 (Koloa)
• HAWAIIAN STYLE CAFÉ (Waimea)
• KOA’S SEASIDE GRILL (Lahaina)
• KONA BREWING COMPANY (Kailua-Kona)
• MAHALOHA BURGER (Honolulu)
• MINASA (Waipahu)
• MISO PHAT (Lahaina)
• MONSTERA NOODLES & SUSHI (Puako)
• No7 JAPANESE FOOD TRUCK (Haleiwa)
• PIZZETTA (Koloa)
• ROTI-SI (Honolulu)
• THE RIM AT VOLCANO HOUSE (Volcano)
• TONKATSU GINZA BAIRIN (Honolulu)
• VILLAGE BURGER (Waimea)

Illinois

• BELLYQ (Chicago)
• CHICAGO WAFFLES (Chicago)
• GIRL & THE GOAT (Chicago)
• TORTAS FRONTERA (Chicago)

Indiana

• AJ’S BURGERS AND BEEF (West Lafayette)
• CAPTAIN GYROS (West Lafayette)
• D.T. KIRBY’S (Lafayette)
• FIVE GUYS BURGERS AND FRIES (West Lafayette)
• KING DOUGH (Bloomington)
• LA SCALA (Lafayette)
• MAD MUSHROOM (West Lafayette)
• NINE IRISH BROTHERS (West Lafayette)
• NOODLES & COMPANY (West Lafayette)
• ORANGE LEAF (West Lafayette)
• PANDA EXPRESS (West Lafayette)
• PENN STATION (West Lafayette)
• RED MANGO (West Lafayette)
• SCHOOL HOUSE OF CHILI (West Lafayette)
• SCOTTY’S BREWHOUSE (West Lafayette)
• SOUTH STREET SMOKEHOUSE (Lafayette)
• TRIPLE XXX FAMILY RESTAURANT (West Lafayette)

Kansas

• FIORELLA’S JACK STACK BARBECUE (Overland Park)
• HOG WILD PIT BAR-B-Q (Wichita)
• RED ROBIN (Overland Park)
• WICHITA BREWING COMPANY (Wichita)

Louisiana

• DAT DOG (New Orleans)
• MOTHER’S RESTAURANT (New Orleans)
• NAPOLEON HOUSE (New Orleans)
• STREETCAR CAFÉ (New Orleans)

Maryland

• BLUE WIND GOURMET (California)
• BOB’S SHANGHAI 66 (Rockville)
• BOLLYWOOD MASALA (California)
• DAYS OFF DELI & GRILL (Lexington Park)
• MISSION BBQ (California)
• MISS SHIRLEY’S (Annapolis)
• NAGOYA ASIAN BISTRO (Prince Frederick)
• PLAZA TOLTECA (California)
• RUDDY DUCK BREWERY AND GRILL (Dowell)
• SILVER SKEWERS (Waldorf)
• STONEY’S SEAFOOD HOUSE (Broomes Island)
• TEARIFFIC CAFÉ (California)
• THAI INTER (California)

Massachusetts

• MR. BARTLEY’S BURGER COTTAGE (Cambridge)

Nevada

• BEST FRIEND (Las Vegas)
• POLA POKE BOWLS (Reno)
• THE UNION (Carson City)

New Jersey

• AMY’S OMELETTE HOUSE (Long Branch)
• ASIAN BISTRO (Princeton Junction)
• BERTUCCI’S (Hazlet)
• BOBBY’S BURGER PALACE (Eatontown)
• BONEFISH GRILL (Middletown)
• CÉ LA VI (Red Bank)
• THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY (Freehold)
• CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL (Eatontown)
• CHULICIOUS (Mount Laurel)
• CROWN PALACE (Middletown)
• CUBAN PETE’S (Montclair)
• G&G HOT DOGS (Red Bank)
• HAROLD’S NEW YORK DELI (Edison)
• HOAGIE HAVEN (Princeton)
• ICHIBAN SUSHI (Plainsboro)
• ICHIUMI JAPANESE RESTAURANT (Edison)
• JERSEY MIKE’S (Shrewsbury)
• JOE’S CRAB SHACK (Eatontown)
• LIGHTHOUSE ITALIAN ICE (Red Bank)
• LOCAL SMOKE BBQ (Red Bank)
• MAD GREEK (Hazlet)
• MAHZU JAPANESE RESTAURANT (Aberdeen)
• MAKEDA ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT (New Brunswick)
• MASTORIS DINER (Bordentown)
• MINADO JAPANESE SEAFOOD BUFFET (Morris Plains)
• NAUVOO GRILL CLUB (Fair Haven)
• NEW MONMOUTH DINER (Middletown)
• NICHOLAS BARREL & ROOST (Red Bank)
• NO LIMITS CAFÉ (Red Bank)
• PIZZA FUSION (Red Bank)
• QDOBA MEXICAN GRILL (Shrewsbury)
• QUESO MEXICAN GRILL (Lincroft)
• RALPH’S ITALIAN ICES (Lincroft)
• RUFFINO’S RESTAURANT AND PIZZERIA (Eatontown)
• SIAM GARDEN (Red Bank)
• SOGO SUSHI (Red Bank)
• SONO SUSHI (Middletown)
• STROKERS DELI & SUBS (Shrewsbury)
• SUSHI PALACE (Edison / Middletown)
• TEAK RESTAURANT (Red Bank)
• TOMMY’S COAL FIRED PIZZA (Red Bank)
• VIA45 (Red Bank)
• WEST LAKE CHINESE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT (Matawan)

New York

• 456 SHANGHAI CUISINE (New York)
• BESSOU (New York)
• BOCCE CLUB PIZZA (Buffalo)
• CHINATOWN ICE CREAM FACTORY (New York)
• DINOSAUR BAR-B-QUE (Syracuse)
• DOUGHNUT PLANT (New York)
• DUFF’S FAMOUS WINGS (Amherst)
• IPPUDO NY (New York)
• LET’S MEAT BBQ (New York)
• PAULA’S DONUTS (Tonawanda)
• SHANGHAI GOURMET (New York)
• SUSHIRO (New York)
• THE NOMAD RESTAURANT (New York)
• XI’AN FAMOUS FOODS (New York)

North Carolina

• PARKER’S BARBECUE (Wilson)

Pennsylvania

• DALESSANDRO’S STEAKS AND HOAGIES (Philadelphia)
• JIM’S STEAKS (Philadelphia)
• ON THE BORDER (Allentown)
• RANDEVOO RESTAURANT (Bethlehem)
• THE GOOSE (Bethlehem)

Utah

• EVEN STEVENS SANDWICHES (Salt Lake City)
• FRESHIE’S LOBSTER CO. (Park City)
• HUB & SPOKE DINER (Salt Lake City)
• MADBROOK DONUT COMPANY (Clearfield)
• PIG & A JELLY JAR (Ogden)
• RAMEN BAR (Salt Lake City)
• RED ROCK GRILL (Huntsville)
• RYE (Salt Lake City)
• SAPA (Salt Lake City)
• SLACKWATER PIZZERIA & PUB (Ogden)
• THE REST (Salt Lake City)
• TONA SUSHI (Ogden)

Virginia

• AFGHAN KABOB (Springfield)
• BGR – THE BURGER JOINT (Springfield)
• BOARDWALK FRESH BURGERS & FRIES (Alexandria)
• BOZZELLI’S ITALIAN DELI (Springfield)
• BURGER DELITE (Alexandria)
• FOUNDING FARMERS (Tysons Corner)
• KOGIYA KOREAN BBQ (Annandale)
• LENA’S WOOD-FIRED PIZZA & TAP (Alexandria)
• LIGHTHOUSE TOFU (Annandale)
• LORI’S TABLE (Alexandria)
• LOST DOG CAFÉ (Arlington)
• LOTUS GARDEN (Vienna)
• MAMMA’S KITCHEN (Alexandria)
• MANCHESTER BAGEL (Alexandria)
• MASON SOCIAL (Alexandria)
• MEGABYTES EATERY (Chantilly)
• MURPHY’S GRAND IRISH PUB (Alexandria)
• RAY’S TO THE THIRD (Arlington)
• RICE & NOODLES THAI GOURMET (Alexandria)
• TED’S MONTANA GRILL (Arlington)
• THAIBOX (Lorton)
• VIRTUE FEED & GRAIN (Alexandria)
• YAMAZATO (Alexandria)

Washington

• DERU MARKET (Kirkland)
• MARKET GRILL (Seattle)
• SERIOUS PIE (Kirkland)
• SUPREME DUMPLINGS (Bellevue)

Washington, D.C.

• AIYA’S JIAN BING (Navy Yard)
• ARGONAUT (Atlas District)
• BISTRO BIS (Capitol Hill)
• BUB AND POP’S (Downtown)
• BURGER TAP & SHAKE (Foggy Bottom / West End)
• CRIOSHO (Navy Yard)
• DC-3 (Barracks Row)
• GOOD STUFF EATERY (Capitol Hill)
• GRAFFIATO (Chinatown)
• HILL COUNTRY BARBECUE MARKET (Penn Quarter)
• HOT LOLA’S (Navy Yard)
• JIMMY T’S PLACE (Capitol Hill)
• LEI MUSUBI (Navy Yard)
• OLD EBBITT GRILL (Downtown)
• SIROC RESTAURANT (Downtown)
• TED’S BULLETIN (Barracks Row)
• ZAYTINYA (Chinatown)