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Child porn hidden in legit hacked websites: 100s redirected to sick images
Innocent companies' websites are being hacked to serve images of child sex abuse, the Internet Watch Foundation has warned. The charity said that, in the past six weeks, it has received 227 reports of netizens being directed from completely legal online porno sites to web pages on a second server containing illegal material. …
So strictly speaking...
... shouldn't the owners of the hacked websites be prosecuted and put on the sex offenders register? Just because you didn't know it was there can't be allowed to be an excuse or else everyone would be doing it, wouldn't they? I mean, think of the children(*)
(*) Unless you've already been prosecuted for thinking of the children too much. In which case, stop thinking of the children.
Re: So strictly speaking...
You got it ! That's the way the law was written. The only way to avoid prosecution is to (a) ensure the police don't investigate or (b)issue guidelines to the CPS about not prosecuting where there was no intent - which effectively neutralises the law, which was EXPRESSLY written to the contrary.
Given the current paedosteria climate, I can't see either satisfying the Daily Mail.
Things get more interesting when you start to look at where the charges would fall. Network Manager ? IT Director ? Company secretary ? Any one of which has the potential to throw UK business back to the dark ages, if people start getting jailed.
Re: So strictly speaking...
"Credit travels upwards, blame travels downwards. That's the way it works."
Re: So strictly speaking...
So, strictly speaking...if you accidentally stumble across some KP and report it to the police, then YOU will be arrested and charged, as possession is a strict liability offence, and if you're reporting it then you must have been in possession of it? Seems very strange, even stupid, and I'm sure a British Government would never pass a stupid and inconsistent law. Bit of a disincentive to helping the police.
It's as silly as imagining that someone could go into a police station to report that they're the victim of domestic violence and promptly being grilled about whether they're an illegal immigrant...oh hang on, they do do that, don't they, so maybe they actually intended for people reporting KP to be arrested, as it would allow them to publish some interesting stats about how succesful they've been in the fight againt this vile trade etc.
God, I'm getting cynical....
Re: So strictly speaking...
Many years ago I was driving home in the early hours after visiting a friend. On the road through suburbia was a concrete lamppost, horizontal, lying across (the other) half of the road. It was waiting to cause an accident.
Being young (early 20s) my immediate reaction was to stop and call the police from a 'phone box. They asked me to wait. I did. Ten minutes later a police car arrived. I expected them to thank me for reporting it and waiting. Instead they gave a quick glance at the concrete obstruction then grilled me for 10 minutes about where I had been, was going, why. Looked all around my car. Made me open the boot.
Then they let me drive home.
I felt as if I had been treated as a criminal rather than a well-meaning, reponsible citizen. It didn't stop me being on the side of the police. I've known a couple and they have to deal with some pretty terrible stuff sometimes. It just wasn't the polite, Dixon of Dock Green approach that my grandfather had believed in and passed on to me when I was young.
Years later, the unpleasant taste still lingers, faintly. More recent events, like the video of the innocent old guy violently hit and pushed over in London a few years ago, who subsequently died, leave a fresher, ranker taste. I don't expect every law enforcer to be an angel, though I hope most have high standards suited to their role. But I do expect the ruling, controlling powers to distinguish accurately between "good" and "bad" actions and to act accordingly; not treating their paymasters, citizens, as criminals by default and not dealing with their own bad apples by closing ranks, which leads to a "We're in control; we can get away with most things" culture.
When the majority of innocent, well-intentioned citizens are regarded as criminals in the first instance I expect many end up thinking, "Why should I bother and suffer for trying to act responsibly?"
Police, I expect, are mostly doing a good job and sometimes trying to maintain their own sanity when travelling on the darker pathways of society.
Politicians, however, who make and rant about laws, often with seemingly little comprehension of the nitty-gritty contexts, but with great expertise in fields such as "spin", the finer points of expense claims and milking the media for every possible vote-winning sound-bite, rarely seem to have much of the darker side of life to deal with, compassionately and wisely. They seem, often, to be experts only in their own careers and future incomes and those of their families, friends (*) and business backers.
(*) Mostly the sort of "Et tu Brute" friends that Julius Caesar had. Such is the world they chose to inhabit.
Re: So strictly speaking...
You are correct if you reported it to the police you would be prosecuted.
It's just like the gun laws - if you find a gun, pick it up and take it to the police station they will arrest you and at least attempt put you in prison for the minimum sentence of 5 years. Google 'Paul Clarke Guildford crown court' to see what happens in this instance.
It's called 'strict liability' - no excuses, you are guilty even when you're not !
Re: So strictly speaking...
...Things get more interesting when you start to look at where the charges would fall. Network Manager ? IT Director ? Company secretary ? Any one of which has the potential to throw UK business back to the dark ages, if people start getting jailed....
Actually, the way the law is written and interpreted, anyone associated in ANY way with the computer system or network on which a forbidden image resides is guilty. That would probably include the entire company from Chairman of the Board down to delivery boy, and doubtless all the shareholders too.
Looking on the bright side, there are probably a lot of politicians on the boards of companies...
Why don't they hack the Daily Mail
That way they can all be arrested and the paper closed down.
Moral Panic
Find something, anything then whip it up and create a moral panic to justify new Laws and new sanctions.
So there have been 200-300 of these incidents, how many websites are there in the world, anyone like to take a guess? Lets put this story into perspective instead of trying to use it as a way to tighten and regulate and spy on us and our Internet access.
"The law is an ass."
So if 50,000 people visit www.ibm.com or www.tesco.com and see it, it's technically been downloaded. So that's at least 50,000 people who now need to be put in chokey for possession of CP then!
Re: "The law is an ass."
> So that's at least 50,000 people who now need to be put in chokey for possession of CP then!
Possession AND creation, because there was a local copy made in the browser cache at the very least.. Yes, that's stupid, but look at all the previous cases, the CPS always went also for creation, on these grounds.
Re: Why don't they hack the Daily Mail
Since the DM is constantly promoting child porn, they should all be arrested and the paper closed down anyway. And Cameron should be locked away for the same reason.
@AC - Re: So strictly speaking...
AC wrote :- "So, ..if you accidentally stumble across some KP and report it to the police, then YOU will be arrested and charged ... It's as silly as imagining that someone could go into a police station to report that they're the victim of domestic violence and promptly being grilled about whether they're an illegal immigrant."
Wrong analogy. First case is about the same offence. Second case is about two different offences.
Reporting child smut and the like
At least in the U.S. no, you can't get prosecuted for reporting it if you do it immediately. Mind you, you could be called as a witness and have to admit to the hanky beside your keyboard. (That it has dried 'mucus' will be the hardest part to explain methinks.)
Strict liability offence
Possession and/or distribution of child porn, innit? What could possibly go wrong?
Gosh could someone have been hoarding a stack of nasty CP and a zero day exploit
to distribute it.
Whoever could have such resources?
The thing is real CP lovers have historically taken a lot of trouble to hide their very unpleasant subject matter in such a way it's difficult to find unless you have been told exactly what path to take (because you've shown you can be trusted). Anyone remember the "Wonderland" gang?
This sounds suspiciously like someone trying to whip up a moral panic playing the "Looooook! It's even on legal pron sites"
Cue the (surprisingly) well briefed torrent of media outrage, saturation appearances by Clare Perry etc ad nauseum and assorted bo**cks about how "Society must be protected."
Re: Gosh could someone have been hoarding a stack of nasty CP and a zero day exploit
In the mind of Claire Perry, there are no legal porn sites.
Re: Gosh could someone have been hoarding a stack of nasty CP and a zero day exploit
And when they go too far and the backlash from the underworld is to dump all this shit on ceebeebies, or hmrc.gov or the tory party web site?
Re: Gosh could someone have been hoarding a stack of nasty CP and a zero day exploit (@ Tom 38)
In the mind of Claire Perry, there are no legal porn sites.
I guess there's not enough space nor processing power for them. From what I've read about her she probably has to keep her family members first names 'in the cloud'.
Re: Gosh could someone have been hoarding a stack of nasty CP and a zero day exploit
"In the mind of Claire Perry, there are no legal porn sites."
What about sites hosting damaging, dangerous political prattling?
Are they legal? (Usually)
Obscene? (Sometimes)
Immoral (Often)
Porn? (Occasionally , depending on particular predilections being paraded)
Re: Gosh could someone have been hoarding a stack of nasty CP and a zero day exploit
They already did - on her website.
On TV
They had a quote from IWF saying that the directory listed videos/images that when clicked on installed malware.
As usual with CP, the alleged crime is not reported the same everywhere, is this intentional? Which is it, CP or a malware/blackmail unlock scam?
If the 'hacked' sites are not charged with distribution, that will become the excuse of the real perps; Just setup a business selling greetings cards and become the victim of a hacker when found to be distributing CP.
Re: On TV
Back in 2000, a company I worked for had an FTP server "hacked" (someone either cracked a password, OR they hadn't deleted a leavers account, OR they created an account for a client which was compromised) and some very disturbing stuff apparently put on it. The police were called, and after having FTP explained to them (they couldn't understand why the network manager was so worried. "After all the computer is locked up") they just said "best to wipe it, and er, take more care".
Re: On TV
Doesn't say anything about malware on the IWF press release - which is pretty much repeated verbatim in the Reg article.
Re: On TV
Around 2004 I had a developer install SQL on a box and put it unpatched on the internet late Friday.
I arrive Monday to "we have no internet". Uplink is saturated, just looking at the switch blinky lights tells me it's the developer box. After asking the developers what the hell it was, and finding it was a SQL server I figured it was just Slammed. But a quick look showed it had a large folder full of .jpg files named like 82574small.jpg and 82574big.jpg. Thousands of them.
Developers wanted to have a look, I said no I had to fix the server first. I "fixed" the server with a secure wipe CD.
One of the developers was quite mad that I didn't let him look.
Re: On TV
Only ever met one unix SA who had to deal with CP on internal servers. This was way back around '98, she found a small stash about 30MB of images on an internal server from tech savvy user. Police called, she had a spend about and hour explaining the tech and showing examples of what she found ( which she said made her almost physically sick ) HR, her manager and the company legal team all present while she showed the evidence to the coppers. HR then called the user to another meeting room to meet the coppers, company legal present, the user was sacked on the spot and then immediately arrested by the coppers. The server had to be put into offsite secure storage ( all local storage back then ) until the court case just in case.
Re: On TV
Around the same time, an FTP server at company I worked for was similarly hacked. In this case, though, the hackers uploaded a large archive of cracked application software.
The FTP server was running on an old Solaris development box assigned to one project. I suspect that the hackers got in via an exploit, and not a leaked password.
Repeat after me: "SQL" is a language used to interrogate databases, it is not a piece of software developed by Microsoft.
This sort of problem was solved a while back. All that it takes is awareness and use of the tooling to solve.
Here's one way http://www.bleb.org/software/PeridotFlyer.pdf
Is that a solution, or a way of making the problem worse?
Suppose you use this automatic link-fixing tool...
1. You build your website and protect it with this link-fixing tool
2. Unknown attacker breaks into your site and uploads CP into an unlinked folder
3. One of the links on your pages goes bad, the link-fixing tool automatically searches for an alternative and chooses the CP folder
4. You loose your job and get thrown into jail.
Just too bad
That some governments seem more concerned for hiding this stuff than actually fighting it.
But this development is a no brainer; a lot of companies who got their website hacked care only for 1 thing: to have it back up working as soon as possible. Even if this involves risks. So the best thing a hacker can do is simply nothing. And then he'll have a whole box to himself.
In bizarre cases ICT could even be told not to fix any problems because of the risk that the site might become unavailable.
THAT is modern computing for you. Yeah, let's focus on filtering out the results then all is well with the Internet again.
I'd say confiscate the machine and at least hold the person(s) responsible for the web contents accountable too.
I don't get this
Why would you go to all the expense of cracking a computer, then uploading your cp collection, only to link it to a publicly available web server.
Either this is a group of very stupid people or someone is trying to whip up another moral panic.
Re: I don't get this
"Either this is a group of very stupid people"
But smart enough to subvert multiple web sites and with what seems to be a private stash of CP they want to share with their friends, but not very securely, hence not encrypted or password protected.
"or someone is trying to whip up another moral panic."
Time to sharpen up Occam's Razor?
Re: I don't get this
It seems quite a sensible method to avoid government-imposed porn filters and search engine blacklists to me. They can't block it if it's everywhere, can they?
Re: I don't get this
I can understand using hacked websites to store/share/sell the material. What I don't get is: "Typically, someone visiting a normal adult porn website is redirected to, say, a file directory listing in a furniture shop's online home, which has been compromised and filled with images of terrible abuse."
Why do that? It would seem logical they would want to keep knowledge of the compromised server to themselves, not broadcast it to people who will report it.
Re: I don't get this
Or you just want to point out the stupidity of sctrict liability legislation and net censorship....
Re: I don't get this
The only reason I can imagine would be a hoax. Something the denizens of 4chan might think funny.
Small Businesses and Websites
I am not surprised by this. Especially when "Furniture Store" is mentioned in the example. Often many of the people on El'Reg Comments Section can get lost in Enterprise sized issues and forget the Mom and Pop stores. Run on a shoestring with a tiny staff. Someone up there mentions "Network Manager, IT Director". Trouble is, in a small company, these posts do not exist. IT is done on shoestring. "Someone's Mate" creates a website and hosts it on the cheapest hosting available. And no one EVER looks at that website's files ever again. No one monitors the logs (mainly as they expect them to be made of wood). No one watches the IT. No one understands that they need to patch the software on the server.
Often when a website goes on line, the next time it is touched is when it is replaced five years later.
This kind of hack is old. I have seen it happen many times - though rarely for something like KP. Too often the Small Business has setup a password that is dumb and simple as they don't realise how vital it is.
As an IT Contractor to small business I often get frustrated at issues like this. I get called in and paid by the hour, which does not allow me to check up on websites.
The law is a total a*se here. The way the law stands the owner of the company will be locked up. Even though they were never aware of any of this KP on their website. This makes it a very clever way to put your competitor not only out of business but to trash their name for life.
I once spotted this kind of stuff on a CHURCH website. Via a mis-typed web search. Nothing illegal in that case, but clearly nasty and unwanted. I assisted the church to clean the website up. For free. The thanks I got? Four days later I get threatening letters from the owner of the website. His lack of understanding refused to believe it was a simple hack via his weak password - and he started to accuse ME of infecting his site!! I pointed him at a few chapters of his favourite book about the Good Samaritan.
This story is only the tip of the iceberg... we are going to see a lot more stories about websites being hacked.
Re: Small Businesses and Websites
"This story is only the tip of the iceberg... we are going to see a lot more stories about websites being hacked."
And it's early August. This isn't, and won't be, the only non-story during the reporters-and-everyone-on-holiday season.
The IWF is not the most reliable source.
They have something of a history of whipping up hysteria. I imagine this happened once or maybe twice, but the IWF is trying to make it seem like some sort of epidemic of child abuse images.
Anonymous Coward: There was a study a while ago that found the most dangerous sites on the internet, malware-wise, were church websites. Even more than porn or piracy. Simply because few churches pay a professional administrator, they just have a volunteer muddle their way through.
Re: The IWF is not the most reliable source.
>...they just have a volunteer muddle their way through.
Or worse, someone looking for some 'portfolio' building experience and a place to deploy their newly self-made CMS named after the almighty himself (shall remain nameless here as it would take 1 second to Google, but I swear that theist, atheist, and non-theist alike would be ROFLing at the audacity - particularly after seeing the 'developer's' company site) when all the updates would fit into 20 tweets and yet registration and sign-in are unencrypted, copy-writing badly lacking....arrrrrrrrrrr.
Other than churches, mom and pops, and vanity sites, small festival and events' sites are also often lacking in well rounded development.
On the other hand, some of the larger churches have very competent staff who work full time in tech and they have excellent security capabilities. I once found myself conversing with such a fellow and whilst he name dropped his friends and associates, I had to stifle a laugh when I realized that some of his work was on sites that people I know on the other side of the religious-political spectrum actively watch.
Fixable, just like SPAM, but good luck.
We live in a climate where the legal apparatus can snare anybody the state pleases. This is one of those things that someone like me knew about decades ago.
If having noxious content on your system is a crime, then we are all potentially criminals and someone like me with nominal control over a fair number of systems is likely a criminal in waiting now.
If a well funded attacker like the NSA decides to incriminate you, there is not much you can do to defend yourself. As an aside: if, for any reason, you are or may become suspect for any breach, leave the talking to your lawyer. If you are going to be targeted you will be targeted by people who are expert in getting you to incriminate yourself. If you engage them, you will lose.
We are about to face an extremely challenging environment where pornography of any type, no matter how depraved can be synthesized without involving any actual subjects. CGI will be able to produce whatever the creator can imagine. This will usher in a time where this material is available in effectively unlimited quantities and where it will seep into things, just like SPAM.
Consider this: if you are the type of person to consume illegal pornography, what better way to get what you want and keep yourself protected than to make sure the material exists everywhere, regardless of whether or not it is wanted? I just checked and a Bing image search for a benign cosmetic procedure turns up all kinds of images that would already be illegal in some jurisdictions. Those images are now in my cache, and if I were in the wrong place and under siege by the state, I would be on my way to jail.
We really need to get public minded people who understand this stuff to help educate legislators and the public so they understand the issues.
In my opinion, we need to legislate communications such that unwanted communication can be stopped. It is desirable and possible to eliminate the vast majority of SPAM. Whatever can be used to protect against SPAM can be used to protect against noxious SPAM like illegal images.
A trickier issue is material communicated from consenting individuals and trickier still is material both produced and consumed by the same individual. In my opinion, we need to bite the bullet and make it *not* illegal to possess any imagery of any type, but rather to make proactive communication of things outside of acceptable norms illegal and to be strict in our enforcement.
The most difficult thing about stuff like this is getting people to actually understand the issues.
Re: Fixable, just like SPAM, but good luck.
"We really need to get public minded people who understand this stuff to help educate legislators and the public so they understand the issues."
The cynic in me believes that there are people in power how want it *exactly* how it is, everybody in fear because they could be next.
People who are afraid don't rock the boat. It's all about population control.
Re: Fixable, just like SPAM, but good luck.
"The cynic in me believes that there are people in power how want it *exactly* how it is, everybody in fear because they could be next."
Their problem is that self-serving career-politicos are not, really, the brightest of beings. They fail to see that they are themselves much more attractive targets of career-killing attacks than the average bloke on the street.
Mr. Jones at number 181 dressing up in Spurs kit for hanky-panky - yawn!
Mr. Tory MP doing similarly - scoop! 24-hour photographer vigils. Histories (*) dissected. Skeletons unearthed.
(*) HisLibDems? HisSocialists?
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"In the mind of Claire Perry, there are no legal porn sites."
We really need to quit calling those ancient carved naked figures art as well. The Statue of David after all is just some of the world's first gay porn.
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So... would that make the Venus Demilo statue the world's first paraplegic porn?
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That'd be the Venus of Willendorf. It's not limbless but it is so unrealistically proportioned the arms are just stumps.
A few years ago one of the emails I received had a link pointing to a car dealership's website but the email was one of those medicine selling places. (my spam filter missed it) I thought it was strange that a car dealership is selling prescription drugs on the side, so I checked it out, I was curious, the car dealer was in South Africa, the medicine was sold supposedly from Canada. There was no link from the dealership's home page, I thought maybe somebody is doing some part time business or the site was hacked, so I wrote an email to the manager of the dealership. He answered that there is nothing like I am talking about on their website, but they would be happy to discuss a fantastic deal about a new or used car. So I answered, again giving the link in the email and asking him to check it and to forward my email to the person responsible for the website to check it too. Next day got an email from the host of the website thanking me and mentioning that they found several similar links on their servers. A few days later the manager of the dealership wrote again apologising for not realising the problem immediately and thanking me for my help.
The bad thing is that now I am on their mailing list and after several emails they still seem incapable deleting my email address from their list.
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On September 14, 2010, while following up on a tip, detectives with the Narcotics Unit conducted a traffic stop on a truck pulling a trailer. During the traffic stop, deputies located numerous items utilized to cultivate marijuana inside the trailer. These items included light hoods for high voltage light bulbs, high powered light bulbs, fans, electrical ballast utilized to supply an additional power source to a residence, potting soil, and foam cubed blocks utilized for immature plants without a root system.
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Roberto Cardoso (DOB 01/02/50) Miami
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Marijuana cultivation
Trafficking in marijuana
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A chance meeting with her, and I could guess her life was all about shopping, dinning and enjoying.
I asked her, "How are you prepared for your daughter's higher education?"
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It was just too much to ask from ladies like Angelina. But I was determined to put her money to better use, and so I planned to meet her again.
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After a sumptuous dinner, Angelina finally obliged, "OK, will you help me with that?"
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Il Pastaio
- Address:
400 North Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90212Neighborhood:
Beverly Hills
- Cuisine:
ItalianPrice: $30 and under
Il Pastaio
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.giacominodrago.com/home.htm
- Phone: (310) 205-5444
- Hours of Operation:
Monday - Thursday: 11:30am - 11:00pm
Friday and Saturday: 11:30am - midnight
Sunday: 11:30am - 10:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Italian
- Executive Chef: Giacomino Drago
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Beer, Cafe, Chef's Table, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Area, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wine
- Private Party Facilities: Please contact the restaurant about private parties.
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Gourmet Magazine calls il Pastaio "a taste of heaven," and says "the cooks in il Pastaio's kitchen have angel's hands". Los Angeles Magazine critics choice ranked it "one of the top ten new restaurants". It's no wonder this friendly neighborhood trattoria has been a favorite meeting place, satisfying locals and visiting customers with its mouthwatering pasta since opening in 1994.Continued
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Il Pastaio reviews from OpenTable diners
90 reviews since July 30, 2014
- Food4.6Service4.3
- Ambiance4.2Noise LevelModerate
great for outdoor dining (63)fit for foodies (51)neighborhood gem (45)great for lunch (40)hot spot (29)special occasion (29)romantic (14)good for groups (11)kid-friendly (9)notable wine list (8)great for brunch (6)scenic view (5)late-night find (4)vibrant bar scene (2)Show More
- . Fabulous location and good food and serviceDawnaDined on 11/24/2014Great location, quaint yet vibrant, one of our favourite people watching areas. Food and service is always great Whenever we are in LA we always come to this restaurant and enjoy it more than the last time! Recommend ++Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The food was fabulous!VegasinCharlestonVIPDined on 11/23/2014The food was the tastiest and freshest food I had in Beverly Hills! The service was friendly and helpful with pairings. The wine selection was extraordinare! Loved dining outdoors.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Love Il Pistaioidk7Dined on 11/22/2014My husband and I live on the east coast; whenever we travel to L.A., our first choice for a dining experience is always at Il Pistaio. We love sitting outside in 70 degree weather (especially in November), watching the world go by as we enjoy delectibe Italian food and outstanding service. The servers at Il Pistaio are as professional as they come. This is a restaurant that combines all the ingredients that make for five-star dining: ambiance, food, service . . . what more could anyone ask for? Thank you, Il Pistaio. We love you.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing food...OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 11/12/2014Very authentic Italian food... pure and delicious. Tables are kind of close to each other but that's about it. Customer service is outstanding.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- One of the finest Italian Restaurants in LA!WolfgangDined on 11/11/2014This is one of the finest Italian Restaurants in LA. Amazing food and wonderful service!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- il pastaio never fails......kwallDined on 11/10/2014.....another fabulous night at il pastaio.....this time with clients in from japan.....i'd built up the anticipation and everything was perfect....a+Special Features:
- RKSSVIPDined on 11/9/2014Always pleasurable. The food is good. The waiters could be friendlier.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 11/2/2014The shrimp and scallop ravioli in lobster cream sauce was one of the best. The fettucine bolognese was mediocre. The tables are a bit too close together and the service made us feel rushed.Special Features:
- Neighborhood GemJinWLAVIPDined on 10/25/2014Food is always great. Never disappoints. A table with small children was seated next to us about mid meal. Not really the restaurant's fault, but it did change the overall experience.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2009VIPDined on 10/23/2014My friend from Amsterdam wants to go here every time he is in town, his most favorite ever!Special Features:
- great restaurant in beverly hillsGmomDined on 10/20/2014We liked baby artichoke salad, it was great taste. Clam pasta was great too! We will come back again .Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- wonderful lunch!1OMNIVOREDined on 10/15/2014I met my NY friend for a lovely lunch, We dined alfresco which was a bit frustrating due to the BH trucks but the food and service was excellent. We especially enjoyed the lentil and arugula salad with shrimp. The faro pasta was a nice accompaniment to the salad. All in all I can't wait to return!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Home-style Italian in Beverly HillsOpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 10/11/2014A clue to the quality of this Drago restaurant is in how many Italian families you'll find there on any given day. You will always find the most amazing pastas, from the most basic to specialties enhanced by squid ink or tasty pestos! Any of the risottos are great and the joy of seeing that beautiful beet-colored risotto on the plate can't be described. Their truffle specials are also pretty amazing, too! It's our favorite "go to" Italian restaurant. I would eat there twice a week, if my waistband allowed it!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Authentic Italian in Beverly HillsTaraVIPDined on 10/8/2014Love, love, love the fresh salads, best fresh-made-daily pasta, and the most delicious panna cotta I've ever tasted! My fave restaurant in LA by a long shot.Special Features:
- Unbelievable White Truffle PastaShellsVIPDined on 10/3/2014What more can I say? We always come for dinner in October for White Truffles. Very expensive, but Very delicious!Special Features:
- only if i had too...AngelsFanVIPDined on 9/22/2014food is good, service SUCKS!!! the waiters think they are serving you for free!
- Always a pleasureWehodinerDined on 9/18/2014Came in last week for lunch and sat on the Brighton side patio. Shared the grilled calamari, would have liked it to be a little crispier but was delicious nonetheless. Followed up with a salad, can't remember the name but was arugula, parmesan, hearts of palm, tomato and yummy.Special Features:
- An Italian TreasureOpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 9/16/2014One of the consistently great Italian restaurants in Beverly Hills!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Beverly Hills gemOpenTable Diner Since 2004Dined on 9/13/2014finally, a good value place in Beverly Hills. It is hard to find a good place to eat in Beverly Hills at a decent price. If you want home made Italian this is the price. the menu is very strong, flavor of the food great and size of the portions too much to eat. Best value in Beverly Hills.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- very accommodatingHowieVIPDined on 9/12/2014Made a last minute reservation on L Open table. Restaurant meet s direct request for an earlier time. Seated right away on arrival. Great food and modified dishes to our request. Attentive service. Highly recommend this g restaurant.😄Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- don't sit outsideLUVtoDINEDined on 9/8/2014we arrived for an relatively early dinner at 6pm and we were seated outside on the side of restaurant (a lot of outdoor seating).....do NOT allow them to seat you here! We were approached by 3 different homeless people while sitting at our table asking for money/food. The restaurant was doing nothing to prevent this despite several staff outside, so I had to go in and inform the hostess. Once the place was getting a little more filled in this activity appeared to slow down, but would have been nice to not have what was supposed to be a nice meal.
- Great food and great serviceestabDined on 9/8/2014Great food and great service. We were visiting LA and ate here twice. Very pleased.Special Features:
- MMMMHungryHungryHippoDined on 9/7/2014Delicious, as usual. I could eat here everyday. I get something different every time and nothing has disappointed me yet.Special Features:
- Really Great FoodCoronadoDined on 9/5/2014These days, it is hard to find a restaurant that provides not only really good food but excellent and tastey food on a consistant basis. We visit Beverly Hills just once a year and this was our second but not last dinner at Il Pastaio. Judging by the numbers of people dining there even in the early evening hours, the food has to be fantastic and we definitely think that it is.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Loved this place!GiselleDined on 9/5/2014The food is great here, the staff is friendly. It is nice for lunch and to sit outside. Will definitely come back!Special Features:
- Always a winnerLaurenfromLAVIPDined on 9/2/2014I have been going to Il Pastaio for over 20 years. It is consistently good. I tend to order my two favorite dishes every time: the parpardelle with venison and porcini mushroom ragu and the salad trecciolina which has hearts of palm, avocado, mozzarella, parmesan, arugula and tomatoes. My son had the ravioli with seafood. All the dishes were delicious. The bread is great. He makes his own olive oil, which is good. And the service is excellent.Special Features:
- Il PastaioLovefoodVIPDined on 8/31/2014Amazing service - amazing food! Great scenic view in Beverly Hills & incredible pasta.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- BonnieEDined on 8/19/2014My friend and i ordered four antipasti and they were wonderful with our drinks making making a great dinner. We spent a lot if time talking and catching up and were not rushed. It was a pleasant evening.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Ambience Changed2badDined on 8/19/2014May be due to summer vacation but there were too many kids that affected normal ambience of this restaurant negatively. Normally, it's more upscale and matured but it was too popular. On top of that, our waiter was not friendly as usual. He didn't even mention his name when he came to our table so we don't know who he was. It's not the normal style of this restaurant. Overall, we were pretty much disappointed with the restaurant at this time. I think the management should pay more attention to their services and ambience.Special Features:
- Fish dishes on the riseSarcasticGourmetDined on 8/14/2014A dependable Italian fave is now better with even deeper non meat options. Lively and tight quarters with an ever changing view.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Home sweet homeCurlyBevDined on 8/14/2014We recently moved to Pasadena from the NYC area. I love Italian food. We tried many Italian restaurants from Pasadena to LA, but none matched my NY/NJ favorites...7 months, not a great Italian dinner. Then one morning, i was fortunate to meet a life-long Californian at an LA bagel place, who recommended Il Pastaio.. So to whomever, you are, Thank You! I no longer need to go back to the east coast for my Italian food!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always good foodCl88VIPDined on 8/10/2014I love Il Pastaio and always try to stop in when I'm in California. Fresh, tasty food at mostly reasonable prices.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DeliciousHungryHungryHippoDined on 8/7/2014This place is DELICIOUS. Service, ambiance and all that other junk is fine. The food is to die forSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great food at top NeighborhoodEAAS68Dined on 8/4/2014Best italian restaurant in Beverly Hilss, black truffle agnolotti's were wonderful, and fior di zucca tortelloni even better.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2005Dined on 8/2/2014THEY HAD ME AT TRUFFLE RISOTTO, AND THE STEAK WAS TWICE AS GOOD AND HALF THE PRICE OF CUTSpecial Features:
- All around good foodFoodCriticWannabeDined on 8/1/2014Three of us dined there. Nice atmosphere, attentive service and all three dishes were excellent. Couldn't decide which one was best.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 363 reviews are from the Il Pastaio reviews archive.
- Poor ExperienceOpenTable Diner Since 2005VIPDined on 7/27/2014After having eaten here many times over the years I can safely say that I am done as the quality has slipped markedly. Slow inattentive service, mediocre food quality, deafening noise and a very messy kitchen/bus and bathroom area.
- FantasticBellaVIPDined on 7/27/201410 out of ten. Good service, good food. Friendly staff. Great location .Special Features:
- Best place in Beverly Hills!JaydeeVIPDined on 7/24/2014Love Il Pastaio. We visit this restaurant everytime we are in Beverly Hills. The food and service is always amazing and the room is energetic and fun. It seems more and more difficult to get reservations so everyone else is also loving this place.Special Features:
- Scenic ViewRachelVIPDined on 7/21/2014The scenic view is people watching with is thumbs up in Beverly Hills!Special Features:


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- Delucacheesemonger Aug 23, 2012 11:13 AM
When l contemplate going to a restaurant, new to me or an old standard, l always check the menu either on line or call to find out. If there is nothing that attracts me to the menu l will pass on the restaurant and check periodically in the future to see if some menu item(s) attract me.
As a result of my menu issues l try to avoid Prix Fixe with little or no choice menus as invariably some if not many of the courses do not interest me, and either l eat them not happily or it just goes back to kitchen little touched.
What are your thoughts, or really votes.
ALC or limited prix fixe, if ONLY one way which would it be ?
l think due to financial issues, most 'fine-dining' spots will be prix fixe in the future.
Definitely ALC. There are too many things I don't like to be forced to eat a set menu. I avoid tasting menus for theis reason as well. Somehow I acn always fnd something to order on an ALC menu.
I don't object to Prix Fixe when it is offered as choose one app, one main and dessert for X dollars and I have the range of the menu to select from.
re: sunshine842
As your neck is my neck half the year, l have way more trouble lately in the states than in Europe. When l go to the new 'chef-inspired' restaurants as Saturne in Paris, l accept it, but l certainly don't go as often to that style as normal ALC.
re: Delucacheesemonger
I figured there would be a difference.
I usually find that the PF is also what's really good and/or fresh today...so I usually go for that. If there's a choice I don't like, then I'll go ALC.
I'm an a la carte guy. I like to compose a meal myself. I'm not always thrilled with prix fixe menus. There always seems to be one choice I don't like or seems forced.
A local (Phila) restaurant, Matyson, develops a special prix fixe menu every week and e-mails notice of the menu. If the menu sounds like dishes I want to try, I go; if not, I don't.
I've never been "forced" to eat anything since I have to order it first.
I have responded without your parameter of either/or since that is not my experience. While they may exist somewhere, all of the restaurants from whom I havbe ordered prix fixe have at the same time offered a full "carte".
So in my view, "l think due to financial issues, most 'fine-dining' spots will be prix fixe in the future" is an unrealistic view of the future of fine dining.
re: FrankJBN
Didn't both Vetri and Lacroix both recently convert to prix fixe only? It seems to me there is a trend towards this in Philly. In fact, I think the OP spends some time dining in our fair city (and is pretty active on the Philly board).
ETA: I prefer ALC myself.
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Those restaurants do not offer the option of a la carte.
This is a hybrid answer, but the first time or two that I go to a restaurant, I prefer to order ala carte so I can order things I am comfortable with, be it a certain type of food or a specific preparation. Once I see how the chef handles things I know, then I can decide if I want to trust him/her with a fixed menu.
Some places we go to regularly have a good fixed price menu and we have no problem in making a selection. They tend to be the neighbourhood bistro type place, although there's some high end places where it can offer big savings against ALC (I'm thinking of Michelin 3* Waterside Inn in Bray, UK where we ate the other week).
Then there are the other places where the carte is the way to go. And these days, in general, we'll usually go for it, in preference to a multi-course tasting menu.
Generally speaking I am always happier to be eating at a place where there is a short menu. Usually means the kitchen can concentrate on doing things well. Obviously, I'm excluding the cartes that might be available at places with a large kitchen brigade.
For everyday, ALC, but for special places, prix fixe. I am often amazed at how much I love certain courses on tasting menus that I would have never ordered ALC. I see it as an opportunity to be pleasantly surprised by a chef who has hopefully put a lot of thought into an entire menu.
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I agree. I have often experienced great food I woud never have ordered if it wasn't part of a set meal. Certainly there have been failures but the successes outweigh them. That said there are times I know what I want and I want what I know so I go to an ALC tat I know and love.
I also rarely browse menus before I go to a place, I rely on the write-ups and trust there will be someting good and something interesting.
I think I do this with movies as well, I love going to see films that surprise me, and I love to take chances. But then occasionally I like to crank the stereo up, order a take away curry, open a beer, and wallow in the familiarity of The Hunt for Red October (needless to say I can only indulge in this luxury whilst home alone).
At McDonalds, the constituent parts of a prix fixe #7 cost 47 cents more if ordered a la carte.
Usually, I prefer ALC, but sometimes a very special PF wins. A recent example was Topolobampo. Hadn't been to Chicago in 4 years and was dying to return. There were 3 PF menus. While the ALC menu had a lot of good choices, so did the PFs. My husband and I each ordered a different PF and shared. Even though we liked some courses better than others, being able to sample so much of the chef's creativity was such a great option in a restaurant we love and don't get to very often.
I don't like prix fixe. It has become de riguer at many 'serious' restaurants now, so much that a restaurant without it is seen as inferior.
My wife and I have worked in the theatre most all our lives and when we go out we are not looking for dinner as theatre. We just want to eat well. I don't want to be forced into many courses and a lengthy meal. Ok for an option, but not as an automatic commitment.
If only one way, ALC. But I love a good prix fixe menu when the chef really shines. I'm not a picky eater and tend to like professionals (in most aspects of life) to do their thing and put the control in their hands.


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Just north of the taxidermy shop on Lamar, behind the vintage shop is a parking lot. There, you'll find a streamline trailer parked, where nightly you'll find Andrea and her new place, Flip Happy, making some of the most delectable stuffed crepes I've had the pleasure of consuming. When we arrived at quarter to ten p.m. Saturday night, the "kitchen" had already closed, but soft-hearted Andrea cheerfully made us two large ham, gruyere and green onion crepes...absolute heaven.
The trailer sits at the back of the parking lot and has a few picnic tables in front, when we arrived there was a communal keg (mostly floating) and a very block-party feel to the crowd. An additional quirk is that the nursery behind them opens its gates so you can wander the gardens and settle in little nooks near fountains or wander to the back to listen to a band. We heard a very Cure-ish band and another band which consisted of two guys each on a Mac computer creating music that way. Very cool.
Andrea, along with her partners Patrick and Nessa, have a small but impressive menu which is divided into savory and sweet.
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And as if my heart hadn't already wrapped around this place and all its charm, Andrea caught wind of a very disappointed little boy who wanted one WAY after the place had officially closed, and she not only went back in and made him a Nutella roll-up, but also tracked him down in the nursery to give it to him. Wow.
I went there for lunch a couple of weeks ago and the ham and gruyere crepe was, indeed, delicious. For an extra couple of bucks you can get a side salad. Mine had surprisingly good tomatoes in it. It's located on South Lamar on the east side of the street just north of Oltorf. The driveway is between a taxidermy shop and a nursery (Floribunda or something like that). Also, they are only open for lunch on Friday and Saturday.
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Brain, thanks for the update. So, they ARE open for lunch, but just on Friday and Saturday. Am I correct stating that they are open every night? Also, correct me if I'm wrong but aren't they behind the hot pink vintage store and the nursery and not the taxidermy? I think it goes: Taxidermy on the corner, then the adult bookstore, then the vintage/nursery parking...
Glad to hear they're open for lunch on Saturday. Odds of hitting it then are greater than at night. Thanks again.
re: amysuehere
Maybe I'm wrong about the taxidermy. They are definitely between the nursery and something else. I think they're open for dinner every night, but I can't say for certain.
Thanks for the tip, amysuehere! We'll definitely check this out after our trip to the farmers' market tomorrow!
so, we checked out Flip Happy on Saturday and I cannot wait to go back! My husband got the ham and gruyere and was quite pleased with it. I got the pesto chicken with gruyere and tomato and it was very, very nice.
We had to take the crepes home to eat because our toddler was cranky and in need of lunch and a nap. The crepes were still warm and fresh when we got home, which was a big bonus.
I'm dying to try that lemon curd and blueberry one...
re: avi
A quick Google search would net you what you are looking for. Normally I'd leave it at that, but since so much of this thread has been spent on directions and hours, my search got me this:
2041 S. Lamar Blvd. (just north of Oltorf behind Flashback)
Lunch: Fridays and Saturdays: 11:00am - 2:00pm
Dinner: Tuesday-Saturday 5:30pm - 9:00pm
I look forward to hearing your opinions of the place (and how you decide if a crèpe is great or just good).
I usually have a hard time motivating myself to buy a crèpe out and about when they are so easy to make at home, but that's a topic for another board. On the other hand, some of the best tacos come from trailers, so I'm inclined to think that might also apply to these similar elements of French cuisine.
Flip is behind the business at 2047 S. Lamar, not 2041, in the Floribunda Plant Works parking lot, just a few buildings north of Oltorf and close to AAA News where you can follow up your crepes with some naughty toys... I finally found Flip after a few tries and was glad to find that it really exists. Unfortunatly, it was closed. I was begining to think that this was an elaborate hoax ... a rather good one at that. Good going amysuehere, you certainly piqued my curiousity!
I too went there tonight, very hungry, only to be disappointed to find it closed. The menu looked terrific. So I dashed up to Taco Xpress (2529 S Lamar) and was happy with a plate of chicken enchiladas, rice, and beans. Very, very happy.


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