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Fishing with Dynamite: David LeFevre's Manhattan Beach Seafood Restaurant Opening Soon

It looks like an April opening date for Fishing with Dynamite, David LeFevre's seafood restaurant in Manhattan Beach. The restaurant hasn't yet given an exact date, but confirms that doors will open by the end of the month. The diminutive restaurant -- it's 1,100 square feet and will seat only 36 ... More >>

Why Are All These People Hanging Around Hollywood & Highland on a Friday Night?

It takes an intrepid East Side researcher with a true flair for adventure to go exploring west of Vermont Avenue. There lie the wilds of East Hollywood, with your devil-may-care Jumbo's Clown Room crowd or the feckless faux-divers at Harvard and Stone, partying on the very knife's edge of Angeleno C ... More >>

Black Market Liquor Bar: Embittering Ventura Boulevard

You make reasonable assumptions about what you're going to drink depending on where you are. You don't go to Manhattan Beach to drink scotch, any more than you would Ensenada; you expect something more beachy there, in a tropical, caipirinha-colada vein perhaps. In Silver Lake you may be able to ord ... More >>

33: Cauliflower T-Bone at Superba Snack Bar

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. 33: Cauliflower T-Bone at Superba Snack Bar. It's not very often that, at an eatery with a meat-loving menu, the dish that reverberates through your ... More >>

34: Bossam at Kobawoo House

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. 34: Bossam at Kobawoo House. Kobawoo is one of Koreatown's older restaurants, having been established all the way back in 1985, and although it bega ... More >>

40: Sicilian Slice at Pizzanista

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4) -- and probably beyond, at this rate -- we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 40: Sicilian Slice at Pizzanista. The thick-crusted Sicilian pizza at Pizzanista, cut into a long rectangle and covered ... More >>

43: Raw Kale Salad at Elf Café

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4) -- and probably beyond, at this rate -- we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 43: Raw Kale Salad at Elf Café. Fifty-some entries into this list and we feel like we need a virtual detox -- the onsla ... More >>

44: Hot Wings at Beer Belly

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4) -- and probably beyond, at this rate -- we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 44: Hot Wings at Beer Belly. Is there a more natural and satisfactory partner for football and beer than a plate of deep ... More >>

46: Edomae Tendon Bowl at Hannosuke

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 46: Edomae Tendon Bowl at Hannosuke. The saying goes that good tempura should last about as long as a snowball in August (or September, if you happen to be ca ... More >>

51: Almond Croissant at Proof Bakery

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 51: Almond croissant at Proof Bakery. It's hard not to drool all over the glass of the bakery case at Proof Bakery in Atwater Village, such is the bounty that ... More >>

50: The Southern Fry at Plan Check Kitchen Bar

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 51: The Southern Fry at Plan Check Kitchen Bar. While the centerpiece of Plan Check Kitchen Bar on Sawtelle is undoubtedly it's dripping, concentrated burg ... More >>

54: Taco Sampler at Guisados

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 54: Taco Sampler at Guisados. Decisions are hard. At Guisados, chef Ricardo Diaz makes things a bit easier. The Boyle Heights taquería -- best known for its b ... More >>

56: Smothered Chicken at R and R Soul Food

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 56: Smothered Chicken at R & R Soul Food. A good soul food plate should be formidable. It should make you worry whether you are going to be able make the driv ... More >>

59: Pickled Watermelon Salad at L&E Oyster Bar

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 59: Pickled Watermelon Salad at L&E Oyster Bar On days like these, when the temperature is pushing 100, we just want a cooling salad. A salad with bursts of co ... More >>

58: Spaghettini with Abalone, Pickled Cod Roe and Truffles at n/naka

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 58: Spaghettini with Abalone, Pickled Cod Roe and Truffles at n/naka. A meal at n/naka, by its very nature, is full of surprises. A parade of traditional kaise ... More >>

Red Hook Summer Review: Spike Lee Returns to the Brooklyn Panorama

Spike Lee Returns to the Brooklyn Panorama

Mary Poppins, Moliere, 12 Angry Men and a Japanese Swordfight Play in This Week's New Theater Reviews

A bucket full of enthusiastic reviews this week, starting with the Pick of the Week, Sweet Thursday, Pacific Resident Theatre's stage adaptation of the novel by John Steinbeck. Also garnering good notices: Neo Ensemble Theatre's Epic Proportions, Moliere's The Fools at Santa Monica Playhouse, also i ... More >>

65: Beef Koobideh at Kabab Mahaleh

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 66: Koobideh at Kabab Mahaleh. On Friday afternoons, the Pico corridor is a happening place -- especially at Kabab Mahaleh, where the Persian Jewish community ... More >>

66: Pastrami Reuben at Art's Delicatessen

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 66: Pastrami Reuben at Art's Delicatessan. The motto at Art's Deli in Studio City is "Every sandwich is a work of art." The deli, which has changed little sinc ... More >>

10 Best French Fries in Los Angeles

Revisiting the french fry, which we have already exhaustively sampled in the past, is a particular beast. The ongoing casualization of restaurants means straightforward, beloved classics are the order of the day in a greater number of places than was the case just a couple years ago. So on top of fe ... More >>

Brooklyn's First Food Book Fair: Books Authors Eats

The food intellectual is not a new phenomenon, but it is a new cliche. The glut of rant-prone gonzo restaurant critic bloggers, armchair sustainability experts, and urban chicken farming gurus reminds us that the importance of caring about food, where it comes from, and who makes it has soaked deep ... More >>

Cookbook Of The Week: Memories of Philippine Kitchens For Your Weekend Pig's Blood Stew

If you don't happen to have any of your own Memories of Philippine Kitchens -- banana hearts in coconut milk, chicken tinola, hot salabat -- Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan's cookbook by that name will soon be re-released with updated content (the book includes a history of Filipino foods) and recipes. ... More >>

Brother, Can You Spare a Book Deal?

Flat White at Two Guns Espresso

T. NguyenA flat white at Two Guns Espresso​If you walk into almost any coffee shop in the city and order a flat white, you'll most likely be steered towards ordering a latte instead. Sometimes, you'll be refused the flat white but offered a foam-less cappuccino to compensate. And while these ... More >>

Fun Food Things You Can Make On MakerBot's New 3-D Printer (Sporks! 8-Handled Cups!)

If you own a 3-D printer (lucky you), you are probably already halfway to a drawer full of printable forks and spoons. If like us, you had no idea you could buy a 3-D printer for less than the price of dinner for four at The French Laundry, well, let the hamburger patty press printing fun begin. M ... More >>

C.A.V.E. Gallery's New Show is 'Street Art Saved My Life,' But How Exactly Does that Happen?

Courtesy of C.A.V.E. GalleryGerman street art duo Various & Gould's self-portrait, Street Art Saved OUR Lives​ Now that MOCA's "Art in the Streets" exhibition has finally shut its doors, where can you go for your next fix? C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice has the answer: this Friday, it opened "Str ... More >>

Top 5 Food Events This Weekend: TOTNLA, Ramen, Wine, Hot Dogs & Roasted Meats

Ramen Bull Kicking off its Popchef series, Breadbar's consulting Chef Noriyuki Sugie debuts Ramen Bull, a menu of five beef-centric ramen dishes: short rib ramen ($11); oxtail ramen ($15), beef tongue ramen ($12); spicy ramen ($14); and corn beef ramen ($13). Available Monday through Saturday, 5 t ... More >>

VIDEO: Brooklyn Bicycle Thieves Cut Down Gingko Tree to Steal Bike

sea turtle via FlickrNext time, try more Xtreme measures​A tree did not grow in Brooklyn early yesterday morning (har har) when a troupe of bicycle thieves -- dead set on jacking a bike tied to a sidewalk gingko -- chopped down the innocent tree in cold blood. [Spotted at Flying Pigeon LA.]

VIDEO: Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa Kicked off Mira Costa High Campus for Shooting 'Questionable' Music Video

Never too old to get kicked off campus.​The children of Mira Costa High were this close to seeing their Manhattan Beach campus catapulted into the stoner-rap hall of fame this month. Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg, two of SoCal fattest potheads, had chosen Mira Costa as the set of their stoniest v ... More >>

Congrats! LA-Based Aquarium Drunkard Wins MTV's First Indie Blog Award

​ A big congratulations to LA-based music blog Aquarium Drunkard, which beat all other music blogs in the country (including some high-profile ones from Brooklyn that like to proclaim their dietary restrictions) on an nationwide Internet vote for MTV's first "O Award." According to MTV, As ... More >>

Manhattan Beach Scandal

Manhattan Beach Sex Payoff

City manager Dolan got $270,000 — instead of being fired for misbehavior

Food News Roundup: York Street, Mina Group Changes More Fake Food at McDonald's

-- A stroll down York Boulevard in Highland Park. [Grub Street] -- Musical kitchen chairs at Michael Mina's Mina Group. [Nation's Restaurant News] -- McDonald's in trouble for not putting any maple in their "fruit and maple oatmeal." Big surprise, eh? [Slashfood] -- The Second Obstacle to Sensib ... More >>

Tonight: The Naked and Famous, Dar Williams, My Chemical Romance, Chasing Kings, Black Apples, Dirt Dress

The Naked and Famous​Even the coolest of cool kids -- you know, the ones who can eloquently extol the virtues of MGMT's second album Congratulations -- have a soft spot the size of Brooklyn for hits like "Kids" and "Time to Pretend." That's the kind of chewy, sweet electro-pop that New Zealan ... More >>

Why Is It So Easy For Bad Guys In L.A. To Buy And Carry Guns When The Rest Of Us Have To Be Oh So Careful?

File photoWhy is it so hard for you to carry a gun if the bad guys find it so easy?​Three former U.S. Marines were arrested after they allegedly sold some pretty deadly firepower -- semiautomatic assault-type rifles -- to members of L.A.'s Florencia 13 gang. Now, here's a legitimate question: ... More >>

Music for Serious Midgets

The wonderfully obsessive world of Timothy Sellers' Artichoke

Funniest Song About Hipsters. Ever.

They all play synths​Apparently, there are hipsters in the UK (yeah, I know--shocking!). And...they're just like Silver Lake and Williamsburg hipsters! And now someone's written a funny song about them. It's very funny. Best line: "We all play synths." 'Nuff said. Check it out:

Download an Entire Album for Free from Psychedelic Post-Poppers Random Patterns

"Rich Soil Pleasures" by Random Patterns​Highland Park's psychedelically inclined indie pop outfit Random Patterns has released a new album today and it's absolutely free. Rich Soil Pleasures is a seven-song set of layered-yet-light tunes that find the five-piece band laying down all manner o ... More >>

Live in L.A.: Woodsist Festival, Thurston Moore, Sting, Justin Currie, Abandoned Pools

Sarah McKayKurt Vile​In case your lifeline to Brooklyn is broken: Woodsist is a four-year-old record label, founded by Woods guitarist Jeremy Earl, that caters to fans who like things gloriously unvarnished, or who think the Vivian Girls are original. The label has brought a small army of lo-f ... More >>

Happy Hour: Tin Roof Bistro in Manhattan Beach

Caroline on CrackTin Roof Bistro's Manhattan Beach Manhappy and Southside cocktails.​ The Place: Tin Roof Bistro, 3500 North Sepulveda Boulevard, (310) 546-6180. The Hours: Every day from 4 to 7 p.m. The Deal: $2 off wines, beers, cocktails, pizzas and salads in the bar and bocce court only.

2010 James Beard Finalists Announed: Suzanne Goin, Matt Molina, Michael Cimarusti, Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh Nominated

James Beard​Twitter is at it again. The 2010 James Beard Award Finalists were announced this morning via the foundation's Twitter account. L.A's Suzanne Goin, of Lucques, AOC Wine Bar, Hungry Cat and Tavern was nominated for Outstanding Chef, while Matt Molina of Mozza and Michael Cimarusti of ... More >>

GEEKY OUEVRE INVADES L.A.

Geoff Dolan’s $195,000 Good-bye

Amid recession, tiny Manhattan Beach gives a fat, secret payout to its city manager

Home Decor Voyeurs: DesignSponge on Why We Like Looking Into Other Peoples' Houses

All photos via DesignSponge "Sneak Peeks" gallery. This one is a close up of artist Sophie Blackall's, um, baby doll parts and stuff.​Grace Bonney is the 28-year old Brooklyn-based blogger behind DesignSponge. The "Sneak Peeks" section on her blog is one of the web's most popular places to lur ... More >>

The Polyamorous Affair, Weave, Zaza, Tearist, Laco$te

Ask Mr. Gold: Where To Take Your Parents in Echo Park? Why, the Yacht Club, of Course

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold: My parents are coming to visit, very parenty parents, and I was wondering if you have any idea where I might take them for dinner in Echo Park or Highland Park on a Saturday night. I want to show them my neighborhood, but I'm think ... More >>

LITTLE RASCALS GONE BAD

The Bowmans at the Hotel Café

''They Wanted All Blacks Out''

Federal trial exposes the Avenues of hate

Happy Balloons and Homicide

Entering the dangerous world of flier parties