Culver City

Casa Oaxaca Bringing Casual Oaxacan Food to Downtown Culver City

There's some Mexican food on the move in Culver City today. Santa Ana's Casa Oaxaca, which has rather quietly been serving up moles, xochitl soup, tlayudas and other Oaxacan specialties for a few years now, is set to expand to Los Angeles. And best of all -- their new digs are slated to open today. ... More >>

LuckyRice Feast Comes to Culver City Next Weekend

Departing from last year's night market theme, LuckyRice will be returning to Culver City next Saturday, July 27, with an all-inclusive pan-Asian feast from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Book Bindery. The fete will feature food and drink from quite a few chefs who participated the year before, including ... More >>

Free Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwiches This Week for Dexter Fans

What do serial killers and ice cream sandwiches have in common? Maybe go watch Michael Shannon's wonderful film The Iceman, in which Chris Evans, minus the superhero outfit, drives an ice cream truck. And maybe also consider the fact that Showtime is celebrating Dexter's eighth season and its Emmy a ... More >>

The Summer Foods of Los Angeles Through the Ages

Exploring the LAPL menu collection is an ongoing project in which we'll take a close look at the menus owned by the Los Angeles Public Library. Read about the project here. As we enter the gateway to summer, I thought it would be fun to take a look at the Los Angeles Public Library menu collection ... More >>

4.7 Anza Earthquake Shakes SoCal

A moderate earthquake rocked Southern California this morning. And yes you felt it. From Las Vegas to San Diego to Culver City. And it was only a 4.7, says the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was reported at ...

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Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Renaissance Painting With RoboCop

This week, the ghost of a long-defunct society hosts a concert in Culver City, a video artist channels allergy-drug commercials and a sculptor pumps water through a maze of PVC pipes. 5. Renaissance meets RoboCop Peter Weller starred in the 1987 film RoboCop, about a robotic police officer ("part ... More >>

Culver City! All Your Prayers Answered! Olive Garden Opens Today

Olive Garden, that purveyor of endless breadsticks and "Italian" cuisine, opens its 10th L.A.-area restaurant today, and the lucky winner of the unlimited soup and salad sweepstakes is Culver City! Yes, today Olive Garden creeps closer to the heart of Los Angeles (until now, Glendale, Manhattan Be ... More >>

Metro Bus Crash on Venice Boulevard Reportedly Sends a Dozen to Hospital

A Metro bus was involved in a dramatic three-vehicle crash near downtown Culver City around 5:45 p.m., according to the L.A. City Fire Department. "Holy shit!" Tweeted L.A. resident Victor Flores. "Just seen some dude cause an accident then drive into a bus." KTLA footage showed the nose of a shiny ... More >>

Culver City Restaurants Serve Free Spiked Lemonade: Happy Summer Designated Engineers

Next Wednesday, June 20, Culver City restaurants will be celebrating the official start of the summer season and the opening of the Culver City station on the Metro's Expo Line by putting a little something-something in their fresh-squeezed lemonades.

"The Art of Cooking" at the Royal/T Opens Tonight Royal/T's Last Art Show

A 4-year-old artist might sculpt a lumpy face in a dish of mashed potatoes, adding peas for eyes. Twenty years later, the same artist might stage a gleeful cafeteria food fight and call it social sculpture. Curator Hanne Mugaas says, "Food as always been present in art ... it is linked to pleasure ... More >>

City Tavern's First Anniversary - April 3, 2012

Let's just skip over today and head straight for the night of Tuesday, April 3. City Tavern, which we called one of L.A.'s Top 5 new beer bars for 2011, is turning one already. How time flies. For the anniversary celebration, General Manager and beer dude Matt Meiers is moving from his usual Calif ... More >>

Yamadaya Word Cloud: Pig, Pig, Noodle Opening in Sherman Oaks

If this does not make you hungry, well, then there's not much we can do for you. The ramen -- they also have rice bowls and gyoza and tsukemen -- at Yamadaya is of the kind that won't leave you needing more food for some time. It is a study in pork more than noodles, although the noodles are excelle ... More >>

City Tavern Introduces "Build-Your-Own" Cocktails

It's fun to order things Chipotle-style: a little from column A, a little from column B. Now, City Tavern is attempting to channel the same fun we have building our own burgers and burritos (and bears, we guess) into their cocktail menu. Recently the Culver City bar and restaurant announced a new " ... More >>

3234 Hutchison Ave. in Culver City: Unfinished, Olive Garden Knockoff

Could it be they ordered the wrong number of stone tiles and then had to make up a pattern for the front of this Culver City gem? Some smart contractor came up with this ingenious plan: Make it look intentional to leave the upper half of the crap-brown stucco exposed.

Kim Gordon's Recipe for Tacos "Culver City": Canned Tuna Fish Mayo Tortillas

caryatidxx/flickrIngredient number one in Tacos "Culver City"​Last week, Good. Food. Stories. compiled a few highlights from the early 90s alt-teen mag Sassy's Eat This column. The highlights? Evan Dando's "Morning Noonan Knight" chocolate sauce for ice cream and Kim Gordon's recipe for tuna ... More >>

Expo Line Delayed Again; New Opening Date TBD

For all those light-rail fanatics (especially those who live near Culver City, like this blogger) it is time to stop holding your breath and take in a big whiff of exhaust fumes. According to the Los Angeles Times, Metro's light-rail Expo Line from Downtown to Culver City has been delayed, again. T ... More >>

Culver City Bar Report: The Backstage Bar & Grill

The Place: The Backstage Bar & Grill, 10400 Culver Blvd., Culver City. The Hours: Daily, 10 a.m. - 2 a.m. The Digs: Why are bars so dark? You may say this to yourself when you step into the 70-year-old Backstage Bar & Grill. If you're drinking during the day -- which, if you're at the Backsta ... More >>

Ramen Yamadaya: An Umami Gun Set to Stun

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​ What could be more piggy than pork? Tonkotsu ramen, aficionados insist, and they may have a point. Tonkotsu broth is made by boiling pork bones until they collapse under their own weight. Nobody but a puritan would think of ordering tonkotsu ramen without a heavy la ... More >>

Sony Studios to Fulfill Culver City's 'Art in Public Places' Requirement With Nine-Story Statue of Rainbow

Culver City TimesArt!​Culver City, currently getting the life kicked back into it by an influx of artists too poor to live in Venice (even pop-art legend Ed Ruscha recently made the move), and long known for its modern/gray/industrial architectural brilliance, will be taking on an uncharacteri ... More >>

Golden State Update: They're Not Opening in Culver City, Unless You Want Them To

Golden State​ Unsubstantiated rumors can be fun, if they're funny rumors, or if they in turn generate some good feedback. Which is just what Golden State's Jason Bernstein would love to have from you, dear readers, about whether or not to locate a second burger palace in Culver City. Recent ru ... More >>

Zachariah Timothy Lehnen, Accused in Double Murder of Culver City Pair, Could Have Been in Prison Until 2013 But Was Released Early

Patrick HealyZachariah Timothy Lehnen.​The transient accused of killing two people in Culver City this month was let out of prison late last year -- with three years cut off his time -- via a controversial early-release program. Thirty-one-year-old Zachariah Lehnen's parolee information sheet ... More >>

For Art Thou, Culver City

MTA: Expo Line To Open On Nov. 15

​After years of delays and cost overruns, the Expo Line is finally scheduled to open on Nov. 15, according to an MTA budget document. (H/T Streetsblog.)When it opens, L.A.'s newest light-rail line will be the first rail link to the Westside since the Pacific Electric shut down 50 years ago.Expo of ... More >>

Judge Gives Go-Ahead To Expo Phase 2 To Santa Monica

Expo Phase 2​The second phase of the Expo Line cleared a major hurdle today, as a judge threw out an environmental lawsuit from neighbors who allege the line will cause gridlock on West L.A. surface streets.The final ruling, which is in line with a tentative ruling issued in December, allows the E ... More >>

Expo Line Phase 2 Gets Judge's Blessing, But Neighbors Vow To Appeal

Expo Phase 2​A judge gave a go-ahead today to the second phase of the Expo Line, ruling against neighbors who have argued the project will snarl traffic on surface streets.In a tentative ruling, Judge Thomas McKnew found that Expo officials had acted appropriately in approving the project's enviro ... More >>

MY BIG FAT SWINGING HORN

This week listen up for Adam Schroeder, Allison Miller and Phil Ranelin

Tokyo 7-7 Diner to Close

If it seemed like Tokyo 7-7 was the diner that time forgot, well, time finally remembered. One of the last outposts of pre-gentrification Culver City, Tokyo 7-7 Diner, will be closing its doors on December 18th after 27 years in business. Sad day. $3 breakfasts. $5 lunches. Gone. Hidden from stre ... More >>

Eat This Now: Lobster Bacon Mac 'N Cheese at Sublime Food Lounge

Welcome to a new feature here at LA Weekly: Eat This Now. As the name implies, it's a quick bite of gluttony -- and glory. One dish. One idea. It's what you should be eating... now. (Plus, it opens the door to another recurring feature: Please, Don't Eat This Now.) Lobster. Bacon. Cheese. Bechame ... More >>

Musical Art Spaces

Gallery life: openings, closures and reopenings

Pacific Gravity's 15th Anniversary Party, Or The Real Reason To Join A Homebrew Club

J. GarbeeIt's Pour-Your-Own At The Pacific Gravity Party​When you've got a backyard full of rosy-cheeked, jolly sorts sporting beer t-shirts, dozens of Igloos converted into jockey boxes, a shave ice machine featuring margarita and coconut-flavored mead (honey wine), and puns flying through th ... More >>

Culver City Hotel Tax Might Go Up; Hoteliers Not Happy

​In an effort to raise nearly $500,000 annually, Culver City officials are seeking to raise the hotel tax from 12 percent to 14 percent, according to the Los Angeles Wave. If approved by voters, the proposed tax would be phased in, with the rate raising one percent over each of the next two ye ... More >>

First Look: Sprouts Market Opens In Culver City

N. GalutenInside the new Sprouts in Culver City​ Last Wednesday, Sprouts Farmers Market, a grocery chain from Arizona, opened its doors in Culver City. With many locations already in place outside of Arizona, (in both Texas and Colorado) Sprouts clearly has a defined brand that they are able ... More >>

Dive Bar Report: Cinema Bar

N. GalutenCinema Bar in Culver City​ The Place: Cinema Bar: 3967 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City; (310) 390-1328‎. The Hours: Every day from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. ​The Digs: The self proclaimed "oldest bar in Culver City," with live music every night and no cover charge. The room is small, with ... More >>

Robbery Suspect Fatally Shot By Police On The Westside

Google Maps​A Culver City police officer fatally shot a robbery suspect near Venice Boulveard and Motor Avenue in the Westside Los Angeles community of Palms, just outside Culver City, authorities said. Officers on Sunday were responding to a noontime robbery call at a nearby Radio Shack when ... More >>

What To Do With Old Bathroom Sink? Kick to Curb. Add Plants.

Check out this bathroom sink planter. Saw it on the sidewalk in Culver City next to Royal/T cafe in front of someone's...apartment? Office? Did someone just not know what to do with their old sink? To see it for yourself, go to the back, where the parking lot is. Kinda hilarious. Though, it makes pe ... More >>

Ukrainian Egg Action at Royal/T Today

​If you're casting around for something to do on this Easter day and are in the Culver City area, head on over to Royal/T Cafe for some Ukrainian egg activities. Local artist Lyman Sebastian Tillinger will be showing some eggs, and making some eggs, and generally loving him some eggs. His mo ... More >>

Middle Culver: Mezza, After Mosque or Movie

Free Food All Day at the New Samosa House East

In celebration of the grand opening of the new Samosa House, food is free all day today until 7 p.m. Samosa House East is less than ten blocks east of the original Samosa House on Washington Boulevard in Culver City. "What will they call it when they open one in downtown Culver City?" a customer as ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/10 - 10/16

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "We play a lot of his music and Snoop's music, Diddy's music, and Eminem on our breaks on the TV shows. It's all rap."

Bawarchi ("Indian Subway") Opens Sunday in Culver City

"Indian Subway" is how chef Sabherwal's son Gunmeed describes his father's new Indian fast-food restaurant, set to open this Sunday in Culver City, on the corner of Venice and Motor, directly next door to the beloved southern Indian restaurant, Mayura. Sabherwal (formerly of Samosa House in Culver C ... More >>

The Point (Re)opens Today in Culver City: Get a Lunch

The Pointfollow the delivery truck​We updated the status of The Point in Culver City not too long ago. This morning Mark Peel's mostly-take out (for now) eatery reopened for business. Starting today, they'll be open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Given the construction, you may n ... More >>

Culver City Home Brew Shop: Where to Get Your Home Brew On

Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles TimesBrewin' It Real at CC Home Brew​If you know what carboys, hydrometers, and wort chillers are, you've likely already spent plenty of your paycheck at Culver City Home Brew Shop. If those don't ring a bell, consider enrolling in one of the home brewing retail sup ... More >>

New Transit Routes Win Cheers and Boos

One popular bus line broke ground for an extension today, while a troubled light-rail track picked up new opponents earlier this week. The Orange Line will soon begin work extending its dedicated bus route four miles, from Canoga Park to Chatsworth, thanks to passage, last November, of  Measure ... More >>

Sweet Relief for Sour Tax Time

Here are some budget-minded suggestions for knocking back a few after filing your taxes tonight. Just when you thought the trend of tacking "-tini" onto every customized cocktail name was over, it shows up again on tax day. But Taste on Melrose's $1 (yes, that's one dollar) "taxtinis" served all d ... More >>

Drink:Eat:Play:Chug -- It's a Beer Festival

Beer madness comes to town at Drink:Eat:Play's Beer Festival this Saturday and Sunday April 4 and 5 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Sony Studios in Culver City. Live music and unlimited four-ounce servings of more than 50 beers. Advance ticket purchase only, $40 each. 10202 Washington Blvd., Culver City, (310) ... More >>

Cat Cafe: Los Angeles Needs One, STAT

Here is a business idea for those casting about for things to do in the economic downturn: start a cat cafe. Japan has one. No, correction, they have seven. Seven places where visitors to the cafe pay $8-$12 an hour to sit with cats and drink tea with cats and read comics with cats and pet the cats. ... More >>

Keyed Up

Akasha: Lord of the Rings

This new restaurant may be organic, but oh, those onion rings

Smashbox: Day One: Nicky Hilton's Chick

A few changes at the tents in Culver City this year, for one no VIP tent, which was a better place to hang out, a little more removed from the lobby sleaze, err, I mean fleas of fashion weeks of yore, and if there wasn't a VIP tent, that meant the little patio outside the VIP tent, with couches ... More >>