{"id":719,"date":"2009-04-08T23:43:46","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T23:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doylelogan.com\/anywherebuthere\/?p=719"},"modified":"2022-07-12T23:57:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T23:57:20","slug":"pre-recession-dining-at-rivera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunsetdrivestudio.com\/travel\/?p=719","title":{"rendered":"Pre-recession dining at Rivera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rsh.ntp.mybluehost.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/shapeimage_12.png?resize=312%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunsetdrivestudio.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/shapeimage_12.png?w=312&amp;ssl=1 312w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunsetdrivestudio.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/shapeimage_12.png?resize=266%2C300&amp;ssl=1 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Despite the economic downturn, there\u2019s still plenty of glamour in downtown Los Angeles. At Rivera Restaurant in downtown L.A. the good times are still on, with a glamorous, uber-designed setting, beautiful waiters and delicious food. The tapas-style menu encourages sharing, and the food is both creatively tasty and artistically, if ironically presented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rsh.ntp.mybluehost.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rivera_composite.jpg?resize=447%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunsetdrivestudio.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rivera_composite.jpg?w=447&amp;ssl=1 447w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunsetdrivestudio.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rivera_composite.jpg?resize=300%2C97&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Above: a chile relleno stuffed with Burrata. Left to right: Black Cod, Duck Leg Confit, Dark Chocolate Torte\u2014cute and delicious. With exotic cocktails and good Argentine wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/riverarestaurant.com\/\">riverarestaurant.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Despite the economic downturn, there\u2019s still plenty of glamour in downtown Los Angeles. At Rivera Restaurant in downtown L.A. the good times are still on, with a glamorous, uber-designed setting, beautiful waiters and delicious food. The tapas-style menu encourages sharing, and the food is both creatively tasty and artistically, if ironically presented. \u00a0 \u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunsetdrivestudio.com\/travel\/?p=719\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pre-recession dining at Rivera&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,15],"tags":[92,128,179,201,212,229],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clay-doyle","category-losangeles","tag-food","tag-los-angeles","tag-rivera","tag-tapas","tag-united-states","tag-wine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pre-recession dining at Rivera - Anywhere But Here<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sunsetdrivestudio.com\/travel\/?p=719\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pre-recession dining at Rivera - Anywhere But Here\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Despite the economic downturn, there\u2019s still plenty of glamour in downtown Los Angeles. 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