Atwater Village

4 Great Bars & Restaurants For Moms Who Don't Do Afternoon Tea

For all that our mothers do for us, we've designated just one day each year for them, which often amounts to a three-hour tea or brunch set that probably appeals more to the stereotype of mothers than anything else. It's easy to overlook the new normal of mother figures in a post-women's lib era tha ... More >>

Eastside vs. Westside: 5 Ways of Looking At It

How you think of as the Eastside or the Westside might not necessarily be how Latinos, African Americans, gangs, history or the map of Los Angeles see them. Yet few crosstown rivalries involve such ingrained and often wrong-headed notions as L.A.'s own Eastside-Westside divide. It's as if self-proc ... More >>

Firestone Walker's Jeffers Richardson at Chloe in Golden Road Tonight

There are two compelling reasons why you should head to Atwater Village tonight, Thurs. at 7:00 p.m. To have unlimited access to Jeffers Richardson, Firestone Walker's "Barrelmeister" on one of the most exciting new barrel programs in craft beer. And to do your brainpicking at Golden Road's exclusiv ... More >>

'Illegal Immigrant' Is So Over, AP Declares

Immigrants' advocates have long argued that entering the United States without permission makes you about as much an illegal immigrant as blowing through a stop sign makes you an illegal driver. In other words, they have said, nobody can be the embodiment of illicit activity for crossing a boundary ... More >>

Hit-And-Run Loophole Lets You Walk After 3 Years; Mike Gatto Wants That Fixed

In the wake of Simone Wilson's excellent LA Weekly coverage of the city's hit-and-run crisis, including the revelation that nearly half of all vehicle collisions in town involve people who flee the scene, an L.A.-based state lawmaker wants to do something about it. State Assemblyman Mike Gatto, who ... More >>

Atwater Village Is L.A.'s Hippest Neighborhood (Sorry, Silver Lake)

Sorry, Silver Lake. You've been replaced as L.A.'s top hipster neighborhood, as far as we're concerned. The in-the-know readers of Curbed LA have declared this week that Atwater Village, and not the stereotypical icon of L.A. cool, Silver Lake, is the site's "neighborhood of the year" for 2012. Ye ... More >>

Cooking With Artisans: Coldwater Canyons' Leftover Jam Tips Their OutKast-Inspired Marmalade Salad Dressing Recipe

In today's era of trendy compotes and 10-ingredient jellies, Coldwater Canyon Provisions takes a refreshingly old-school approach to their preserves and pickles that hint at simpler jam and jelly times. Flavors include watermelon jelly, raspberry and strawberry-rhubarb jam, and pickled okra, beets a ... More >>

Top 10 Jukeboxes in Los Angeles

For all the best of L.A. music, download our free Best Of Mobile app. See Also: Best Hip Hop Jukebox in a Dive Bar An amazing jukebox will tell exactly how connected bartenders and their bosses are to their patrons and the moods they want to create. This list is composed of those heroes that wou ... More >>

Meg Gill: I Wish They All Could Be California Beers

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Meg Gill is not a Bud Light girl. The Golden Road Brewing co-founder, 27, has had to correct this assumption time and again. The good-old-boy network within the beer industry ... More >>

The Troubies Strike Gold Again in Two Gentlemen of Chicago, plus Theatre Banshee's Pick-Worthy Merchant, and Other New Reviews

Just about recovered from Monday night's Lawees, described in a stream of personal emails as "the best ever," thanks to hosts Lost Moon Radio. ​. Winners here. Check out our more expansive commentary in this week's stage feature. Here are all the latest New Reviews, or you can find them after t ... More >>

5 Best Barbecue Joints In Los Angeles

It seems hardly a 12-hour smoke has gone by since the days when polling around for the 5 Best Barbecue Joints in L.A. inevitably elicited those, "Well, if you have to eat barbecue in L.A.," and similar asterisk-studded brisket conversations that ended in buying a side firebox smoker (literally). We' ... More >>

Burns Supper: Celebrating a Scottish Poetry Legend With Whisky and Sheep Innards

One of the frustrating trials and tribulations of contemporary culture is, of course, the obligatory Facebook birthday wish. From the thought-free exchange of a computer reminding you that your fourth cousin thrice removed has again made it around the sun, to the process of cutting and pasting "Happ ... More >>

Occupy Karaoke: 25 Days of Drunken Lyrical Lunacy (No 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' Please)

Karaoke maxim: There's more to life than karaoke, you know, but not much more. --Occupy Karaoke participant Ti, with help from Morrissey "So, have you heard of these kids who are doing karaoke for 25 days in a row? Occupy Karaoke?" we ask a fellow bar patron. We're in the Atwater Village watering ... More >>

5 Holiday Desserts and Where to Get 'Em

Flickr/chocswirlCroquembouche​Holiday desserts get a bad rap with memories of cloyingly sweet, leaden bricks of Christmas past. Escape your fruit cake funk and end the year with these five sweets: croquembouche, panetonne, sufganiyot, stollen and the beautifully elaborate Buche de Noel. Sure, ... More >>

10 Best Bakeries in Los Angeles

A. ScattergoodBread At Milo & Olive​San Francisco sourdough? You may have noticed beneath that smoky (wood-burning oven?) haze, L.A. has a new whole grain baguette, flaky croissant (even at LAX) and yes, crusty sourdough advantage. Here are our picks for the 10 Best Bakeries in L.A.. It's the ... More >>

Silverlake Beard/Mustache Contest Brings Hairy Hipsters to L.A. Public Library

Adam Gropman​The L.A. Public Library's Silverlake branch wants to raise a lot of community awareness and a little extra funding. That means they're probably gonna throw a bake sale or a car wash or maybe a used book clearance event, right? Are you kidding me? This is Silverlake! They hold a ... More >>

Jerker, Have You Seen Alice?, The Romance of Magno Rubio, and more new stage reviews . . .

​Michelle Hilyard and Darrett Sanders in Have You Seen Alice: Photo by Jonathan Klein ​Jacqueline Wright's play, Have You Seen Alice? at Theatre of NOTE is this week's Pick of the Week. Our critics also recommend Jerker at the Celebration Theatre and The Romance of Magno Rubio For all the lates ... More >>

Two Local Brewers Win Big at the Great American Beer Festival

Jason E. KaplanThe crowds converge on GABF​ Over a dozen L.A.-area craft brewers traveled to Denver last week to compete in the 30th annual Great American Beer Festival -- arguably the oldest and most prestigious national beer competition outside of Europe. This year, 526 breweries submitted 3 ... More >>

For the Record: The Coen Bros.: a Cabaret Show About Big Lebowski Filmmakers, and Other Reviews

​Anti-Semitic graffiti found on a market wall in central Houston last month is just one symptom of why The Merchant of Venice belongs on our shores. The Porters of Hellgate have their version running at the Whitmore Theatre in North Hollywood. See Theater feature on Wednesday​Capsule reviews of ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Korean BBQ Cook-Off, Ubriaca, India Sweets & Spices, Blue Palms Brewhouse, Taste of Santa Monica

Guzzle & NoshKorean barbecue.​Korean BBQ Cook-Off Sample the best Korean barbecue from dozens of local Koreatown restaurants and vendors. The third annual cook-off features an Orion Choco Pie eating contest, a craft beer and Korean wine garden and a contest (judged by our own Jonathan Gold) in ... More >>

Golden Road Brewing: L.A.'s Newest Craft Brewery (Part 1)

Guzzle & NoshCo-owner Meg and master brewer Jon Carpenter of Golden Road Brewing.​ They undersell their plans, but make no mistake, the size and scope of what Meg Gill, 26, and Jon Carpenter, 29, envision for Golden Road Brewing would transform it into the largest craft brewery in Los Angeles ... More >>

A Peek Into Mohawk Bend [Photo Gallery]

[Photo gallery after the jump.] After months of anticipation and a few delays, Mohawk Bend, the beer wonderland conceived by Tony Yanow, owner of Tony's Darts Away in Burbank and co-owner of Golden Road Brewing in Atwater Village, will likely open on July 25th (or so we hear). Mohawk will featur ... More >>

Stage Raw: Krunk-Fu Battle Battle

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS   Stage FEATURE on William Leavitt's Spectral Analysis Courtesy of East West PlayersKrunk-Fu Battle Battle​Though Mayank Keshaviah found thin patches in the new musical Krunk-Fu Battle Battle (book by Qui Nguyen, lyrics by Beau Sia and vocal ... More >>

Mendocino Farms to Sell Winning Grilled Cheese Invitational Sandwich

Mendocino Farms​ In addition to the new four-category format at the 2011 Grilled Cheese Invitational, this year's event will feature a bonus for one lucky winner: Their sandwich will be sold at Mendocino Farms and the money will go to charity. Company founder Mario Del Pero will serve as an e ... More >>

10 Places to Get a Damn Good Cup of Coffee

T. NguyenA pretty cup from Espresso Cielo in Santa Monica.​ Intelligentsia's founder, Doug Zell, told us in 2009 that "LA got a later start in terms of the very best coffee can offer, but they seem to be embracing it with the religious zeal of a convert." The conversion didn't happen overnight ... More >>

Now Open: Proof Bakery in Atwater Village

J. Ritz​ Generous sidewalks and a wide thoroughfare don't exactly make Glendale Boulevard the Champs Elysees of Atwater Village, but a new bakery located on the street helps import a bit of France. And it's also here where Proof Bakery owner Na Young Ma hopes to "be part of a community and ne ... More >>

L.A. Film School Tries To Push Hollywood Farmers Market -- A Sunday Tradition -- Off Precious School Parking Lot

hollywoodfarmersmarket.netWhere ever will we get our organic chard bouquets?​Updated throughout with clarifications and additional commentary from both sides. This is so not about parking. Originally posted on Dec. 6 at 5:10 p.m. The L.A. Film School has finally responded to angry locals who ... More >>

Stage Raw: LOL! Latina on the Loose!

NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Watson (Sacred Fools) and Futura (Boston Court)COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLOL! LATINA ON THE LOOSE! ​ Mina Olivera's comedy show is among the productions being reviewed this weekend. For a complete list of assignments, press the More tab at the bottom of t ... More >>

From Rated G to Around R: 2010 Food Halloween Happenings

Photo: Andy ReaserSome good, morbid Día de los Muertos creative fun.​ We've all been getting into the groove of fall foods and pumpkins and such. And in case you haven't stepped foot in a drug or grocery store since September, it's also that time of year when high fructose corn syrup gets shi ... More >>

Best of Artisanal LA: Peanut Butter S'more Pie from I Heart Pies

Why top your pie with something as banal as a crust when you could top it with a springy layer of caramelized marshmallow? That's one of the elements that makes the Peanut Butter S'more Pie from I Heart Pies so fantastic. Not that you need to gild the lily when you've got a layer of heavenly peanu ... More >>

Best Mignardise, or After-Dinner Goodwill: Canelé's Canelés

A. Scattergoodcanelés at Canelé​ On your way out of Corina Weibel's Atwater Village restaurant, Canelé, after a dinner of lamb stew and pissaladiere, maybe, you will be given a little gift, in the tradition of mignardise: a smaller-than-usual canelé, one of the pretty Bordelaise cakes fro ... More >>

City of Airheads: Villaraigosa Dismantles L.A.'s Vaunted Library System

Mayor mirrors Detroit's disastrous choice

Breakfast Burrito Fight: Lucky Boy vs. Tacos Villa Corona

Breakfast burritos have a special place in the hearts of college students. There are times when you desperately need a heavy, filling breakfast on a Saturday or Sunday morning, but the idea of handling silverware and a plate seems like far too Herculean an effort. Enter the breakfast burrito: your m ... More >>

Oh, To Eat in England

Or as near as Los Angeles will allow

Queens of the Stone Age to Release Deluxe Edition of Classic 'Rated R'

Queens of the Stone Age to Reissue Deluxe Edition of Classic 'Rated R'

Ask Mr. Gold: Oh, To Eat in England; or as Near as Los Angeles Will Allow

Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: I was married in Great Britain, and every year around my anniversary I crave good old-fashioned British cuisine. I'm talking a nice Yorkshire pudding or beef Wellington, and a really good trifle. Where in L.A. can I go to eat British food ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Corina Weibel's Buena Chica Cheesecake

A few weeks ago when we interviewed Canelé's chef-owner Corina Weibel, we promised to get her cheesecake recipe. Thanks so much to readers who wrote in and pointedly reminded us of that fact. Mea culpa. Here it is. Weibel says that the recipe comes courtesy of her neighbor, Samantha Peale, author o ... More >>

Thanksgiving Round-Up Part Deux: Where To Get To-Go Turkey

A reminder that Thanksgiving's right around the corner. Like a week from today. If it's all becoming too daunting, or if you just need some help, here's a follow-up list of dine-in and to-go options, including a kosher restaurant and holiday dinners with Cajun, Southern and Scottish twists on the mo ... More >>

Right on 'Cue: Bigmista's Expands to Eagle Rock Farmers Market

Looking for a bit more meat with your weekly produce shopping? Last Friday, Bigmista's Barbecue -- aka former banker Neil Strawder and his family -- set up shop in the prepared-foods section of the Eagle Rock farmers market, giving nearby Hawaiian Chicken some friendly competition.

She Sat Wrapped: The Yarn- and Felt-Covered Chairs of Tanya Aguiñiga

Rocks and logs as seating too

Welcome to the Dollhouse: From Tumbleweed, a Rolling Home That Gathers No Moss

From Tumbleweed, a rolling home that gathers no moss

Timothy McGhee Sentence: Death Without Parole

With six sheriff’s deputies standing guard, a jury late this afternoon recommended that former Atwater Village gang leader Timothy McGhee be sentenced to death for the murders of three people. McGhee, 35, had been convicted of the murders last November, but the original jury deadlocked on whether ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Responds to "Doomscraper?"

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