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Adam Fleischman

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    May 7, 2012

    Cochon 555: "Porkapalooza" Hits the House of Blues

    If the air seemed a bit heavier with the scent of bacon along the Sunset Strip last night, it was due to the pork-centric carnival that rolled through the House of Blues on Sunday: the second annual L.A. stopover in the nationwide Cochon 555 tour, an event combining five chefs, five whole heritage-b ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    April 26, 2012

    Phil Rosenthal, Creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, on His Journey Through the World of Food

    If the air seemed a bit heavier with the scent of bacon along the Sunset Strip last night, it was due to the pork-centric carnival that rolled through the House of Blues on Sunday: the second annual L.A. stopover in the nationwide Cochon 555 tour, an event combining five chefs, five whole heritage-b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    March Roundup of Restaurant Openings and Closings: Endless Tequila, Beer & More

    Springtime is upon us -- you can tell by the pastel-colored clothing and cocktails around town. Hopeful newbies and restaurant industry pros to look out for this season include, Japanese ramen noodle shop owner/comedian Menji Miyata, bibimbap peddler/Bibigo project manager Matthew Kim, mixologist Sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    [Updated] UCLA's Science & Food Series: Or, Why There's A Modernist in Your Soup (or at Your Dinner Table)

    Update: The lovely folks at UCLA have just told us that there are still spots available for the June 9 lectures. Maybe go reserve one now. General admission is $20; UCLA students get in free with a valid student ID. This semester is a pretty good time to be a "non-science student" at UCLA: 50 lucky ... More >>

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    March 22, 2012

    Waiter-Free Dining? Umami Expands to the Grove and Westwood With "U-Mini"

    Adam Fleischman is a busy man with seven Umami locations throughout California, the launch of Umamicatessen downtown and recent announcements of the chain's expansion to Westwood (this summer) and the Grove. With the restaurateur's roots already established in Westwood Village, 800 Degrees opened ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Umamicatessen: Meating Place

    A "soft open," in restaurant parlance, is a kind of dress-rehearsal period, wherein the establishment throws open its doors and hopes for a manageable trickle of customers to walk in, allowing the kitchen and waitstaff to work out kinks in the menu and service. In the Twitter age, however, a soft o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    UMAMIcatessen: Now Open Photo Gallery

    Up until Saturday, Broadway Street in downtown L.A. was a great place to be if you were in search of a bedazzled quinceañera dress, a solid gold watch, an art deco architecture tour, or a decent torta. But it terms of modern dining, Historic Broadway wasn't quite the hot bed of hipsterdom that the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    800 Degrees: A Sneak Peek Into Westwood's Newest Pizzeria [Photo Gallery]

    If Adam Fleischman is aiming to become the Henry Ford of the pizza world, he's made a good start of it with 800 Degrees, the Westwood pizzeria he officially opens on January 3rd. It features a long counter where diners choose from dozens of toppings in a process more common to Subway or Chipotle tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    $100 Umami Burger: Money Is No Object

    V. Rathbourn​An 18-course truffle dinner for $350, a multi-chef foie gras feast for $175. What's next? A $100 truffle burger. Last week, Umami debuted the MNO Burger, as in "Money is No Object." Created by Umami owner Adam Fleischman, the MNO Burger is a variation on the ever-expanding chain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Umami Burger to Open in Hermosa, Laguna Beach

    ​Umami Burger, which already has so many locations around greater L.A. we've stopped counting, announced it will open two more locations: Hermosa Beach and Laguna Beach. Located within a block of the pier, the Hermosa Beach location will open by the end of 2011. The Laguna Beach location, whic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Q & A With Red Medicine's Jordan Kahn: Food as Art, Abstract Oddities Why Vietnamese Food

    A. FrougChef Jordan Kahn plating a dessert at Red Medicine​ To the outside observer, Jordan Kahn's career doesn't make a lot of sense. He worked at some of the most prestigious restaurants in the country (The French Laundry, Alinea, XIV), the kind of places that become pilgrimage sites for the ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    June 16, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Umami Burger

    A. FrougChef Jordan Kahn plating a dessert at Red Medicine​ To the outside observer, Jordan Kahn's career doesn't make a lot of sense. He worked at some of the most prestigious restaurants in the country (The French Laundry, Alinea, XIV), the kind of places that become pilgrimage sites for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    A Recipe From the Burger King: Adam Fleischman's Pasta Rags with Marsala Sauce

    A. ArmstrongAdam Fleischman's pasta with Marsala sauce​ As readers learned in the second part of Squid Ink's recent interview with Umami Burger's Adam Fleischman, the burger king (can we call him that?) likes to maintain a sense of adaptability in his projects. That adventure and experimen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 3/28-4/1

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Whatever the current style in Los Angeles restaurants ends up being named, all of it -- from the small-plate thing to the fixation on local, organic produce; the off-center proteins to the internat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Q & A with Adam Fleischman of Umami Burger, Part 2: the Drawbacks of Standardization, a Certain Controversy Umami Universality

    photo courtesy of Adam FleischmanAdam Fleischman​ In the first part of our interview with Umami Burger founder Adam Fleischman, he discussed Umami's origin -- which coincided with L.A.'s burger mania -- how Umami Burger's going national won't change its identity, and why In-N-Out can claim rea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Q & A with Adam Fleischman of Umami Burger, Part 1: The 5th Taste, In-N-Out The Quest for Global Domination

    photo courtesy of Adam FleischmanAdam Fleischman​ Given that we're deep into Los Angeles' full-blown Golden Burger Age, with the evidence amply documented on this site, it's almost hard to remember a time before it. The burger landscape was just on its way to becoming fully fleshed out (pun in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    [Updated] Unmasked LA Times Critic Virbila Responds to Red Medicine Fracas

    Update: Yesterday, December 23rd, shortly after we posted Virbila's response, her photo and the explanation of why she was booted from the restaurant were removed from Red Medicine's Tumblr site. From Red Medicine's site.​Since we broke the story yesterday that Los Angeles Times restaurant c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Restaurant Recognizes & Outs LA Times Reviewer: Red Medicine Hates Virbila

    A screen grab from Red Medicine's Tumblr site.​Restaurant reviewers like to believe they operate incognito. That's no easy task in the internet age, and it just got much more difficult for Los Angeles Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila (@sirenevribila) who was outed by an angry restaurat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Red Medicine Update: Look, Grandma, No Ho Chi Minh

    For everyone eagerly awaiting the opening of Red Medicine, the new "punk Vietnamese" restaurant coming soon to the ethnic food epicenter of Beverly Hills, you can now go get your bowls of Fugazi-inspired phở without having your Vietnamese grandmother, or your friends' Vietnamese grandmother, promp ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    October 22, 2009

    Y Tu Umami, Tambien: Now in Los Feliz, too

    For everyone eagerly awaiting the opening of Red Medicine, the new "punk Vietnamese" restaurant coming soon to the ethnic food epicenter of Beverly Hills, you can now go get your bowls of Fugazi-inspired phở without having your Vietnamese grandmother, or your friends' Vietnamese grandmother, promp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Umami Burger Expands to Los Feliz and Fred Segal Santa Monica

    Umami Burger has helped spread word of the so-called "fifth taste," and now it's time for its own second and third locations. After all, the La Brea streamlined burger joint has been as packed as an ambitiously-built burger since it opened in February. Photo credit: Umami BurgerUmami: coming to a n ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 12, 2009

    The Fifth Element: The Umami Burger Challenge

    Umami Burger has helped spread word of the so-called "fifth taste," and now it's time for its own second and third locations. After all, the La Brea streamlined burger joint has been as packed as an ambitiously-built burger since it opened in February. Photo credit: Umami BurgerUmami: coming to a n ... More >>

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