This not a review because we went to Flemings steakhouse before in July 2007 at Victoria Gardens shopping destination in Rancho Cucamonga. I enjoyed the pork chop, my wife enjoyed the Flemings potatoes, and we both enjoyed the tenderloin Carpaccio. It was crowded and expensive for good reason.
We took Mom and Dad (my in-laws) out to dinner at the Flemings at L.A. Live on Saturday, January 31, 2010. Their actual wedding anniversary is on January 27. We met up at my sister- and brother-in-law’s and walked to L.A. Live from there. The Grammy Awards were taking place at Staples Center and we saw some people all dressed up in tuxedos and evening gowns. There were several white tents set up to the west of Staples Center. Some streets were blocked off and there were cops parked around the main block of L.A. Live past the Nokia Theater. While walking north on Georgia Street we saw the new Ritz Carlton/Marriott Hotel (that would open in February 2010) on our right and the new Regal Cinema across the street to our left. According to an opinion piece in the L.A. Downtown News, the cinema shows “first fun” movies. They were currently showing Youth in Revolt and there was a big poster for Alice in Wonderland. At the intersection of Georgia and Olympic we saw these two guy driving a cute little red car with an open top. It looked like a toy and was smaller than a golf cart. Walking east on Olympic we passed the Yard House, Trader Vic’s, Rosa Morena (the “New York Mexican restaurant”), and arrived at Flemings at the corner of Olympic and Figueroa.
Flemings wasn’t crowded at all despite all the commotion in the area. We sat down in the bar area because we wanted to order from the Happy Hour menu that’s from 4 pm-6 pm daily. It was around 5:15-5:20 pm. They also had a special in January where the $36 prime rib dinner only cost $30. I got the calamari appetizer for $6 that was served with pickled red pepper, pepperoncini, and a sweet spicy sauce. The calamaris were crunchy, cooked just right, and very good. My wife got the Flemings prime burger with bacon and cheddar cheese that was also for only $6. She enjoyed it. We watched people out the window. Around 7 pm it looked like people were already leaving the Grammy Awards. Men in tuxedos and women in evening gowns walked by carrying thick programs that looked like magazines. Two women had removed their high heeled shoes and crossed the street barefooted. We saw the cute red car again. It was so small it could stop in the crosswalk as it made a left turn.
We finished and left Flemings at 7:20 pm. There were lots of dressed-up people leaving Staples Center. We saw the actor Greg Grunberg inside the restaurant The Farm of Beverly Hills. He’s acted in the TV shows “Felicity”, “Alias”, “Lost” (cameo as the pilot of flight 815), and, most recently, “Heros”. My brother-in-law first noticed him. I’ve actually seen him before at a presentation by the cast and producers of “Felicity” at the Museum of Television and Radio back in 1999. I remember that Grunberg was the funniest of the cast members present. He deadpanned that he auditioned for the role of Felicity and also pantomimed his role in a McDonald’s TV commercial, acting like he was eating a burger. Back to 1/31/2010: we left L.A. Live with plenty of time to catch the Grammy Awards telecast.
We took Mom and Dad (my in-laws) out to dinner at the Flemings at L.A. Live on Saturday, January 31, 2010. Their actual wedding anniversary is on January 27. We met up at my sister- and brother-in-law’s and walked to L.A. Live from there. The Grammy Awards were taking place at Staples Center and we saw some people all dressed up in tuxedos and evening gowns. There were several white tents set up to the west of Staples Center. Some streets were blocked off and there were cops parked around the main block of L.A. Live past the Nokia Theater. While walking north on Georgia Street we saw the new Ritz Carlton/Marriott Hotel (that would open in February 2010) on our right and the new Regal Cinema across the street to our left. According to an opinion piece in the L.A. Downtown News, the cinema shows “first fun” movies. They were currently showing Youth in Revolt and there was a big poster for Alice in Wonderland. At the intersection of Georgia and Olympic we saw these two guy driving a cute little red car with an open top. It looked like a toy and was smaller than a golf cart. Walking east on Olympic we passed the Yard House, Trader Vic’s, Rosa Morena (the “New York Mexican restaurant”), and arrived at Flemings at the corner of Olympic and Figueroa.
Flemings wasn’t crowded at all despite all the commotion in the area. We sat down in the bar area because we wanted to order from the Happy Hour menu that’s from 4 pm-6 pm daily. It was around 5:15-5:20 pm. They also had a special in January where the $36 prime rib dinner only cost $30. I got the calamari appetizer for $6 that was served with pickled red pepper, pepperoncini, and a sweet spicy sauce. The calamaris were crunchy, cooked just right, and very good. My wife got the Flemings prime burger with bacon and cheddar cheese that was also for only $6. She enjoyed it. We watched people out the window. Around 7 pm it looked like people were already leaving the Grammy Awards. Men in tuxedos and women in evening gowns walked by carrying thick programs that looked like magazines. Two women had removed their high heeled shoes and crossed the street barefooted. We saw the cute red car again. It was so small it could stop in the crosswalk as it made a left turn.
We finished and left Flemings at 7:20 pm. There were lots of dressed-up people leaving Staples Center. We saw the actor Greg Grunberg inside the restaurant The Farm of Beverly Hills. He’s acted in the TV shows “Felicity”, “Alias”, “Lost” (cameo as the pilot of flight 815), and, most recently, “Heros”. My brother-in-law first noticed him. I’ve actually seen him before at a presentation by the cast and producers of “Felicity” at the Museum of Television and Radio back in 1999. I remember that Grunberg was the funniest of the cast members present. He deadpanned that he auditioned for the role of Felicity and also pantomimed his role in a McDonald’s TV commercial, acting like he was eating a burger. Back to 1/31/2010: we left L.A. Live with plenty of time to catch the Grammy Awards telecast.
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