Email Author Elina Shatkin

2010 Stories by Elina Shatkin

• [Updated, Again]: Scoops Westside Set to Opens

  published Dec 02, 2010

  Updated, Again: Scoops opened yesterday, Thu., Dec. 1. Update: Kang says Scoops didn't pass the inspection. He is making fixes and working for a Monday opening. L.A. Creamery isn't the only high-en... More >>

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  Sotto & Picca Opening in Test Kitchen Space

  published Dec 02, 2010

  As Test Kitchen, LA's experiment in musical chefs, takes its victory lap and bids farewell, the concept is already being transformed into something less temporal featuring two (semi-)permanent resta... More >>

• Mikawaya Opens New Plant Near DTLA

  published Dec 02, 2010

  100-year old mochi manufacturer Mikawaya, best known for its mochi-wrapped ice cream balls, is celebrating its centennial in new digs. Founded by the Hashimoto family in 1910, the homegrown L.A. co... More >>

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  I Heart Pies Pops Up at Eagle Rock Brewery

  published Dec 02, 2010

  We've already raved about the little tin of heaven that is the peanut butter s'more pie from I Heart Pies. Now, baker Emily Cofrancesco, her husband Nick and their adorable octopus mascot will be pop... More >>

• [Updated, Again]: Thierry Perez's L'Epicerie Opens Next Week

  published Dec 01, 2010

  Update #2: After a few delays, L'Epicerie opened this morning. Hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a happy hour every day of the week (4-7 p.m.) that features $4 glasses of wine and about 10 small plate... More >>

• Food Trucks Still Jumping The Shark, Advertising Everything

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Every time I think the luxe lonchero trend has hit full cultural penetration, I find food trucks and food truck culture (yes, there is such a thing) cropping up somewhere I'd never expect. If food t... More >>

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  Sneak Peek: La Monarca in Santa Monica

  published Nov 30, 2010

  The bakery named after the butterfly is about take flight -- all the way from Huntington Park to Santa Monica. As soon as La Monarca receives final approval from the city and passes the last health ... More >>

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  The Other Red O: The Original Red Onion

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Parking is plentiful. There are no bouncers to prevent you from entering before your allotted hour. Here, the unwashed masses are welcome. With the much hyped and much criticized opening of posh Mexi... More >>

• Tron High Tea: What Would A Computer Program Eatr

  published Nov 24, 2010

  What a do a cheeseburger and onion rings have in common with a malicious computerr After trying the limited-time Tron-themed menu at Royal/T, I still don't know. I also don't care. Like a desperate ... More >>

• Food Court Flash Mob Rocks "Hallelujah"

  published Nov 24, 2010

  No matter your religious beliefs of lack thereof, probably no one expected the Messiah to rise in a shopping mall food court. Then again, why the hell notr Watch as this flash mob takes over a typica... More >>

• Suck My Video Vegetables

  published Nov 24, 2010

  When is a cucumber ever just a cucumberr Maybe when Groucho Marx buys one at the Whole Foods in the sky. No, not even then. And definitely not in Magan & Rodriguez's latest music video. Cucumbers,... More >>

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  L.A. Creamery Opening in Canoga Park

  published Nov 24, 2010

  The day after Thanksgiving, artisan ice cream maker L.A. Creamery opens its first brick-and-mortar location, in the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center. The recipes for the 16-18 daily flavors -- lik... More >>

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  Formerly Vegan Blogger Threatened by Angry Vegans

  published Nov 23, 2010

  What happens when a prominent vegan defects and becomes an ardent omnivorer Death threats, of course. After years of living as a self-professed "vegangelical," Natasha, a well-known vegan blogger a... More >>

• First Bite: Lobster Rolls on The Lobsta Truck

  published Nov 23, 2010

  "You're eating what off a truckr" a friend asked when I told him I would be sampling the wares at The Lobsta Truck (@lobstatruck). There's nothing like seafood -- tricky to source, expensive and pr... More >>

• Bakery Biz: Sweet E's Bakeshop Opens at Pico-Robertson

  published Nov 23, 2010

  The second Westside-ish bakery to open in less than a week (along with simplethings), Sweet E's Bakeshop opened last Wednesday near the corner of Pico and Robertson. It's a nice addition to a neighb... More >>

• Bakery Biz: simplethings Opens in Mid-City West

  published Nov 22, 2010

  Boasting the motto "Sandwich, Pie, Done" as well as the sweet and savory pies of chef Carrie Cusack (who you may know from the Eagle Rock, Silver Lake or Sherman Oaks farmers markets), simplethings ... More >>

• A New Chef at Petrossian + Shunji's to Open on Melrose

  published Nov 22, 2010

  Now that Ben Bailly has left Petrossian to revamp the Culver City Fraiche (which just began serving Sunday brunch yesterday), the West Hollywood caviar hub has brought in Giselle Wellman as executive ... More >>

• Mani's on Maple: Requiem for a Dream

  published Nov 22, 2010

  It's not easy being Mani's. When the cafe first opened in 1989, it was a rarity, one of few places serving high-end, semi-healthy fare. It may have been the first time I tried a archetypal Los Angel... More >>

• Coolio Raps About Cranberry Relish on NPR

  published Nov 19, 2010

  Coolio has a fetish -- for cranberry relish. The aging rapper showed up on NPR to sample the "sounds terrible, tastes terrific" relish recipe from Susan Stamberg's mother-in-law. As odd as that may ... More >>

• Food Truck Friday: Tornado Potato Hits L.A.

  published Nov 19, 2010

  You say tor-nay-doh, I say tor-nah-doh. You say po-tay-toh, I say po-tah-toh. Let's not call the whole thing off. The tornado potato that's already touched down in Korea and Koln (with pit stops in ... More >>

• Barneys Kills Foodie with Billboard

  published Nov 19, 2010

  What thousands of food-writers couldn't do with their online ranting, Barneys did with a single billboard. They killed the word "foodie." Despite the way it has come to connote a "dilettante who kn... More >>

• Eatz Opens In December + Recipe for Khoresh Fesenjan

  published Nov 19, 2010

  Chef and founder Niki Tehranchi likes for an evening at Eatz to feel as much like a dinner party as it does a cooking class. After nearly two-and-a-half years of running her DIY cooking school out o... More >>

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  A Clu to Royal/T's Tron Menu

  published Nov 18, 2010

  Royal/T changes identities more often than Madonna, but where she's turned into a Kabbalah cultist with impressive and terrifying monkey strength, the hyphenate Japanese maid cafe/gallery/store has ... More >>

• Your Newest Twitter Meme: #failedmenuitems

  published Nov 18, 2010

  Coke au Vin. Spotted Dick Cheney with Condoleeza Rice. Phlegm Brulee. Ted Nougat. Elderly Berry Crumble. Hushed Puppies. Risottomayor. Your newest food-based Twitter meme, #failedmenuitems, has ar... More >>

• Book Review: Punch: The Delights & Dangers of the Flowing Bowl

  published Nov 17, 2010

  There have been no shortage in the past few years of books chronicling the secret and not-so-secret lives of various foodstuffs: lobsters, vodka, oysters, foie gras. Punch gets its turn with the rel... More >>