Foie gras and cocktails

Terrine will host specially curated dinners on Sunday, Jan. 17 with executive chef/partner Kris Morningstar and award-winning head bartender Ryan Wainwright. In honor of the historic January 2015 repeal of California’s foie gras ban, Morningstar will prepare a dynamic five-course dinner for $95 per person with foie gras poached, baked in puff pastry and whipped into cream. The regular menu with à la carte selections will also be available. Wine director and managing partner François Renaud will offer pairing suggestions suited to each foie gras course and will pour a five-glass flight for an additional $35. Wainwright will be joined by Moet’s Golden Globe cocktail winner Karen Grill for a “His & Hers” collaborative cocktail menu. Dinner is served from 5:30 to 11 p.m. 8265 Beverly Blvd., (323)746-5130.

Ditch Your New Year’s Resolutions Day

Plan Check Kitchen + Bar chef/partner Ernesto Uchimura serves dishes prepared with indulgent condiments such as “kim-cheese,” pastrami bits, smoked milk gravy and sunny fried eggs. On National Ditch Your New Year’s Resolutions Day on Jan. 17, stop struggling to go vegan and eat fewer carbs, and bite into a K-BBQ Burger; pastrami nosh made with double-smoked pastrami, melted Swiss cheese, kimchi mustard, pickles and a sunny-side up fried egg; and smoky fried chicken with yam preserves and spicy pickled okra. Order a side of beef tallow French fries with pastrami bits, pastrami gravy, melted Swiss cheese and chopped pickles. Finish with cruller donuts fried to order and topped with cream and fruit, and a golden milk porter float made with Santa Monica Brew Works porter and vanilla bean ice cream. Plan Check also offers a Dine & Dash lunch combo for $15 with a signature burger in a lunch pack with fries, a kombi pickle spear and a drink. 351 N. Fairfax Ave., (323)591-0094; 1800 Sawtelle Blvd., (310)444-1411; 1111 Wilshire Blvd., (213)403-1616.

dineLA Jan. 18-31

The Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express presents an exclusive dining series during dineLA Restaurant Week at select upscale culinary restaurants. Chefs throughout Los Angeles will present unique menus starting at $95. Participating restaurants include CUT by Wolfgang Puck, Girasol, Hinoki & the Bird, mar’sel, Melisse, Orsa & Winston, Redbird, Spago Beverly Hills, Steak & Whisky, The Arthur J, The Bazaar by José Andrés and Valentino Restaurant. For reservations, visit www.opentable.com.

dineLA Restaurant Week at Mr. C

Mr. C executive chef Giuseppe Manco is preparing a three-course, prix fixe Venetian lunch and dinner menu for dineLA Restaurant Week from Monday, Jan. 18 through Sunday, Jan. 31. The lunch menu highlights include tuna tartare with avocado and crispy frisee, baked green tagliolini with ragu of veal, and chicken spezzatino with marsala sauce and mashed potatoes for $25. The $49 dinner menu includes octopus and potato tartar with chives and citrus dressing, linguine pasta with zucchini pesto and crispy walnuts, and sea bass with cherry tomatoes. Optional wine pairings are available for $20 per person. 1224 Beverwil Drive, (310)226-6245.

Elegant dineLA Melissse

Owner and executive chef Josiah Citrin of the 16-year-old, two Michelin-star Santa Monica restaurant Melisse is offering a fine dining five-course menu for $95 during dineLA Restaurant Week. Highlights include Santa Barbara ridgeback prawns with turnip, mustard and pea tendril broth; caramelized Chatham Bay cod with salsify, white mushrooms and chestnut emulsion; and lamb shank ravioli with braised shelling beans, charred onion and rosemary scented lamb jus. 1104 Wilshire Blvd., (310)395-0881.

dineLA at Catch at Hotel Casa del Mar

Executive chef Alberico Nunziata at Catch is offering two- and three-course lunch and dinner menus during dineLA Restaurant Week. Lunch menu highlights include pumpkin soup with wild mushrooms and truffle crostini; cioppino with roasted garlic ciabatta; and Mary’s chicken with spicy kale salad for $25. Dinner is $49 per person and highlights include lobster cake with saffron aioli and watercress salad; and Morro Bay black cod with sautéed kale, Himeji mushrooms and yellow tomato coulis. Diners can choose from three seasonal desserts, such as fruit cobbler with vanilla gelato, chocolate espresso tart with warm salted caramel sauce and Sicilian pistachio cake with strawberries, amaretto and honey gelato. 1910 Ocean Ave., (310)581-5533.

Día de Campo dineLA

Día de Campo, Hermosa Beach’s Baja surf lodge-inspired eatery with reimagined Mexican specialties, will feature a three-course dinner during dineLA Restaurant Week. Dishes include plancha pork belly with smoked yogurt, roasted beets, nopales, crispy okra and chicharron; salmon tostadas with avocado, jicama, pickled jalapeño, grapefruit and roe; and chocolate duck quesadillas with Oaxacan cheese, salsa negra and tamarind. The special dinner menu is $49 per person. 1238 Hermosa Ave., (310)379-1829.

Beverly Garland Day

Visit the Garland Hotel on Tuesday, Jan. 19 to celebrate Beverly Garland Day with $15 burgers and martinis in The Front Yard and Lobby Bar. Guests will receive a 25 percent discount on all merchandise at The Store. 4222 Vineland Ave., (818)255-7290.

Cooking class with Andreas Nieto

Save the date on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 1 p.m., when Andreas Nieto and executive sous chef Raymond Nicasio will offer “A taste of Valentine’s Day LA Prime Style” cooking class featuring items from the sweethearts menu from LA Prime. Start with a pink kiss cocktail made with chilled pomegranate infused vodka and fresh raspberries. The chefs will teach participants how to prepare a three-course meal with blue fin tataki, cast iron seared Mary’s free range chicken, and vanilla bean and white chocolate ganache tortes and pink champagne sorbet with passion fruit puree and candied violet petals. Seating is limited to 30 participants 21 and over. The cost of class is $65. 404 S. Figueroa St. RSVP at Claudia.Lambaren@westinbonaventure.com.

Executive lunch at BOA Steakhouse

Meet clients or friends for an elegant three-course lunch at BOA Steakhouse that includes soup or salad; an entrée choice of brick chicken, salmon or spaghetti and American Kobe meatballs, and a scoop of ice cream with warm freshly baked cookies for $26. 101 Santa Monica Blvd., (310)899-4466; 9200 W. Sunset Blvd., (310)278-2050.

New chef at Petrossian

The luxury West Hollywood hot spot Petrossian Restaurant and Boutique has welcomed Alex Ageneau as its new executive chef. During dineL.A. Restaurant Week, Ageneau will prepare a two-course lunch menu for $25 per person, as well as a $49 three-course dinner. Ageneau developed his French/Californian style of cooking at Aestus, The Royce and Patina before coming to Petrossian. The dineLA menu options include sunchoke and leek velouté, and buckwheat blinis with pike roe, trout roe, salmon roe and crème fraiche. Entrées include red sea bream, seared duck breast and vegetarian porcini mushroom risotto. Wine pairings are offered for an additional charge. Finish with vanilla panna cotta and dark chocolate ganache with cranberry sauce and candied orange. 321 N. Robertson Blvd., (310)271-0576.