Staycation Issue

CRAIG’S WEST
HOLLYWOOD
dishes (remember, you’re
still in Southern California!)
IF REALITY TV IS YOUR PASSION...
If you still have an appetite
after the Dearly Departed
Tour, there are many options
for a Saturday night
dinner. Consider Craig’s on
Melrose Avenue, where you
might spot the Hilton sisters,
Chelsea Handler, Kris
Jenner or Mariah Carey, to
name a few regulars.
Craig Susser, who opened the
restaurant about seven years
ago, offers an American classic
menu with an Italian
twist Pasta carbonara, chicken
parmigiana, cioppino are
a few of those dishes. It also
includes a selection of vegan
The spaghetti dish named
after the late Hollywood producer,
agent and actor Jerry
Weintraub validates the film
industry connection.
SUR
If reality TV is your passion,
you can’t do worse than dinner
at SUR, the set for Lisa
Vanderpump’s Bravo reality
show “Vanderpump Rules.”
You’re almost certain to see
at least one of the “real housewives”
of Beverly Hills dining
near you (after all, Vanderpump
herself is one of
them). But you’ll probably,
PHOTO COURTESY OF CATCH LA
PHOTO COURTESY OF SUR
depending on your sexual
orientation, want to goggle
the SUR staff, whose sexual
antics give “Vanderpump
Rules” what plot it has.
Keep an eye out for Jax Taylor
and Tom Sandoval. With
any luck, your hostess will
be Stassi Schroeder or Kristen
Doute. The food – mostly
American classic — gets
generally good ratings. But
the food is not what SUR is
about, is it?
If sitting at a table SUR doesn’t
satisfy your hunger for Lisa
Vanderpump, you might consider
walking up Robertson
Boulevard to P.U.M.P., her
restaurant and lounge on the
corner of Santa Monica Boulevard,
where she also hangs
out. You also might quench
that Vanderpump thirst with a
cocktail at SUR made from her
branded booze. The Strawberrini
and SUR Cosmo both
include Vanderpump Vodka.
CATCH LA
Cindy Crawford, Larry David,
Sylvester Stallone, Quincy
Jones, Kendall and Kylie Jenner,
Larry King, Ari Emanuel,
Chris Brown, Nas, Jamie
Foxx, David Beckham, Bob
Saget, Millie Bobby Brown,
Paris Hilton, Hilary Duff. So,
you were looking for a celebrity
menu? You’ll find it at
Catch LA.
The restaurant atop the roof
of the building at the intersection
of San Vicente Boulevard
and Melrose Avenue is
relatively new. But it already
is so solidly booked that you’ll
need to make a reservation
well in advance of your staycay
(or ask the agent or manager
of a fabulous friend to
book one for you.)
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