Email Author Elina Shatkin

2010 Stories by Elina Shatkin

• Goal: Upscale Sports Bar Hopes to Score on West 3rd Street

  published Mar 16, 2010

  The strangest thing about Goal, LA's newest upscale sports bar, isn't what's there. It's what's missing. Recently soft-opened on a stretch of W. 3rd St. known more for chic cafes and fine dining, Goal... More >>

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  Las Perlas, Cedd Moses' Mezcal & Tequila Bar Opens in Downtown L.A.

  published Mar 10, 2010

  For every bar there's a liquor and for every liquor there's a bar. Nightlife impresario Cedd Moses' latest venture, Las Perlas, soft-opened last night, aiming to become to mezcal and tequila what Seve... More >>

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  Absinthe: Crawling Toward Oblivion

  published Mar 05, 2010

  There's nothing like riding through the streets of downtown L.A. in a horse-drawn carriage to restore a sense of surrealism to daily life. Throw in a dose of dazzling green absinthe, and you've got th... More >>

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  Nana Queen's Pudding & Wings Truck Rolls Out Next Week; Grilled Cheese & Baby's Badass Burgers Get 2nd Trucks

  published Mar 04, 2010

  Made with fresh bananas and real cream, the banana pudding from Nana Queen's truck (Twitter: @nanaqueens) has all the virtues of home-cooking -- plus a wallop of gourmet originality. "This is not like... More >>

• It's Time for Lunch in Culver City + Libra Coming Soon

  published Feb 22, 2010

  Serving meals at non-traditional times is hardly a new concept (empires have been built on slinging Moons Over My Hammy at 3 a.m.), but restaurateur Michelle Nigro is hoping that Lunch in Culver City ... More >>

• Surviving The LA Cupcake Challenge: A Judge's Perspective

  published Feb 19, 2010

  Cupcakes are the cheerleaders of the dessert world, standing coyly on the side of the pastry case looking cute, perky and, above all, girlie. When bakeries started selling them for $3 apiece, people l... More >>

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  Shu Mai & Har Gow on Wheels: Dim Sum Trucks Rolls Into Los Angeles

  published Feb 18, 2010

  Growing up near San Jose and eating dim sum with his family, Alex Chu developed a passion for the cuisine. But it wasn't until he worked as a dim sum server that he learned how to prepare and present ... More >>

• W Hollywood Debuts Station Hollywood and The Living Room

  published Feb 10, 2010

  Quietly and with little fanfare, the W Hollywood on Jan. 28 unofficially opened its French brasserie, Delphine, and its two bars, Station Hollywood and The Living Room. (The hotel's long-delayed night... More >>

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  Guac Bowl 2010: Who Dat Guacr

  published Feb 08, 2010

  New Orleans wasn't the only team that earned a hard fought victory on Sunday. While the Saints stomped the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV, nearly 40 men and women faced off in a crueler and def... More >>

• Guac Bowl 2010: Where The Guacamole Meets The Gridiron

  published Feb 05, 2010

  How do you top a life-size facsimile of Han Solo frozen in guacamoler Or a homemade Ms. Pac Man arcade table blanketed in avocado, its maze dotted with habanero energizers, ghost-shaped tortilla chips... More >>

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  Sneak Peek inside The Surly Goat: West Hollywood Beer Bar to Open on Monday

  published Feb 04, 2010

  It wasn't the first beer-soaked lie a drunkard ever told, but it's certainly one of the most enduring. As the story goes, two German nobelmen were drinking when one fell off his beer barrel. Rather th... More >>

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  Reggae Chicken: Jamaican-American Fusion Food Truck Rolls Out

  published Jan 25, 2010

  On Saturday afternoon, while 26 of Los Angeles' nouveau food trucks converged at the T Lofts in West L.A. for a Haiti benefit, husband-and-wife duo Regine and Chris Patterson were putting the final to... More >>

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  Little Spoon Desserts Ditches Truck, Partners with Groundwork to Sell Vegan Desserts

  published Jan 22, 2010

  After less than three months in business, Melissa Hanna and Laurel Tincher are ditching their Little Spoon Desserts truck (Twitter: @weliketospoon) in favor of a new business model: selling Little Spo... More >>

• Truck Stop-themed Silver Lake Bar Stinkers to Become... Something Else, Something Classier

  published Jan 21, 2010

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  New Food Truck Alert: Willoughby Road Dishes Out Southern Cuisine With A Twist

  published Jan 11, 2010

  With at least 60 of them roaming the streets, Los Angeles seems to have every type of food truck you could imagine (and some you probably shouldn't). But we had no bona fide Southern food truck -- unt... More >>