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May 23, 2012
The Oinkster's Burger Week Returns: White Castle Sliders, Big Macs Sourdough Jacks
From June 4 through June 10, Andre Guerrero's retrofied pastrami and burger shack in Eagle Rock will host round two of it's popular Burger Week, which features a burger-a-day tribute to some of America's cherished cheeseburgers re-engineered by the bun 'n' patty architects in The Oinkster kitchen. ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2012
Bon Appétit Introduces L.A. 'Grub Crawl' Tour
Bon Appétit magazine has come up with the foodie answer to the weekend music festival: a monster 3-day tour of restaurants, bars, and music venues they're calling the "Grub Crawl." It's debuting in three cities this summer: Brooklyn (natch), New Orleans, and, to our pleasant surprise, Los Angeles. ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2012
Foie Gras-loving Chefs Fight Ban With Last-ditch Petition
When the ban on foie gras takes effect on July 1, Californians with a taste for foie will be reduced to copping the creamy tan stuff in little, perfect slugs squeezed into wax paper packets like opium. They'll slip from hand-to-hand on public transportation. Liver-laden trucks will trundle from ne ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2012
Mirabelle Update: Chef Michael Bryant, Designer Thomas Schoos Seafood Charcuterie
In Los Angeles, hitting the 40-year mark usually means it's time for a facelift. So when 41-year-old West Hollywood restaurant announced Mirabelle it would be closing for some updates, customers needn't have been shocked. What could rightfully come as surprise, though, is the culinary direction t ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2012
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
Blogs
February 6, 2012
10 Best Beer Bars In Los Angeles
With craft beer L.A.'s current unyielding obsession, it seems crazier than a 55% ABV beer that four short years ago that we were celebrating, along with dozens of tube sock-clad homebrew club sorts, the first local bars to land coveted cask-conditioned ales on tap. My how that fedora-topped draft be ... More >>
Eat+Drink
December 29, 2011
Jonathan Gold's 10 Best Dishes of 2011
With craft beer L.A.'s current unyielding obsession, it seems crazier than a 55% ABV beer that four short years ago that we were celebrating, along with dozens of tube sock-clad homebrew club sorts, the first local bars to land coveted cask-conditioned ales on tap. My how that fedora-topped draft be ... More >>
Eat+Drink
November 10, 2011
Lukshon: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
With craft beer L.A.'s current unyielding obsession, it seems crazier than a 55% ABV beer that four short years ago that we were celebrating, along with dozens of tube sock-clad homebrew club sorts, the first local bars to land coveted cask-conditioned ales on tap. My how that fedora-topped draft be ... More >>
Eat+Drink
November 10, 2011
Son of a Gun: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
With craft beer L.A.'s current unyielding obsession, it seems crazier than a 55% ABV beer that four short years ago that we were celebrating, along with dozens of tube sock-clad homebrew club sorts, the first local bars to land coveted cask-conditioned ales on tap. My how that fedora-topped draft be ... More >>
Eat+Drink
November 10, 2011
Father's Office: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
With craft beer L.A.'s current unyielding obsession, it seems crazier than a 55% ABV beer that four short years ago that we were celebrating, along with dozens of tube sock-clad homebrew club sorts, the first local bars to land coveted cask-conditioned ales on tap. My how that fedora-topped draft be ... More >>
Blogs
October 17, 2011
The Want Ads: A Bacon Cheeseburger Bed Of One's Own
Craigslista cheeseburger bedIf you're the sort of person who eats out way too often at Umami Burger, frequently invokes Thomas Keller's well-documented love of In-N-Out as justification for your fast food burger fetish, and spends your weekends in close proximity to your charcoal briquets and ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
Top 10: Most Kid-Unfriendly Restaurants in Los Angeles
Photo by Anne FishbeinIs there a pediatric burn specialist in the house? Soot Bull Jeep. Sometimes eating out with kids is all about the path of least resistance, which if you peruse OpenTable Diners' Choice list of the country's 100 most kid-friendly restaurants, seems to be the prevailing p ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011
Ask Mr. Gold: Yuzu Ramen Purple Foods  That Start With "Q"
Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic Dear Mr. Gold: I'm a raw vegan who eats nothing but purple foods starting with the letter Q. Can you recommend a good steakhouse for me? --Robyn Brown, via Facebook
Blogs
July 12, 2011
Food News Roundup: President Obama's Eat Our Peas Moment, Brain Freeze Sang Yoon's Foie Ice Cream Sandwiches
-- Father's Office starts serving desserts. Not just any desserts, mind you, but foie gras ice cream sandwiches. [Grub Street] -- What Causes Brain Freeze? Which is a condition also called sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. Who knew. [Food Republic, via food52] -- Marja Vongerichten's "Kimchi Chro ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2011
Oinkster does Umami, Father's Office & McDonald's for Burger Week
It's a little late for National Hamburger Day, but it's never too late in our book. From June 6th through June 12th, Eagle Rock pastrami haven and burger barn The Oinkster is hosting its own Burger Week. They're honoring the mighty meat with a burger-a-day tribute to their favorite local ea ... More >>
Eat+Drink
May 26, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Steingarten
It's a little late for National Hamburger Day, but it's never too late in our book. From June 6th through June 12th, Eagle Rock pastrami haven and burger barn The Oinkster is hosting its own Burger Week. They're honoring the mighty meat with a burger-a-day tribute to their favorite local ea ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2011
A Recipe From The Chef: Lukshon's Shrimp Cakes
A. ScattergoodLukshon's shrimp cakes In our recent interview with Sang Yoon (Father's Office, Lukshon), the chef talked about a whole lot of things: sriracha experiments, why the name of his newest restaurant is an homage to his Jewish grandmother, what he'd do with a centrifuge. And thus to ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2011
Q & A With Sang Yoon: Lukshon's Test Kitchen, Issues of Heat Ghetto Fish Sauce
A. ScattergoodSang Yoon outside Lukshon Sang Yoon is not an easy man to pin down. He moves quickly. He doesn't like interviews, or at least so it's always seemed to us. But when he actually sits down and starts talking, he often doesn't stop. Which is very cool, since he's got a lot of intere ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2011
Beer Belly: Craft Beer Bar Opens in Koreatown
Caroline on CrackJimmy and Yume Han in front of Beer Belly; artwork by MR44. Unlike most young newlyweds who jump on the baby track once they get married, Jimmy and Yume Han decided to open a business instead. "We knew we wanted to go into business together, but we didn't know what," Yume sai ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2011
Weiland Brewery: The Most Ridiculous Happy Hour in L.A.
Jake OgleWeiland interior Los Angeles is 500 square miles and a thousand bars. So you have a pretty good selection of "happy hours" to get your drink on. That said, the two Weiland Brewery locations in downtown LA offer incredibly reasonable happy hour prices Monday-Friday from 3-7 p.m. an ... More >>
Eat+Drink
April 21, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Lukshon
Jake OgleWeiland interior Los Angeles is 500 square miles and a thousand bars. So you have a pretty good selection of "happy hours" to get your drink on. That said, the two Weiland Brewery locations in downtown LA offer incredibly reasonable happy hour prices Monday-Friday from 3-7 p.m. an ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2011
Hide the Dressing: DailyBurn's New iPhone App Tracks Calories Through Photos
The Calorie Counters will have their way. First, they took the fun out of fast food, and now they've found a way to use our own (i)phones against us. Today, DailyBurn released a new app called MealSnap with one very fancy and terrifying feature: it can identify and track the calories in ev ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2011
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 3/28-4/1
Flickr/Lauren Manning In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Whatever the current style in Los Angeles restaurants ends up being named, all of it -- from the small-plate thing to the fixation on local, organic produce; the off-center proteins to the internat ... More >>
Eat+Drink
March 31, 2011
Jonathan Gold on Kid-Friendly Restaurants
Flickr/Lauren Manning In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Whatever the current style in Los Angeles restaurants ends up being named, all of it -- from the small-plate thing to the fixation on local, organic produce; the off-center proteins to the internat ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2011
First Bite: Son of a Gun, or What Would You Want To Change Anyway?
F. FriesemaJonagold apples Whatever the current style in Los Angeles restaurants ends up being named, all of it -- from the small-plate thing to the fixation on local, organic produce; the off-center proteins to the international palette of flavors; and the resistance to even modest customer ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 2011
High West: The Spirit Of The Rye, Rye West Their Newest Double Rye Release
J. GarbeeThe Regional Whiskey Face Off Continues If you follow the spirits circuit, specifically those of the barrel-aged corn and rye persuasion, High West Distillery in Park City, Utah, has probably been on your radar for a while. If not, you'll hear about this young craft distillery soon i ... More >>
Eat+Drink
February 24, 2011
30 Burgers in 30 Days
Five of the best (... so far)
Eat+Drink
February 17, 2011
Sang Yoon's Lukshon Is His Most Fully Realized Concept Yet
New eatery livens up Helms complex
Blogs
February 16, 2011
First Bite: Lukshon, Sang Yoon's Latest
F. FriesemaJonagold apples We can be forgiven for surmising that something's up at Lukshon, can't we? Because we are at a Sang Yoon restaurant, nobody has tried to tackle us on the way to our (reserved!) table, and we are drinking Singapore Slings or an Beaujolais-style Canary Islands wine ca ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2011
[Updated] The Pursuit of Hoppiness: Pliny the Younger (IPA Beer) Day is Here
koadmunkeeUpdate: We told you you'd have to keep monitoring the tap list yourselves, but we caved and decided to give you a hand. Here's the list of confirmed Pliny the Younger appearances as it stands right now: Verdugo Bar, Wednesday, February 16 at 6 p.m.; Hops and Barley (in Temecula), S ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2011
Q & A With Rodelio Aglibot, Part 2: What Makes a Great Burger, The Question of Arugula, President Obama 7 Courses of Spam
A. Scattergoodchef Rodelio Aglibot at GO Burger In the first part of our interview with Rodelio Aglibot, BLT Restaurant Group -- and thus GO Burger -- corporate executive chef, the well-traveled chef discussed Los Angeles sports and the future of Filipino cuisine, among other things. Turn th ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2011
30 Burgers in 30 Days: Fun with Buns at Rounds Premium Burgers (Day 4)
Sitting at the windowside counter at Rounds Premium Burgers in West Hollywood, watching drunk and soon-to-be-drunk clubgoers flit from bar to bar, we couldn't stop thinking about buns. Specifically, brioche buns, the de facto frame for every upscale burger, often lending them an unearned gravitas. ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2010
Top 10 Food Trends for 2011
Photo credit: My Last BiteButterscotch budino from Mozza2GoNow that we've examined the Top 10 Bad Food Trends of 2010, we're looking to the year ahead. As expected...bacon in everything. DIY molecular gastronomy. Gentrified hot dogs. The growing popularity of Korean food as it assimilates mo ... More >>
Eat+Drink
November 11, 2010
A Movable Beast: L.A. Weekly's 99 Essential Restaurants
The modern L.A. restaurant, unleashed
Blogs
October 1, 2010
Your Weekend Restaurant PSA: Sunday's Triathalon Street Closure
map of LA triathlon If your Sunday morning routine typically includes wandering around northern Culver City, stopping in at Akasha for brunch and then strolling over to Ford's Filling Station and then maybe across the street to Tara's Himalayan and then heading back over to Le Saint Amour to ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2010
Pie-A-Day Contest 2010: 234 Pies, An Apron Show, But No Pie Throwing (Yet)
Good Food blogDelilah Snell's (The Road Less Traveled) mixed berry pie The end of another Los Angeles summer, the end of another season of pies for Evan Kleiman. Kleiman (Angeli Caffe, Good Food) has closed her second Pie-A-Day contest and will judge the entries this Sunday, September 5th, a ... More >>
Eat+Drink
August 19, 2010
Meat as Sculpture
Introducing the Maillol burger
Eat+Drink
July 8, 2010
Waterloo & City: Virtuosity and Beer
Just what Culver City needed
Eat+Drink
April 22, 2010
Mac's Headroom
We have seen the future of macaroni 'n' cheese, and its name is Mac & Cheeza
Blogs
April 13, 2010
The Great Burger Debate Continues: Ten L.A. Burgers Get Dissected
Muy YumWhere does Father's Office rank? The only thing more assured than poor driving during an L.A. rainstorm is people pointing out that nobody in L.A. knows how to do it. The same goes for hamburgers. It is impossible to eat one, or to even mention that you like one, without everyone else ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2009
Top 10 Holiday Gifts: Presents for Foodies
For some people, food is just the stuff we eat, but for others, it's a bit more important. Take your mother, whose favorite television show is Top Chef and who staged a Quickfire Gravy Challenge at Thanksgiving this year. From the boyfriend who says "yes chef!" when you're boiling pasta for dinner t ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2009
Diary of a 6 Year Old Foodie: Can Rustic Canyon Take Down The Golden State?
A few months ago, our 6 year-old foodie took on the In-N-Out burger and the Father's Office burger, enjoying both but criticizing FO's for its structural integrity and lack of consistency from one bite to the next. In the end, he decided that the best burger was, in fact, from The Golden State. Toda ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2009
José Andrés Is Your Guest DJ: Molecular Gastronomy to Elton John
Ever wonder what's on José Andrés' playlist? You figure he must be listening to something cutting edge while he's thinking up cotton candy foie gras and playing with the nitro canisters at The Bazaar, right? Try Elton John's Daniel. We know this because the Spanish chef shares his personal soundtr ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2009
Ask Mr Gold: The Sunday Meal. Burgers, Beers and Fries
Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold: We have friends in town from Seattle, and they're hungering for a really fine burger, excellent fries and a primo beer selection. (Is there such a place, a place that offers all three under one roof? A place that's open on Sunday? ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2009
Fit for All Constitutions: The Fifth Amendment Alehouse in Santa Monica
The beer-and-sausage package has worked quite well for a certain laser-focused Arts District restaurant, and now the Fifth Amendment Alehouse brings a similar approach to Santa Monica. Daniel Petrovich, who owns the Fifth Amendment with his wife, Eden Noe, is honest about their inspirations for the ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2009
Food Games: ID Your Burger
Thanks for playing last week's first installment of Food Games, in which we asked you to ID a burger. For those who answered the Umami burger, you were right. Soon you'll have two more Umami locations to order one; lucky you. So here's another test: where's this burger from? It is a very tasty in ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2009
Food Games: ID Your Dinner, No Blindfold Required
When I was in high school, our science teacher would take us out into the woods, blindfold us (no Blair Witch Project jokes, please) and turn us loose amid the trees to see if we could identify each one by the feel of the bark, the shape of the leaves. Yeah, it sounds odd, even creepy, but boy was i ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2009
Eric Greenspan's 95 Theses: A Hamburger Challenge, Nailed to the Father's Office Doors, in Ketchup
The FoundryBattle of the burgersEarly this morning, 2 a.m. to be precise, Eric Greenspan issued a hamburger challenge to LA's reigning hamburger king, Sang Yoon of Father's Office. Greenspan, chef-owner of The Foundry on Melrose, staged what can only be called a covert food op, nailing his challenge ... More >>
Eat+Drink
May 8, 2008
All Hopped Up at The New Father's Office
Sang Yoon's latest is bigger and probably better than the original. But can you get a seat?
Eat+Drink
November 25, 2004
Fight Club
Sang Yoon's latest is bigger and probably better than the original. But can you get a seat?
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