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  • Blogs

    March 12, 2013

    30-Minute Lunch: Egg Slut Truck

    Place: Egg Slut Truck. (Note: At its current schedule, the truck can be found at Handsome Coffee Roasters Mondays through Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.) Atmosphere: Your best option is to pair your order with an espresso with milk from Handsome Coffee Roasters just a few steps away. The barista ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2012

    Jewish Shop Employees on Fairfax Embrace Tourist Influx

    Not long ago we wrote about how the Fairfax Avenue cool kids -- specifically Odd Future's Tyler, the Creator and employees at streetwear shops -- weren't too happy about the hordes of tourists who have descended on the district. Indeed, we there at 10 am on a recent Thursday, and the line of snapbac ... More >>

  • Music

    August 9, 2012

    Odd Future and Streetwear Employees Resent Fairfax Avenue Tourist Influx

    Not long ago we wrote about how the Fairfax Avenue cool kids -- specifically Odd Future's Tyler, the Creator and employees at streetwear shops -- weren't too happy about the hordes of tourists who have descended on the district. Indeed, we there at 10 am on a recent Thursday, and the line of snapbac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2012

    Rapper Kid Ink Only Began Writing in Order to Sell His Beats

    A slight guy in nondescript white t-shirt and baggy Nike basketball shorts is bent over the vintage jewelry case at Fairfax's Dope Couture. Bracelets encircle both of his wrists; nevertheless, he points to a YSL piece whose thick links glint. It pairs nicely with the well-polished chain already slun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2012

    Gil Turner's, Liquor Store to The Stars on Sunset Strip, Robbed: Suspects Nabbed Fast

    If you rob the high-profile liquor store patronized by the rich and famous on the Sunset Strip, you better have a good exit plan. Gil Turner's place is known for hosting shoppers such as Mary-Kate Olsen, Jessica Alba and Avril Lavigne. It also was the site of a robbery over the weekend, West Hollyw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Fairfax District Water Main Leaks Lead to Street Flooding, Closure Through Tuesday Night

    Six separate water mains began leaking around the Fairfax district this morning, causing flooding and shutting down Third Street between Ogden Drive and Fairfax Avenue until 7 p.m., according to the Department of Water and Power. The street closure was caused by an 8-inch main at Third Street and F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    LACMA Rock's Arrival in L.A. Tonight: Everything You Need to Know

    LACMA's famed 340-ton rock, part of its new public sculpture Levitated Mass, will arrive at the museum tonight. But will it attract the same kind of party that it did in Bixby Knolls? Tonight at around 10 or 11 pm, the rock will depart from its location on Figueroa Street just north of Florence Av ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Free Sausage at Currywurst

    To kick off the new year, Currywurst the new-ish sausage shop on Fairfax, is hosting a sausage party. (Sorry, we couldn't resist.) Every Tuesday in February, Currywurst will serve free sausages -- but only for 20 minutes and 12 seconds (2012, get it?) beginning at 7 p.m.

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2011

    Love Your Cinefamily

    To kick off the new year, Currywurst the new-ish sausage shop on Fairfax, is hosting a sausage party. (Sorry, we couldn't resist.) Every Tuesday in February, Currywurst will serve free sausages -- but only for 20 minutes and 12 seconds (2012, get it?) beginning at 7 p.m.

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Short Order Opens Here's The Menu

    Guzzle & NoshShort Order at the Original Farmers Market.​Short Order, the most anticipated burger restaurant since the dawn of time, will finally open tonight at 5 p.m. The burger joint fronted by Nancy Silverton, Bill Chait and the late Amy Pressman held a splashy opening party last night. St ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    A September Roundup of Restaurant Openings and Closures

    Though the days of summer and beersicles have ended, some zip codes are still feeling the heat. The restaurant forecast seems a bit more chilly. Venga, which opened less than two months ago, announced its closure, but owner Shahriar Besharat recently told Eater that the rumors were false. "Apparentl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Happy 80th Anniversary: Canter's 80-Cent Sandwich

    Canter'sCanter's corned beef sandwich​ Subway, Burger King, and other sandwich shops are likely to experience a dip in sales tomorrow afternoon. The reason is, bargain hunters will be heading for Canter's on Fairfax. The restaurant and deli celebrates its 80th anniversary Tuesday with an alm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    10 Restaurants Off the 10 Between Downtown and Santa Monica Where You Can Escape Traffic and Regain Your Sanity

    Click for the Google Mapped version of the list.​ We've been there. It's rush hour. Or, Obama's in town. Or, there's a terrible hip-hop band on the freeway. Or, everyone decided to leave work at the same time. Whatever the reason, the Google Map's all red, you're not going anywhere, and y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Neighborhood Eats: The Fat Dog

    The people of Fairfax deserve a well-thought-out watering hole. The Fat Dog, unfortunately, isn't it. Recently opened in a charmless, multi-story complex that seems emblematic of the mania for pre-fab mixed use developments, the Fat Dog is nominally a gastropub but with so little attention paid to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Revok, Famed L.A. Graffiti Artist, Arrested at LAX, Held on $320,000 Bail

    Gregory BojorquezRevok.​Updated after the jump: Revok gets 180 days for violating his probation. A "free Revok" campaign erupted on Twitter over the weekend after the Fairfax district street artist was nabbed at LAX. Sheriff's officials said the man born Jason Williams was arrested at LAX la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Reuben Fight: The Battle for 24-Hour Fairfax Supremacy (Canters Vs. Du-par's)

    This was supposed to be part 2 of our Giant Donut Fight, but thanks to some rather inconvenient hours of operation, it will have to wait until next week. So during this donut bye week, we've decided to focus on another unhealthy treat -- the Reuben sandwich. Today's fight places the famed Canter's D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Sneak a peek at the lusty, absurd Official Guide to the Best Cat Houses in Nevada

    ​ So last week at the Out of the Closet on Fairfax, I blew a whole dollar on The Official Guide to the Best Cat Houses in Nevada, the subject of today's Studies in Crap column over on our Style Council blog. That expenditure -- maybe one three-hundredth of the cost of a roll in the hay at one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Mani's on Maple: Requiem for a Dream

    It's not easy being Mäni's. When the café first opened in 1989, it was a rarity, one of few places serving high-end, semi-healthy fare. It may have been the first time I tried a archetypal Los Angeles salad, the stuff on which we Californians are said to subsist: fresh greens, grilled chicken br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Commissary on Fairfax: A Café for Customers & Out-of-Town Coffee Beans

    J. Ritz​ Commissary has been pouring coffee near Fairfax and Melrose in West Hollywood, a location co-owner Tyler King describes as an "area that's under-served for coffee," since April. And while they've been using excellent beans from local roaster New Frontier for the house blend, over t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/26-7/30

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Joe Fabrocini is a scholar of the hot dog, an expert on the dozens of traditions that make up the American frankfurter diaspora."

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    CBS2, KCAL9 Off Air In L.A. [Updated]

    ​Is it mayoral retribution for David Goldstein's investigative reports about workers from his beloved Department of Water and Power drinking on the job? Or maybe the LAPD has ambushed transmission lines to get back at the reporter for his (somewhat thin) report about parking tickets to cops th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Movies, Not Condos: Save the Fairfax Theatre

    ​ The Fairfax Theatre, on Beverly at Fairfax kitty-corner to the CBS Television City, has been closed since January, when the roof partially collapsed due to long-term neglect and heavy rains. A sign posted in front of the theater promised that the three-screen, 80 year-old mini movie palace w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 3/22-3/26

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "...it's safe to assume that few of us have ever been as voracious as the planet Neptune, which may have, according to a paper by Steven Desch quoted by The New Scientist, once slurped up an entire super-Earth and stole ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Top Tape: Dublab DJs 'Spin' Cassettes at Calling All Kids Friday

    The record will be sitting this one out.​Despite at least one spirited argument to the contrary, the audio cassette revival soldiers on, and this Friday, it has a home at the Hyperion Tavern in Silver Lake. One of LA Weekly's favorite clubs, Calling All Kids, will be teaming up with one of ou ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    July 16, 2009

    In Like Outfest

    Our critics' guide to the best of the fest's closing weekend.

  • Film+TV

    July 9, 2009

    OUTFEST: VOTE "YES"

    It's a politically charged year for L. A.'s Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    AsDSSka's New Video by Spike Jonze and Crystal Moselle: First Music on Family Bookstore Records

    So much cool information to cram into one informational post. The duo: AsDSSka is Aska Matsumiya of the Sads and Moonrats, and Sir David Scott Stone, whose thick and rich modular synthesizer sounds have more depth than any state-of-the-art digital sampler. The record label: Family Bookstore Reco ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 2, 2008

    Best Art Star Scouting: Hope Gallery

    So much cool information to cram into one informational post. The duo: AsDSSka is Aska Matsumiya of the Sads and Moonrats, and Sir David Scott Stone, whose thick and rich modular synthesizer sounds have more depth than any state-of-the-art digital sampler. The record label: Family Bookstore Reco ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 2, 2008

    Best Boutiques for Breaking Melrose Monotony

    Beyond Hardy and hoochies

  • Film+TV

    July 10, 2008

    Outfest 2008: Where Do We Go From Here?

    Fest maintains its relevance in the post–Will & Grace era

  • Music

    May 8, 2008

    The Beginning of a No Age: Nouns

    Simply put, the best punk album of the 21st century

  • News

    February 28, 2008

    Villaraigosa's Dead-End Pico and Olympic One-Way Plan ...

    ... hits the wall at Fairfax

  • Film+TV

    November 29, 2007

    Movie Reviews: Badland, Divine Intervention, Forfeit, He Was a Quiet Man

    Also: The Sasquatch Gang, Sex and Breakfast, Yiddish Theater: A Love Story

  • Columns

    November 22, 2007

    Shoe Gazers

    Also: The Sasquatch Gang, Sex and Breakfast, Yiddish Theater: A Love Story

  • Film+TV

    October 25, 2007

    Film Reviews: Rails & Ties, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains

    Also: The Sasquatch Gang, Sex and Breakfast, Yiddish Theater: A Love Story

  • Columns

    August 24, 2006

    Reading the Signs

    Also: The Sasquatch Gang, Sex and Breakfast, Yiddish Theater: A Love Story

  • Film+TV

    July 13, 2006

    Film Reviews

    Also: The Sasquatch Gang, Sex and Breakfast, Yiddish Theater: A Love Story

  • Film+TV

    June 15, 2006

    Film Reviews

    Also: The Sasquatch Gang, Sex and Breakfast, Yiddish Theater: A Love Story

  • Film+TV

    April 27, 2006

    Film Reviews

    For the week of April 28 - May 4

  • Film+TV

    March 30, 2006

    Film Reviews

    For the week of March 31-April 6

  • Music

    March 10, 2005

    Snake Bites

    For the week of March 31-April 6

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Yet More Lists

    For the week of March 31-April 6

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    This Is a Bad Time?

    The cartoon as journal entry

  • Eat+Drink

    October 24, 2002

    Ask Mr. Gold

    The cartoon as journal entry

  • News

    March 28, 2002

    The Realm of the Open-Ended

    Farmers Market in the shadow of “The Grove”

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Fresh Produce and Streets of Fire

    Making sense of the methane explosion in Fairfax

  • Art+Books

    September 21, 2000

    If Not Now, Wha’?

    Contraptions and gizmos

  • Eat+Drink

    July 22, 1999

    Du-par’s

    Contraptions and gizmos

  • Eat+Drink

    February 18, 1999

    Fairfax Avenue

    Ethiopian Addis-Faction in Mid-Wilshire

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    Malling the Market

    New development would dwarf L.A. landmark

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