Sports

The March Madness Flowchart: Where to Catch a Game, Obsess Over Your Brackets

By Tien Nguyen Fri., Mar. 22 2013 at 9:00 AM
Categories: Food flowchart, Sports

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D. Solomon
Far Bar
March Madness just started, and whether you spent much too much time filling out your bracket or gave up and just let Nate Silver take the wheel, you probably could use a place with beer and maybe even with good food to catch the games. And so, this edition of our food flowchart gives you a few options for where you can watch some quality college basketball, obsess over your bracket selections and cross your fingers that your alma mater makes it at least to the Sweet Sixteen. Even if -- or especially if -- the odds may not be ever in their favor (go Bears!). It's March Madness, after all. Turn the page.

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Apocalypse

The Apocalypse Day Food Flowchart: Where to Go as the World Ends

By Tien Nguyen Fri., Dec. 21 2012 at 7:05 AM
Categories: Apocalypse, Food flowchart

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Guzzle & Nosh
A self-heating meal

If you're reading this, then the world hasn't ended. Yet, anyway. And so, even though NASA confidently released a helpful, if pre-emptive, video entitled, "Why the World Didn't End Yesterday," it still wouldn't hurt to borrow a bit from panicked Russians and have some sort of food-related contingency plan anyway. You know, just in case Woland or the plague wreak havoc on Earth later today, or on the off chance that the aliens land and colonize the planet tomorrow. Turn the page for a flowchart on this apocalypse day.


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A Post-Thanksgiving Flowchart: The Morning After

By Tien Nguyen Fri., Nov. 23 2012 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Food flowchart, Holidays

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Finished plate
No doubt you've spent an awful lot of time planning your Thanksgiving meal -- what you will make if you're eating in, where you will go if you're not -- but what might be as important as planning for Thursday is planning for Friday. Specifically, figuring out what you will do the morning after you've survived a day of cooking, an evening of washing dishes and -- if your annual holiday get together plays out less like an episode of Friends and more like something out of Roseanne -- what may feel like a week's worth of family drama. Use this flowchart for a few ideas on where to spend the rest of your holiday weekend.

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Food on Television

Flow Chart: Which Competition Cooking Show Should You Be On?

By Rachael Narins Thu., Nov. 15 2012 at 7:58 AM
Categories: Cooking Shows, Food flowchart, Food on Television

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Bravo
Top Chef Judges Table
It takes a big ego, a serious commitment to self-marketing, or maybe a certain level of tragic desperation to want to be on a reality competition cooking show. You go on for the attention, or the prize, or maybe your sous chef did it and lost and you want to show him how it's done. (Yes, that was a thinly veiled reference to Michael Voltaggio.) Regardless of motivation, once you've decided to put yourself out there, you have to figure out which show is the right fit for you. Squid Ink is here to help make that critical decision with a handy flow chart.

With so many options -- and more being developed every season -- there seems to be a place for everyone, from the rank amateur to the truly talented. For our purposes, we are only including shows that offer open casting. So do you have what it takes to be on TV and make a name for yourself? Is the prize within your reach? Turn the page.

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Chopped, flowchart, Hells Kitchen, Masterchef, Michael Voltaggio, Next Food Network Star, Rachael Narins, Supermarket Sweep, Top Chef
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Gastropubs

The Gastropub Flowchart: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em

By Tien Nguyen Tue., Aug. 21 2012 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Food flowchart, Gastropubs

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D. Solomon
The Parish

Gastropubs have been opening one after another at a steady clip for the last few years, and this year has been no exception. In fact, maybe this is the year we hit critical mass of upscale pubs: The Spanish Fly, The Corner Door, and The Parish all opened this summer, for example, and Atwater Village will have its own (Scottish-themed) one in a few months. You can even find it in Merriam-Webster's 2012 Collegiate Dictionary (the Oxford English Dictionary was, as it is, ahead of the semantical curve and added it in 2005). Thus, as weary as you may be of this trend, the number of gastropubs per capita makes it highly likely that you'll find yourself going to at least one in the near future -- to meet a potentially bad date, maybe, or for an after-work happy hour. To help you when that time comes, use our flowchart to give you a few ideas on where to go and what to eat.


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Burger Haven, Corner Door, Father's Office, food flowchart, Ford's Filling Station, gastropubs, Haven Gastropub, Laurel Tavern, Little Bear, Next Door by Josie, Spanish Fly, The Lab Brewing Company, The Parish, The Pikey, The York, Tien Nguyen, Village Idiot, Waterloo & City
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French Fry Flowchart: Where to Go for Fries, Topped or Otherwise

By Tien Nguyen Tue., Jun. 12 2012 at 8:00 AM
Categories: Food flowchart, French fries

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Fries at Beer Belly
Last week, we gave you 10 of our favorite french fries in Los Angeles. But, because great fries come in all stripes and can be found across the city, we decided to supplement the list with a little guide to help you find your perfect fry. Whether you want your spuds on the side or heavily topped with enough caloric weight to count as the meal itself, this french fries flowchart will show you the way. Turn the page.

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Animal, Beer Belly, Burger Lounge, Chego, Church & State, Father's Office, food flowchart, French fries, fries, MB Post, My Taco, Plan Check, Short Order, Skooby's, Tavern, The Hungry Cat, The Oinkster, Tien Nguyen, Tony's Darts Away
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BBQ

BBQ Flowchart: Where You Can Be Up to the Grill in Meat

By Tien Nguyen Fri., May 25 2012 at 7:26 AM
Categories: BBQ, Food flowchart

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Pulled Pork at Bigmista's B.B.Q.
This weekend, you can haul out that backyard grill -- if it's not out already -- and join in on the great American tradition of grilling meat and vegetables (but mostly meat) to welcome the long days of summer. If, however, you have neither a backyard nor a grill, you can participate in another great American tradition of finding someone else do the work for you. Or most of it, anyway. Our list of the best BBQ and Korean BBQ joints in town should help, as should this flowchart that will lead you to just the right amount of smoke and meat to satisfy your cravings. Weber or not, great barbecue can be found right in your own backyard.

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BBQ, BigMista's, Bludso's, flowchart, Genwa, Gui Rim, Honey Pig, JNJ Burger, Oo-Kook, Park's BBQ, Phillip's BBQ, Pollo a la Brasa, Soot Bull Jeep, Sun Ha Jang, The Park's Finest, Tien Nguyen
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Holidays

Mother's Day Flowchart: Where to Take Your Mom for Brunch

By Tien Nguyen Thu., May 10 2012 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Brunch, Food flowchart, Holidays

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Breakfast in bed
Mother's Day is on Sunday, which, depending on your relationship with dear Mom, is the best day of the year or just another day to hear, yet again, about all the pain you caused during childbirth and the ensuing 18-plus years thereafter. In either case, there are many, many restaurants and eateries celebrating this Hallmark holiday with special brunch or dinner menus, and Los Angeles Magazine has a good roundup of them here. To help you decide where to take even the most persnickety of mothers for a nice brunch, we put together a little flowchart with a few of our ideas. And the chart may be handy beyond this upcoming Sunday: As your mom will no doubt remind you, every day is Mother's Day.


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City Tavern, Cliff's Edge, Dodgers, FarmShop, Fig & Olive, Mother's Day, New Capital Seafood, Perch, Saddle Peak Lodge, Scarpetta, Street, Tavern, The Belvedere, The Langham, Tien Nguyen, Trader Joe's
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Pizza

Pizza Flowchart: Where to Go for Slices and Pies

By Tien Nguyen Thu., Mar. 29 2012 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Food flowchart, Pizza

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Chanterelles Squash Pizza at Olio Pizzeria and Cafe
So far in our food flowchart adventures, we've assembled diagrams to try to organize the many, many choices you have for Vietnamese food and fried chicken. Today, we tackle the pizza landscape of Los Angeles, with its fantastic variety of New York-style slices, Chicago pies and pizzas fashioned in the Italian tradition (Neapolitan and otherwise). Hopefully, this guide will point you in the right direction when you know you want a piece of a pie, but just don't know where to dough.

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800 Degrees Pizza, Bollini's, Casa Bianca, Garage Pizza, Hollywood Pies, Joe's Pizza, Masa of Echo Park, Milo and Olive, Mother Dough, Olio Pizzeria and Cafe, Pizzanista, Pizzeria Mozza, Settebello, Sotto, Stella Rosa, Tien Nguyen, Tomato Pie, Vito's Pizza
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