Too <i> Haute</i> to Handle

It isn’t the experimental food or the high prices that keep me away from so many L.A. restaurants; I simply refuse to patronize places that have unlisted phone numbers, that care more about celebrities than customers and where the location of my table is a symbol of honor or insult.

As a vegetarian, I’m also disappointed that so many restaurants make little effort to provide interesting vegetarian dishes. I can eat only so much pasta primavera!

STACE ASPEY

Long Beach