Jaunted

We popped in yesterday to meet with a fellow travel enthusiast (who highly recommended the salted caramels) but it being an odd time, 3:30pm we just opted for an iced latte (about $4 with soy milk.) There was some confusion about where to order but after that, the drink was delivered to our table within minutes. As we sat happily sipping away, in walked Marcia Cross of "Desperate Housewives" fame who ordered something to go. She was wearing work-out clothes and was incredibly skinny. Not like an unnatural skinny, just a lifelong thinness. Sigh.

We are heading back to Huckleberry this weekend to try out some more substance from the menu. But for now, Caroline on Crack has an in-depth review of the place.

There have been a spate of new restaurants opening in Santa Monica and yet it's taking us forever to get around to trying them all. (Or maybe we just like our old stand-bys, like the El Cholo Mexican restaurant across the street, too much.) Huckleberry's location is good for the locals who needed a cute sensible cafe (not the madness that is Urth Cafe) but tourists heading to the beach and the Third Street Promenade might find Huckleberry's location on 11th and Wilshire a tad too far away. We say, make it up this way if you can. There's very few good options on the Promenade.

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· Huckleberry Cafe [Official Site]