{"id":19448,"date":"2015-08-19T16:48:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T16:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=19448"},"modified":"2015-08-19T16:49:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T16:49:47","slug":"diningmini-review-bedford-and-burns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/diningmini-review-bedford-and-burns\/","title":{"rendered":"DINING\/MINI REVIEW: BEDFORD AND BURNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEDFORD AND BURNS<\/h1>\n

This is a mini<\/em> restaurant review because I didn’t try many dishes at the new-ish Beverly Hills bistro, Bedford and Burns.\u00a0 But it’s worth telling you about.\u00a0 And not in a good way.<\/p>\n

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The tasteless Cheddar Biscuits. I put the fork in the pic, though, to show you just how big they are. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

A pal and I stopped in for a recent Happy Hour.\u00a0 An ad for the place had just popped up on my computer, and we were going to a play in that area anyway, so we decided to take a chance and try it. \u00a0 And<\/em> the bar menu got to me because of the Cheddar Biscuits.\u00a0 It was like a flashing neon sign attracting me to them because I absolutely love every<\/em> cheese biscuit I’ve ever had in my entire life!\u00a0 Until now.<\/p>\n

These were giant, which made my mouth water, but then I bit into one.\u00a0 Tasteless.\u00a0 Downright tasteless.\u00a0 What a waste of calories they are!<\/p>\n

The Margherita Flat Bread Pizza was not much better.\u00a0 First of all, it was minuscule, as flatbread pizzas go, and not very tasty, either.\u00a0 My pal, Carolyn, said it was over<\/em>done while I thought it was under<\/em>done.\u00a0 No matter what; we could agree that it was not\u00a0done right<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We had better success with the two other dishes we chose.\u00a0 Carolyn liked the Chicken Spring Rolls, with Thai dipping sauce, which I thought were just so-so.\u00a0 I was expecting the crunchy fried<\/em> egg roll-type of spring rolls, but these were the spongey, opaque-material-wrapped ones.\u00a0 They were okay, and looked<\/em> pretty, but did nothing for me.\u00a0 At least they were stuffed with a lot<\/em> of chicken, which was a bonus.<\/p>\n

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Chicken Spring Rolls. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

The winner was the duo of gigantic Chicken Meatballs.\u00a0 I could have eaten just several of those, and called it a day.<\/p>\n

They did<\/em> do one thing that bothered me a bit, though.\u00a0 They try to get you with the “water sympathy” trick.\u00a0 When I asked for just a glass of water, the waiter said that, since it was Happy Hour, they had a deal on the big bottles of Fiji Water.\u00a0 He told us that it was just $2., but didn’t leave the offer there.\u00a0 In the same breath, he said something to the effect of, “And you’ll be helping with the water crisis in California.”\u00a0 Granted, that is<\/em> a good deal for the bottle, and we should<\/em> all help with the drought situation, but they shouldn’t guilt trip<\/em> us into buying it!!!<\/p>\n

So, to sum up my experience at Bedford and Burns–“Eh.”\u00a0 I would go back again to try their meatballs and spaghetti because I already love the meatballs.\u00a0 But I feel the rest of the food should be better, not only due to the neighborhood and basic prices, but because of the pedigree; it’s owned and run by the children\/grandchildren of the old Bob Burns restaurants founders. (Hence the moniker: It’s on<\/em> Bedford and owned by Burns.)\u00a0 I believe those eateries were big around here back in they day, (before my time in LA,) so the owner’s progeny should then serve better fare.<\/p>\n

It’s an attractive enough eatery, with a more extensive Happy Hour menu than many others in the area. So, if you go for Happy Hour, too, just make sure to order not<\/em> what we did, save for the ‘balls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BEDFORD AND BURNS This is a mini restaurant review because I didn’t try many dishes at the new-ish Beverly Hills bistro, Bedford and Burns.\u00a0 But it’s worth telling you about.\u00a0 And not in a good way. A pal and I stopped in for a recent Happy Hour.\u00a0 An ad for the place had just popped<\/p>\n

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