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All Hopped Up at The New Father's Office

Sang Yoon's latest is bigger and probably better than the original. But can you get a seat?

By Jonathan Gold

It is undeniably pleasant, the new Father’s Office Los Angeles, a gastronomically inclined bar fitted into the eastern flank of the old Helms Bakery building, crowded with people who know the difference between a lager and a double IPA, flat-screens discreetly flashing the basketball playoffs in the corners, and long, lacquered-wood picnic tables stretching… Keep Reading »

Fry Daddy: Well-Oiled at the Thousand Cranes Tempura Bar

By Jonathan Gold

Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood has often been considered the cradle of real Japanese cooking in America — birthplace of the California roll, base to century-old confectionery shops, the nurturer of sushi restaurants during decades when the eating of raw fish was considered odder than gnawing on roasted bear. Connoisseurs may send you to… Keep Reading »

Syrian Brunch Sundays at Sham

Spice-scented pleasures

By Jonathan Gold

The Syrian restaurant Sham comes alive on Sundays at noon, still early enough to catch crunchy, spice-crusted disks of warm za’atar bread from the Arab brunch menu, but late enough to make a lunch of shish kebabs and lamby lake kebabs a possibility; relaxed enough for a glass of ice-blended lemonade but still with… Keep Reading »

Keep On (Taco) Trucking

Notes from the taquero resistance

By Jonathan Gold

The best thing I had to eat last week was a massive carnitas huarache, from the Gorditas Lupita’s truck on Eagle Rock Boulevard near Avenue 34. I ate it while leaning against a warehouse wall in Glassell Park, washed it down with a bottle of Mexican Coke and perfumed with the exhaust of a… Keep Reading »

Food from Father's Office

The famous Santa Monica bar branches out to Culver City… View Slideshow »