58413 Tue Feb 10 00:18:50 -0800 2004 8 2 Los Angeles Area 0 305837 Does such a place exist in the LA area? I'm not talking pizza and falafell, but a nice, sit down, waiter service restaurant to entertain some clients? HELP!!!!!! Tue Feb 10 00:18:50 -0800 2004 0 msrla 1 305842 Give Pat's on Pico a call. Probably the "nicest" Kosher around. Don't know if they're Glatt. Also try Magic Carpet (on Pico as well). Not a falafel joint, not as "formal" as Pat's. Yemenite/Kosher. Tue Feb 10 02:06:38 -0800 2004 305837 0 Sandra W. 1 305878 Pat's at 9233 Pico is probably your best bet. There's also Beverly Hills Cuisine on 9025 Wilshire, which is also high end. It's Persian and Chinese food. I've been told the Persian is good. I've had the Chinese, which to my non-kosher person is lousy, but my Orthodox cousins love it. La Gondola is Italian, I've never eaten there, but the address is 6405 Wilshire and she does a lot of catering in the LA Orthodox community. I'd avoid Magic Carpet, the food is fantastic but it's a very, very informal, and inexpensive restaurant. They have a big lunch crowd, take-out, etc. Tue Feb 10 13:25:11 -0800 2004 305837 0 brucelis 2 305908 I'd stick with the Persian dishes at Beverly cuisine. They are quite good, actually. I wouldnt' be surprized if you could order fesenjan in advance. Another idea, I believe Vegetable Delight and happy family, Chinese vegetarian restaurants, each have a hekhsher. I would check with them and/or with the granting body. Not everyone trusts everyone else's certification. The Rabbinic Council - the vaad which operates the beit din (beisdin most likely if they're demanding glatt kosher) has a website with a list. http://www.rccvaad.org/retail.htm#Restaurants The list is by no means exhaustive and an establishment may have a hekhsher without having theirs. For example, Hadar is certainly a kosher butcher but their mashgiach isn't a vaad mashgiach, evidently. ALso Check out la gondola for Italian. Call to be sure if it is glatt kosher or kosher without the extra takkanah. La Gondola is at 6405 Wilshire Blvd. Tue Feb 10 16:25:20 -0800 2004 305878 0 Jerome 3 305937 Jerome, I drive by La Gondola several times a week, always wondered. Thank you. Tue Feb 10 18:56:36 -0800 2004 305908 0 Sandra W. 1 305883 IN THE SF VALLEY-ENCINO SASSI MEDITERRANEAN KEHILLA GLATT KOSHER 15622 Ventura Blvd. (Ventura Blvd and Haskell - West of the 405)in a strip mall behind Valley Coins 818 986-5345 Just opened about 6 months ago - nice room, white table cloths - very affordable. I love this place and I'm not even Jewish! little tasting portions of pickles and assorted salads with pita bread come out to you as you get seated! Moussaka, Majadra Rice, Shnitzel and Kebabs and the Grilled Meat Combinations are my favorites. Tue Feb 10 14:10:25 -0800 2004 305837 0 EAO 2 305918 Agree, Sassi is good, but in my opinion it doesn't have nearly as upscale an atmosphere as Pat's. Tue Feb 10 17:40:52 -0800 2004 305883 0 Debbie 1 305960 La Gondola has very good Italian food. Pat's is also very good. Sassi is somewhat informal, but good. Golan in North Hollywood is pretty good (somewhat informal), and is held in high regard by most religious families in the area. Avi's Bistro in Agoura is good, if you are in the West Valley. Tue Feb 10 22:20:43 -0800 2004 305837 0 alex 1 305969 The personal recommendations folks have offered are, of course, the best. And there are also websites with data bases of Kosher restaurants like Link: http://www.shamash.org/kosher/ Tue Feb 10 23:48:31 -0800 2004 305837 0 Dorothy