Rare Weekend 3.27.08

Welcome back MLB.



Deep fried pickles. Honey pepper chicken tenders. Louisiana oysters on the half shell. Get your Southern comfort food fix at the soon-to-open South in Santa Monica. Opens next week.

South, 3001 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, (310) 828-9988, southsantamonica.com

The joke’s on you if you stay home on April Fool’s. Especially because Sheddy’s - the back-to-basics Brit pub in the former Bodega de Codova space - will finally be opening its much-anticipated doors. And, come April 4th and 5th, two-for-one wines and $3 drafts will be on tap. Opens Tuesday (April 1st).

Sheddy’s, 361 S. Fairfax, Los Angeles, (323) 651-1442

Nothing says Spring like a sun-drenched afternoon at Chavez Ravine. And nothing says comfort food like a fat corned beef sandwich from Canter’s Delicatessen. Lucky for us, the 31st marks Opening Day for the Dodgers, as well as the arrival of our fave Jewish deli on the third base side. We can already tell this will be a grand slam season.

Visit Dodgers.MLB.com

Spring and fried chicken go hand-in-hand. Treat yourself to some BonChon Chicken, the Korean import’s second US location. First NYC, now in LA’s Koreatown. Try Hot Spicy everything. And soju too.

BonChon Chicken, Royal Plaza at 6th and Catalina, Los Angeles, bonchon.co.kr