BJ's RESTAURANT & BREWHOUSE, Westwood, CA

BJ's is yet another Westwood favorite discovered while attending UCLA. Having been there so many times, we've had some great food, ranging from a variety of deep dish pizzas (gotta love the "Great White") to sandwiches and pastas. But, there are really just two reasons to keep visiting this brewhouse chain: Beer and Pizookie.

Beer Sampler

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BJ's Famous Pizookie
A freshly baked, hot out of the oven, rich and delicious cookie (Half Chocolate Chunk, Half Chocolate "OREO") topped with 3 scoops of vanilla bean ice cream and a dollop of creamy mousse, served in its own deep dish.

Although we frequent BJ's quite often, it has been a long time since we allowed ourselves this ultimate treat. We chose 1/2 chocolate chip and 1/2 oreo cookie, although they also have white chocolate macadamia nut, peanut butter, or oatmeal raisin. One bite into it and we couldn't figure out why we had been denying ourselves one for so long. The warm, gooey, chocolaty cookie and creamy vanilla ice cream is, as you can image, simply fantastic. Our spoons were literally clashing over the last bite. Somehow I don't think we will be waiting that long again before having another.