Joe’s sweet sixteenth
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Joe’s in Venice celebrates its 16th birthday today -- quite an accomplishment in this town! To commemorate the happy event, for lunch and dinner today, chef-owner Joe Miller is featuring dishes from his original menu -- and at their 1991 prices too. At lunch, you can get penne with eggplant, tomatoes and mozzarella, complete with salad and soup, for $6. A pretty sweet deal, especially if you consider how swank Abbot Kinney has become in the last decade and a half. So relive the glory days of 1991, when the Bulls were en route to their first championship, the Soviet Union was collapsing, Nirvana was topping the charts -- and Joe first served his roast pork with wild mushrooms and garlic.
Joe’s, 1023 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice; (310) 399-5811. Lunch items (including salad and soup) $6 to $12; two prix fixe dinner menus, $28-$35. Open for lunch from noon to 2:30 p.m. and for dinner from 6 to 10 p.m.
-- Amy Scattergood
