Taste, Melrose

One of my favorite joints to grab a nice, casual dinner on Melrose is a itty bitty restaurant called Taste. It is consistently good and never fails to leave a lasting impression on your mind and taste buds. They have the best Mac n Cheese in town, that comes bubbling in a mid-size ramekin.

On Saturday night, Angie and I had tickets to catch Donna Summers at the Hollywood Bowl (don't ask, I'm not that into disco either). Instead of making our usual feast/spread, we decided to go out to dinner instead, because it was just the two of us.

It was roughly 6pm and we didn't have reservations and we pondered where to go as we drove to the east side of town. We thought we wanted to be "spontaneous" and try someplace that we've never been before, but when it came down to it, we ended up going to old faithful, a "Taste" of the familiar at Taste.

Luckily, it was early enough that we didn't need reservations, so we stumbled into Taste and had a nice table outside on their patio, which allowed for ample people watching down Melrose Avenue. I had a glass of the St. Supery 2005 Cab (delicious) and the Edna Valley 2006 Cab (meh, but half the price) with my Kobe beef burger and pomme frittes. Ang had the skirt steak with potato puree. We also shared their orgasmic mac n chz.

Both of us asked for medium rare on our meat, but we both got overdone meat. There were parts of my burger that were rubbery, and it was cooked all the way through. However, I really think this was a fluke because I've ordered meat at Taste before and they've never fudged it up like this before.

Outside of being overcooked, my burger was good. It was served with a smoky cheese and arugula, and a garlic aioli on the side. Her skirt steak was also good, again, aside from it being overdone.

Of course I'd go back.

Taste

8454 Melrose Ave

West Hollywood, CA 90069
(323) 617-3756