The Last Time She Saw Paris

Who cares where S. Irene Virbila eats in Paris (“We’ll Always Have Paris,” March 12)? I want The Times to tell me about the restaurants of Southern California. We have more than enough of them for even the jaded palate of the pretentious Virbila. We need to know about the new restaurants in Glendale and Torrance, what’s open Downtown on the weekends and where to have a good lunch in Huntington Beach.

John McCoy

Los Angeles

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Virbila’s trip to Paris and her voracious appetite for animal parts--including kidneys, brains, duck gizzards, beef cheeks, boiled tongue, blood sausage, pork fat and tripe--was truly sickening and should make vegetarians of us all.

Bill Dyer

Venice