Caroline Styne

Now Open: The Larder at Burton Way More Coming!

Chef Suzanne Goin and business partner Caroline Styne (Lucques, A.O.C., Tavern) have opened their third iteration of the Larder -- others are in West Hollywood and Brentwood -- at the intersection of Burton Way, San Vicente and La Cienega, a seemingly awkward location that surprises you with excelle ... More >>

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 >>

The 2013 James Beard Chef Awards: Los Angeles Gets The Shaft

The James Beard Chef Awards have just wrapped up in New York City, and Los Angeles took home zero awards. It's hard to resist feeling kinda whiny when looking at the list of winners and considering that New York City got 7 awards and accounted for 50% of all the non-region-specific awards (as well ... More >>

L.A.'s Wine Bars Are Better Than Ever. Here Are Our Seven Favorites

James Beard Semifinalists 2013 Announced: The L.A. Edition

The James Beard Foundation has just announced their semifinalists for the 2013 chef and restaurant awards. To be clear, this is not a list of nominees, but rather a list from which the nominees will be chosen. L.A. has quite a showing, in the national categories as well as in our region. For Bes ... More >>

A.O.C. Reopens Suzanne Goin's Balinese Suckling Pig

When Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne (Lucques, Tavern) announced late last year that they were closing their wine and small plates restaurant A.O.C. to reopen in a different location, we might normally assume a months-long transition period, while we all waited for permits and whatnot and dreamt nos ... More >>

A.O.C. Last Night In Original Location New Location Open Soon

A.O.C., the restaurant and wine bar owned by chef Suzanne Goin and sommelier Caroline Styne, will celebrate its last night in its original West Third street location this coming Saturday, Jan. 19. The restaurant, which opened in 2002, is moving to a new location at 8700 West Third Street, about a mi ... More >>

Croissant Food Fight: B1 Breadshop vs. Bread Lounge vs. Maison Giraud

In his 1989 novel The Great Fire of London, renowned french author Jacques Roubaud spends a rather large section expounding the features of the ideal Parisian croissant, told in the kind of deliberate detail you'd expect from a professor of both poetry and advanced mathematics: [T]he croissant that ... More >>

L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade: A Recap of the 2012 Event

L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade Stand is arguably the premier charity auction/food and wine event raising money -- a lot of money -- for pediatric cancer research. Hosted by Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne (Lucques, A.O.C., Tavern) and David Lentz (The Hungry Cat), it was held for the third year in a row ... More >>

Top 4 Weekend Food Events: L.A. Food and Wine, Sunland Watermelon Festival, Lucques Rib Roundup Ecuadorian Parade

2nd Annual L.A. Food & Wine Festival With nearly 40 events over four days in Santa Monica, Hollywood, Beverly Hills and downtown, the LAFW looks to be one of the city's most ambitious food festivals. More than 150 chefs, including David Myers, Michael Voltaggio, Mark Peel, Michael Mina and Charles P ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Events: Bastille Day Dinners, Malibu Truck Grub Tequila Tasting

Rockin' Truck Grub Fest at Malibu Bluffs Park The City of Malibu will host the Rockin' Truck Grub event at Malibu Bluffs Park on Saturday, July 14. Food trucks in attendance include Baby's Burgers, Café Lobos, Lobsta Truck, Sky's Gourmet Tacos, Breezy Freeze, California Grill Truck, and Calbi Fusio ... More >>

Your 4th of July Dining Deal Round-Up: Cobbler, Korean BBQ Sliders Beer Pong

Beer Belly's Backyard Boogie: The Filipino grillmasters at the The Park's Finest are joining forces with Beer Belly to host their 2nd annual "Backyard Boogie," an afternoon stocked with plenty of BBQ and beer. From 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., you can enjoy smoky pulled pork, hot links, coconut beef, bibingka ... More >>

Live Stream the James Beard Awards: Cheer Mozza Possible Foie Protest

If you're the sort of food-obsessed person who will be following Twitter this afternoon and evening to find out exactly who's winning awards, or who's complaining about not having done so, at tonight's James Beard award ceremony, you might consider just live streaming the event. That's what the folk ... More >>

2012 James Beard Foundation Award Nominees Announced: The Mozza Edition

Yesterday the James Beard Foundation announced its 2012 nominations for book awards, journalism, design and graphics, broadcast and media, and restaurant and chefs. It is a very long list. There were also awards given for lifetime achievement (Wolfgang Puck!) and humanitarian of the year (Charlie Tr ... More >>

Q & A With Suzanne Goin: Chefs Move to Schools Fundraiser, Knocking on Ma Maison's Door Obama's Secret Service Detail

When you cross the beautiful threshold of Lucques, Suzanne Goin's Melrose Avenue restaurant, her first -- of now many, including A.O.C., Tavern and the recently opened The Larder at Maple Drive -- you are at once reminded of how profoundly relevant both that restaurant and, more importantly, the che ... More >>

Lucques' 9th Annual Cassoulet Night Is Coming: Make Reservations Now

If you're not doing anything really important for dinner on Sun., March 4 -- and maybe even if you are -- you now have someplace to be. Every year for one night, Lucques co-owners Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne host a cassoulet night in place of one of their customary Sunday Suppers. This year will ... More >>

Finally, An A.O.C. Cookbook, A Preview Curried Cauliflower Recipe Suzanne Goin & David Lentz's Cooking Channel Debut

Eatocracy.cnn.comSuzanne Goin​If you are a devout Sunday Supper at Lucques fan (the printed version), you have probably wondered, as most of us have, when that A.O.C. Winebar cookbook follow-up is going to finally going to happen? Impossible as it is to believe, Goin's first cookbook was print ... More >>

What The President Ate For Dinner Last Night

Tavern's website​ Even if you're a Republican, you may secretly want to know what chef Suzanne Goin served President Obama -- and 60 other seriously rich people -- last night at Tavern. And although we do not care one bit what Justin Bieber and Rhianna and Lindsay Lohan and every other celebri ... More >>

Where NOT to Go To Dinner Tonight: President Obama Has Booked Tavern

Tavern's websitethe dining room at Tavern​ As you probably know already -- hopefully, if you're going to be in a car anywhere on the Westside later today -- President Obama is in town. Why? Why do you think: the man is fundraising in a place that has historically been very kind to him. So, the ... More >>

Weekend Brunch Comes to A.O.C. The Cheese Bar as Larder

Aaron Cook​ When Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne opened A.O.C. in 2003, "small plates" wasn't the overused buzzword that it is today. That sort of dining -- noshy and wine-friendly, graze for a few hours, keep the plates coming until we cry uncle -- lends itself to the night, which is one reas ... More >>

Eat and Drink Well for Auld Lang Syne on New Year's Eve 2011

So, it's time to plan New Year's Eve if you haven't already. Avoid the amateur's night problem by putting your 2011 celebration in the hands of restaurant pros who will handle the fine food and drink part. And save you clean-up troubles. Merriment, cheer, reflecting on the past year (which may or ma ... 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 >>

Your Hungry Cat Expansion Update: David Lentz to Open THC #3 in Santa Monica

Anne Fishbeinlobster at The Hungry Cat​ The Hungry Cat, David Lentz's decidedly more upscale and cocktail-oriented version of a Maryland fish house, will expand to Santa Monica. Eater reports that Lentz will take over the old Brass Cap location by Giorgio Baldi near the Pacific Coast Highway. ... More >>

Samsara: California Wine Elevated To Art

J.KoslowSamsara's Finest​ Three hours north of Los Angeles in bucolic Lompoc, obscured by a Home Depot and suburban housing, resides one of the finest garage projects you've never heard of. It is Samsara, the smallest of small wineries, producing a scant 900 cases annually and distinctively h ... More >>

Drink Me: Vodka

Ben CalderwoodLucques Gimlet with fava bean purée, green olives, feta and grilled bread​ First in an occasional series of spirit lessons where Squid Ink picks up the tab. The etymology is a dead giveaway. Vodka originates from the Slavic voda, or water, which illustrates just how fundamenta ... More >>

Turkey Dinners Around Town: A Thanksgiving Round-Up

While Thanksgiving should be a time of celebration and unrepentant gluttony, if you're the one stuck in the kitchen burning your fingers and mopping bread crumbs and eggs off the floor, maybe you'd be happier just going out or ordering in. From a $10 holiday tasting menu at Akasha to a $68 buffet a ... More >>

Tavern, Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne's Westward Expansion

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Restaurant Newsbites: The Opening of Two Taverns, a Wine Bar and a Tiki-Lovers' Paradise -- Trader Vic's Downtown

The past week has seen a few fresh restaurant openings worth mentioning. Gaining the most notice is Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne's Tavern in the Brentwood spot that was for many decades a Hamburger Hamlet location. While lots of people all over Los Angeles have strong sentimental attachments to t ... More >>

The Joy of Cooking . . . and Kissing

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