Author Archives: Alice Shin

Springtime in the LBC, Chego Take Out and BROWN RICE

By Alice Shin | Published: March 20, 2012
Mmmmm. All-natural, gamma-oryzanol-enriched brown rice. NOW with naturally-occurring inositol hexaphosphate! And it’s available at Chego. For a PRICE. $2 to upgrade yer regular ole chubby pork to a brown-rice-rich bowl of the chubs. $2.50 if you want it on the side. No, it ain’t cheap! And for those of y’all who need explanations, here’s why: [...]
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BIZBASH INNOVATION ISSUE: hell YES, peoples!

By Alice Shin | Published: March 14, 2012
While this may not be THE face of innovation, this honor has been a longtime coming for our very own Papi Chulo Roy Choi. Look at him, sitting all regal like he’s about to introduce yet another episode of Masterpiece Theater. I wish they’d given him a cup of tea as a prop to seal [...]
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WHITE COLLAR WATER: Cuz It Does a Body Good.

By Alice Shin | Published: March 6, 2012
The choice in beverages at our little brother Chego has been getting more and more eclectic since I posted about our new and improved BYOB policy.  (ATTN winos: please supply your own cups and corkscrews, lest we do not anger the Law.) Though, to be fair, the increased presence of milk goes hand in hand [...]
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MENU FOR MARK PEEL ROY CHOI MASH UP and…other things…

By Alice Shin | Published: February 28, 2012
See y’all this Wednesday for dinner, yeah? As for a mini head’s up, it’s getting a bit hard to put in a reservation, but no worries — they’re still carving out a small space for walk-ins. Last I heard. As for recaps from the SOBE WFF, I’ll share some pictures. I tried to put up [...]
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welcome to miami…mini post!

By Alice Shin | Published: February 23, 2012
Aloha, y’all — I’mma try to keep this relatively updated whilst I’m out of state for the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. So don’t expect fine literature (like y’all never do anyway), but just some basic impressions of the city. I have video, but I’m a little pressed for time and it seems the [...]
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Mark Peel + Roy Choi: The Mash Up

By Alice Shin | Published: February 21, 2012
Aloha, y’all! COME. BE WITH US. And join us for a diner’s house party, serving up the best of LA from a side of LA that satellites and all those out-of-towners know nothing about.  Curious? Read on: this leap year, 2/29, Mark Peel’s tossing the keys to the rebel that is Roy Choi and doing [...]
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Papi Chulo…hath arrived

By Alice Shin | Published: February 14, 2012
It’s OUT!  It’s out, it’s out, it’s out — and I’M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. This would be Papi Chulo’s first solo magazine cover and in-depth feature on the life and times of Roy Choi.  Part love letter to LA, part memoir, part Rolling-Stone-flavored mini biopic all rolled into one.  And as interesting and fascinating [...]
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CHEGO BYOB: Bring Your Own Beers

By Alice Shin | Published: February 7, 2012
For those of you who aren’t in the know, Chego is, in fact, BYOB, for those who do not care for our fine range of Jarritos, Milkis and sodas that have been born in the US of A. The only ground rules are that you need to provide your own cups, mugs and glasses and [...]
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on gettin hiiiigh before Chego + schtuff

By Alice Shin | Published: January 31, 2012
PHOTO COURTESY OF BUZZFEED.COM Hey maaaan, I like you guys. And I say guys because either the women are paranoid enough or control-freak enough to act straight or they just don’t get hiiiigh before Chego. Just not their style. Mebbes. But I like you guys. Y’all are always friendly, have a tendency to tip (which [...]
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FRUIT SALAD like a boss

By Alice Shin | Published: January 24, 2012
Heeeee. THIS WEEK, I can’t seem to thread together a linear-enough narrative, so consider this post a piñata of all that I found good and interesting this week — a fruit salad, if you will. Speaking of fruit and stringing together a linear narrative, I’ll post up a few pics so you can string along [...]
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