Lesley McCave

Bruce Marder, several partners from his other restaurants (Capo, Broadway Deli, Cora's and Brentwood Restaurant and Lounge) and his son Max have joined forces to open the Cal-Ital café/restaurant House on the former Pastis premises on Beverly. Head chef is Ricky Moreno, of Capo and Cora's. Twenty-five years in the......

Yesterday we gave you the first part of our interview with Suzanne Tracht of Jar, who has her hands full opening not one but two new restaurants in L.A. this year. So what's her secret to successful multitasking? Easy: Do what you love. Turn the page for the second part......

Jar may stand for 'Just another restaurant', but in the eight years since it opened, Suzanne Tracht's modern chophouse has garnered much acclaim for its laidback setting and ludicrously good steaks and sides, not to mention its near-legendary pot roast (for the recipe, check back tomorrow). Yet, despite being at......

After spotting this announcement on the door of Doughboys last week, we tracked down Terry Ickowicz, who co-manages the restaurant with Charlie Jacob, owner of the parent company. Ickowicz confirmed that the beloved spot at 8136 West 3rd Street, which closed in 2007 allegedly due to numerous code violations (although......

Maybe it shouldn't come as a surprise that, in a land where Cheap Trick still sell out stadiums and Anvil are considered cool, KFC is seen as the ultimate Christmas treat. Apparently, when "Kentucky," as it's known in Japan, was first launched there, it was slow to catch on, until......

Here's a shot of the Dodd Mitchell-designed restaurant on Melrose Avenue (corner of Kilkea Drive) taking shape. The West Hollywood Red O, which is set to open in March of next year, is in the former Moustache Café (later Chocolat) space. Details are currently sketchy, but we're told that the......

Although it will serve the mini chain's pastries, cakes and cookies, the WeHo outpost will, according to owner Maury Rubin, also offer savory fare such as "pressed sandwiches, soups and maybe salads." There'll even be a "sister" version of the hot chocolate for which Birdbath (and its joint operation, City......

A brace of local eateries made it onto the December-issue rundown of 2009's "most democratically priced restaurant dishes." LA was the only city in the nation to score two mentions--the major metropolises of New York, San Francisco and Chicago each appear once, along with Cambridge, Austin, Atlanta, Portland and Providence......

Fresh out of ideas for what to do with those Saran-wrapped leftovers? (We're projecting to Friday here.) Thank the CIA (no, not that CIA but the Culinary Institute of America) for coming to the rescue with a genius competition. It invited budding chefs to submit videos of themselves whipping up......