Angeli Caffe

10 Best L.A. Restaurants That Closed in 2012: An Elegy in 10 Parts

The conclusion of every year is a time to catalog both beginnings and endings, to look back over what exactly happened in the twelve months now drawing to a close. Which means that we're getting a lot of lists -- thank you, David Letterman -- as we calibrate and recalibrate, and remember, or try to, ... More >>

23: The Tasting Kitchen's Pork Rillettes

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 23. The Tasting Kitchen's Pork Rillettes: Deciding what to order at The Tasting Kitchen, the Abbott Kinney restaurant run by chef Casey Lane that ha ... More >>

Evan Kleiman's Angeli Caffe Pops Up at The Charleston

Angeli Caffe popped up Monday night with the same kitchen crew, the same servers, the same food and Evan Kleiman in charge, just as if it had never closed. Kleiman's Melrose Avenue restaurant closed in January after 27 years of service. This happened at The Charleston in Santa Monica, where managi ... More >>

Openings and Closings Around Town: A January Restaurant Roundup

It's nearing the lunch hour, you're browsing Yelp and scouring the blogs. You come across a post on the closure of a long-admired restaurant in your community. "Rent increase ... management reorganization ... menu changes," the owner shares. Before the owner can clear out the sauce-stained aprons on ... More >>

Jonathan Gold's Angeli Caffe Eulogy

Evan Kleiman's beloved Melrose Avenue trattoria closes after 27 years

Your Counter Intelligence Preview: In Which Mr. Gold Considers the Last Days of Angeli Caffe

This week Jonathan Gold visits Angeli Caffe for the last time, as Evan Kleiman's Melrose Avenue restaurant closed this past Friday night after 27 years. The chilly Wednesday evening before Angeli Caffe closed for good, you could grab a bar seat at Pizzeria Mozza without waiting, and there were onl ... More >>

Angeli Caffe's Final Days: Reservations Now Open for a Late Service

If you, like many many people in this town, have been lining up to eat a last meal at Evan Kleiman's Angeli Caffe, which is closing its Melrose Avenue doors after 27 years, you'll be all too aware that the last service is Friday night. You will also know that the place has been booked solid. Last ni ... More >>

Angeli Caffe: How to Make Bread [Video]

After January 13th, you won't be able to get Angeli Caffe's fluffy, delicious bread, but perhaps this catchy 2:54 music video will help you make it on your own. Now, all you need is that industrial-size, professional-grade Blodgett oven. (Ambitious home chefs can also get a few tips on how to make p ... More >>

Evan Kleiman's Farewell Tour Angeli's Last Days Extended

Guzzle & NoshAngeli Caffe interior​Last week we reported that Evan Kleiman would be shuttering her Angeli Caffee on January 8th. The response was so overwhelming -- since the announcement they've been serving roughly 200 or so dinners a night -- that the door-closing has been extended to Jan. ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 12/26-12/30

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "I am imagining six years as an ABD in Dumpling Science, and my fear smells a lot like goose noodle soup. Or is that what's simmering downstairs on the stove?" The World in Dumplings: Or, Not Livin ... More >>

Upon The Closing of Angeli Caffe: A Love Story

Back in 2009, I was assigned by the LA Weekly to cover a wedding that was being held at Angeli Caffe. I can't remember how the story came to me but I've known Evan Kleiman for longer than either of us would like to see in print. Yet I don't see her very often. Over the years, she's become the friend ... More >>

Evan Kleiman's Angeli Caffe to Close

Very sad news: One of Los Angeles' best known and most loved neighborhood restaurants is going out of business. After 27 years, Evan Kleiman's Angeli Caffe will close next month. January 8th will be its last day in business. Owner and chef Evan Kleiman, who also hosts the weekly KCRW program Good ... More >>

Banh Mi at Spice Table: 30 Sandwiches in 30 Days (Day 20)

Guzzle & NoshThe classic banh mi at Spice Table​What the hell is a bánh mì these days? The sandwich, derived from the Vietnamese term for bread, was once a cheap, quick, portable fix. Now, every upscale sandwich shop worth its weight in double-smoked bacon and housemade aioli is throwing col ... More >>

Wako Donkasu: 30 Sandwiches in 30 Days (Day 19)

Guzzle & NoshThe tonkatsu sandwich at Wako.​Like a supermodel in a burlap sack, some sandwiches, no matter how sloppily presented or haphazardly photographed, sell themselves. Others don't strut into the room. The tonkatsu sandwich at Wako Donkasu isn't ostentatious. It may even look like "the ... More >>

Angeli Caffe: 30 Sandwiches in 30 Days (Day 18)

Guzzle & NoshPanino Rustico at Angeli Caffe​If they were sprinkled with nothing but olive oil, arugula and black pepper, the sandwiches at Angeli Caffe would still be worth devouring. The key is the bread. A Frisbee-sized discus of warm, chewy dough rife with pockets of air, it begs to be torn ... More >>

Angeli Caffe:99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Food Forward's Can It! Preserving Workshop Reservation Line Open

L. Balla​ If you weren't ready to be a Master Food Preserver, or just couldn't get in to the elite canning class, Food Forward has you covered. The non-profit organization that harvests fruit from private gardens and public spaces to give to local food pantries is launching Can It!, a preservi ... More >>

Passover Roundup: 8 Ways to Celebrate Pesach in a Restaurant

J. RitzTraditional Venetian sweet-and-sour Pesce in carpione at Angeli Caffe. ​ Los Angeles chefs and restaurants approach Passover with respect for tradition, while applying their own unconventional and unexpected touches. There will be plenty of matzo ball soup. And then there will be Thai-s ... More >>

KCRW's Daily Global Street Food Photos: A Countdown, of Sorts

Indonesian street bike, via Marc on KCRW's Good Food blog.​Kind of like an advent calendar leading up to the big day, KCRW's Good Food blog will be posting a daily photo (or photos) of street food from around the world everyday now through May 1st, when the station's Global Street Food event h ... More >>

Meals On Wheels Hosts Culinary Cause Pop-Up

You've got to hand it to St. Vincent Meals On Wheels. They know how to leverage a food trend to benefit charity. First, they hopped on the food truck bandwagon with Cart For A Cause, a weekly food truck featuring a rotating roster of top local chefs. Now, they're hosting Culinary Cause, a series o ... More >>

Evan Kleiman Talks Global Street Food - Tickets on Sale Tomorrow

​Street food existed long before the myriad of Twittering food trucks took over Los Angeles. Evan Kleiman (chef/owner of Angeli Caffe, host of KCRW's Good Food) reminds us of that on May 1st, when she moderates the Global Street Food event featuring OC Weekly Managing Editor and food contribut ... More >>

Street Food Mondays Brings Antojitos de mi Abuelita to Angeli Caffe

Guzzle & NoshA pambazo from Antojitos de mi Abuelita.​ The first time we met Street Gourmet LA blogger Bill Esparza, we were about to dig into one of Antojito de mi Abuelita's bright red, guajillo chile-dipped pambazos with its guts of chorizo, potatoes, shredded lettuce and crumbled cheese n ... More >>

Urban Homesteading Panel: Your DIY Food Security Garden

smgov.net​ If you like to spend your weekends putting beds of lettuces in your back yard, growing herbs on your roof, or raising chickens next to your swimming pool (please do not do this, at least not literally), you might want to head over to the Santa Monica Public Library this Thursday to ... More >>

Where to Dine Out For Thanksgiving: 10 Restaurants For Traditionalists

Napa Valley Grille/Lisa Cohen​ Sitting in a restaurant for Thanksgiving might not be your tradition (yet), but remember that it's the really best of both worlds: You get to eat your turkey (and often cake, too), and someone else will clean up. In some cases, you'll even have leftovers for tha ... More >>

Top 10 Foodie Words We Hate: Starting With Foodie, Part 2

Flickr/WordRidden​ A few months ago we went off on the Top 10 Foodie Words We Hate, a post that generated a lot of feedback, for which we are grateful. It also, as you might expect, generated a lot of other words that are happily vilified by many of us who spend far more time, sadly, writing ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Patt Saperstein eats hoppers and other Sri Lankan treats at Angeli Caffe's most recent Street Food Monday. [Eating L.A.] -- A visit to Izayoi in Little Tokyo, jack of all trades but master of none. [Exile Kiss] -- No fuss, good service, and solid food at Golden China Restaurant in Rowland Heigh ... More >>

Street Food Mondays Continue at Angeli: Sri Lankan Hoppers from Priyani Dissanayake

Bill EsparzaA hopper from Priyani Café​ A few weeks back, Angeli Caffe debuted their first installment of Street Food Mondays, featuring fish and shrimp tacos from Ricky's Fish Tacos. The night was a success, with long waits for the event which was organized by Angeli owner and Good Food hos ... More >>

Street Food Comes to Angeli Caffe

Bill EsparzaRicky Piña of Ricky's Fish Tacos​If you've resisted driving deep into unfamiliar terrain to get great street food, you can now find it closer to home, that is, if you live mid-city or on the Westside. This Monday, July 26th, Angeli Caffe starts a series of Street Food on Melros ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Angeli Caffe's Peach Galettes

A. ScattergoodAngeli Caffe's peach galettes​ Granted, we are in the middle of one of our recurrent semi-Biblical heat waves and you may think it's a little hot to be baking, but it'll cool off eventually. Or you can take a cue from pastry chefs and get up before dawn, when it's nice and relati ... More >>

Q & A With Evan Kleiman, Part 2: L.A.'s Italian Scene, Food Trucks The Radio Hell of Swedish Cookbook Authors

In the first part of our interview with Evan Kleiman, chef-owner of Angeli Caffé and host of KCRW's Good Food, she was considering the somewhat disconcerting fact that her Melrose Avenue restaurant recently celebrated its quarter century anniversary. In the second part of the interview, Kleiman dis ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Evan Kleiman's Peach-Tomato Salad With Burrata

A. Scattergoodpeach-tomato salad with burrata at Angeli Caffe​ After sitting down recently in the dining room of Angeli Caffé for a chat about this and that, Evan Kleiman was kind enough to give us the recipe for this peach-tomato salad with burrata, which is currently on the menu at her rest ... More >>

Q & A With Evan Kleiman: More Pies, 6,000 Interviews Trading Cooking Schools for Apprenticeships

A. ScattergoodEvan Kleiman, at Angeli Caffe​ Angeli Caffé has been a Melrose Avenue fixture, a destination, a refuge, the source for a fine plate of spaghetti alla checca, for a quarter of a century now. Twenty-six years, to be precise, as Evan Kleiman celebrated her restaurant's 25th annive ... More >>

2nd Annual Good Food Pie Contest Is On Its Way: Sign Up Now

N. GalutenStrawberry rhubarb pie​ The Good Food Pie Contest is back, and they are taking applications now. The contest comes thanks to Evan Kleiman, host of KCRW's Good Food, owner of Angeli Caffe, and most appropriately, creator of her recently rejuvenated Pie-a-Day project. The contest wil ... More >>

Nina's Foods Fundraiser This Sunday: Your Chance to Eat Mexican Food at Angeli Caffe

Midtown Lunch LANina's Foods wins Vendy Awards​ Nina Garcia of Nina's Foods was the winner of this year's first annual Vendy Awards. Now, thanks to the publicity from her victory, her street cart has been sidetracked by police interference on a semi-regular basis. But fortunately for Nina, Ev ... More >>

L.A. Vendy Awards This Saturday

Vendy AwardsVendys come to L.A. this Saturday​ For the past five years in New York City, The Vendy Awards have celebrated the best street food that city has to offer. This Saturday, for the first time, they're coming to Los Angeles. This year's proceedings will take place at MacArthur Park, w ... More >>

Last Night at LudoBites: Bastianich, Kleiman, Bowles In Attendance

N. GalutenLudo strikes a pose during service​ LudoBites was hopping last night, as it is every night, but this time it featured seven new menu items, three food celebrities and one celeb no-show. Joe Bastianich of Mozza fame, Babbo fame, and seemingly countless other restaurants, was in atten ... More >>

Squid Ink Food Fight: Pasta with Clams, Il Pastaio Vs. Angeli Caffe

N. GalutenIl Pastaio's Bianchi e Neri​ In the book Heat, Bill Buford's massively compelling account of his work as an extern in Mario Batali's flagship restaurant Babbo, the author waxes poetically about the splendor that is linguine vongole. The greatness of the dish, he explains, is not in ... More >>

Celebrate 30 Years of L.A. Farmers' Markets at City Hall This Thursday

These days it seems like no matter where you live in Southern California, there's a farmers' market or two nearby offering fresh, locally grown fruits and veggies. Yet while farmers' markets in Los Angeles have a long history, (Third and Fairfax passed the 75 year mark earlier this summer) the Garde ... More >>

Evan Kleiman's Pie in the Sky Quest: The Pie-a-Day Project

Evan Kleiman, chef-owner of Angeli Caffé, cookbook author and host of KCRW's radio show Good Food, has been baking pies lately. A lot of pies. A pie every single day, in fact, as part of her Pie-a-Day project on her KCRW blog. And although KTLA will be doing a live broadcast tomorrow morning from h ... More >>

How the Hell Is It June Already?

What to do in L.A., May 30-June 5

Ask Mr. Gold: Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

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Because Atkins Is So Five-Minutes-Ago

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New To the List

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Women in the Kitchen