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Are Small Plates on the Way Out? "Big Plates" Are Gaining Popularity in L.A.

The fallacy of "small plates meant for sharing," as The New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells pointed out in his blog post "The Big Problem With Small Plates," is that a small portion makes actual sharing somewhat frustrating. Unlike Wells, I'm a fan of the small-plates format -- I like the ab ... More >>

Memorial Day Grilling Tips From Chef Govind Armstrong

While chef Govind Armstrong is busy this Memorial Day in the kitchen of his 2 1/2-month-old restaurant Willie Jane on Abbot Kinney in Venice, scores of Angelenos will be firing up the grill. To get ready for the second-biggest BBQ holiday of the year -- July 4 is the biggest -- Armstrong, who also r ... More >>

Ludo Lefebvre, Evan Kleiman and 11 More L.A Chefs Share Food Lessons Learned from Mom Grandma

While planning that super sweet gesture for mom this Mother's Day -- remember, it's coming up on Sunday -- think back to all the valuable nuggets she taught you over the years. Chances are a lot of them have to do with food, right? That's certainly the case for many chefs, some of whom might have wo ... More >>

More Events: Kentucky Derby, Cinco de Mayo A Coffee Workshop

Kentucky Derby at Willie Jane Willie Jane will open early on Saturday in celebration of the Kentucky Derby, offering a bar menu that includes biscuits with short ribs; crispy Niman Ranch pig tails; and deviled eggs. The restaurant will be collecting donations toward OneFundBoston.org, benefiting vic ... More >>

March Roundup of Restaurant Openings and Closings

Something about springtime makes Angelenos long for a healthier lifestyle. Perhaps the constant Victoria's Secret commercial ads or research claiming junk food will kill a man's sperm. Whatever it is, more juice bars and macrobiotic foods have arrived, namely at new restaurants including Shojin, M.A ... More >>

Govind Armstrong and Brad Johnson to Open Willie Jane in Venice

Post & Beam Hospitality Group, made up of restaurateur Brad Johnson, chef Govind Armstrong and Director of Operations David Borrego, will be opening a new restaurant in the next few weeks in Venice called Willie Jane. The restaurant will replace Wolf In Sheep's Clothing, which began as a pop-up but ... More >>

Marcus Samuelsson to Cook at Govind Armstrong's Post & Beam in Baldwin Hills

Marcus Samuelsson, chef at New York's Red Rooster Harlem, will be cooking a special meal at Post & Beam, Govind Armstrong's Baldwin Hills restaurant.

Q & A With Eddie Huang Watch Episode 2 and 3 of Fresh Off The Boat L.A. Installment

Eddie Huang can be a tough guy to wrap your head around. The New York-based chef who went to law school, passed the bar, then dropped out of law to cook and eventually opened Baohaus is now a bona fide food celebrity and, to many observers, full of contradictions. Huang's new show with VICE, Fresh ... More >>

Watch: Eddie Huang's Fresh Off The Boat Los Angeles Episode

Eddie Huang and Vice magazine's latest episode from their web series Fresh Off The Boat debuts today, and the subject is Los Angeles. This is the first of two episodes that will be about our fair city. In this episode, Huang focuses on the Persian community in Little Tehran. Watch the entire (NSFW, ... More >>

Southern Cooking, Animal-Style

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Republic of Laughter, or ROFL, Open on Melrose

The Republic of Laughter on Melrose Avenue is now open, and it's pretty damn funny. Chef Govind Armstrong created the menu, which is described as "artfully designed conscientiously sourced fare." The Chef de Cuisine is Jacob Wildman, who will be the on-site chef type person. But that's not what's ... More >>

Reader Letters: Are We Ever Going to Write About Man Food?

We here at L.A. Weekly like to think that we cater to people with all kinds of genders. You know, people with the male kind and people with the female kind. Hell, I hope we even appeal to all the various shades of in-between kinds. But apparently we don't cater to men, or more specifically I don't. ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 6/25 - 6/29

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "'You can always spot people who don't cook because they think that pancakes are made with butter,' she said." An Elegy for Nora Ephron: Pancakes, Bakery Dreams the Strawberry Ambrosia Fraud. "I just don't understand the ... More >>

Eddie Huang Takes on Marcus Samuelsson: Plus Issues of Authenticity, Race Govind Armstrong's Post & Beam

Eddie Huang, the New York chef and writer, has spent a lot of time recently discussing issues of food, culture, race and authenticity. A couple of weeks back it was a fascinating discourse with Gilt Taste features editor Francis Lam about Asian culture and food and whether it's "fair for chefs to co ... More >>

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Post & Beam, Govind Armstrong's New Baldwin Hills Restaurant, Is Good -- But It Could Be Even Better

In Which Besha Rodell Considers Govind Armstrong's Post & Beam

In this week's review, Besha Rodell considers Post & Beam, Govind Armstrong's Baldwin Hills restaurant. Armstrong has a long history in this town (Spago, Campanile, Chadwick's, Table 8, 8 Oz.) and the opening of his latest project was a homecoming of sorts. For him. For us all. And now, Post & Bea ... More >>

L.A. Weekly's People 2012 Issue

Govind Armstrong: The Kid in the Kitchen

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. The debut of Post & Beam, chef Govind Armstrong's Baldwin Hills restaurant -- which he had the chutzpah to open on New Year's Eve, of all nights -- was billed as a homecoming. ... More >>

Post & Beam Launches Gardening Club This Weekend

Looking to get dirty this weekend? Baldwin Hill's Post & Beam is launching the first of its summer series of Gardening Club workshops this weekend with help from horticulturalist Geri Miller and head chef Govind Armstrong. The arrival of spring means that vegetables like basil, peppers, squash, eggp ... More >>

Post & Beam Opening: Govind Armstrong's Garden

Chef Govind Armstrong's long-awaited Post & Beam quietly opened on New Year's Eve, a night traditionally invested with outsize hopes by revelers. "We started with a limited menu, and I think since we were new, people cut us a little slack, but it was a very untraditional service," Armstrong says. ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/8-8/12

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Because I have been at parties where I was asked about the pizzeria up to half a dozen times, and the smug Silver Lake dudes, the ones always trying to make excuses for their neighborhood's depress ... More >>

Q & A With Govind Armstrong: Post & Beam, His New L.A. Restaurant, Why 8oz. Closed Coming Home

Vanessa Stumpchef Govind Armstrong​ Govind Armstrong has a long history in this town, dating back to when he worked as a 13 year-old apprentice for Wolfgang Puck in Spago's kitchen. Armstrong, who is still maybe younger than you are, went from Spago to City to Campanile, with time spent time i ... More >>

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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 >>

TV Recap: Feniger, Armstrong on Top Chef Masters

Top Chef Masters premiered last night and featured two local chefs in Susan Feniger (Border Grill, Ciudad, Street) and Govind Armstrong (8 oz.), with the show itself taking place in our own fair city. The premise of the show is fairly simple: take six accomplished chefs from around the country, have ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Season 2: Chef Contestants Announced

Go find your knife kit and your remote. The second season of Bravo's Top Chef Masters is scheduled to premier on April 7th at 8 p.m. 22 chefs, including 6 who are returning from the first season, will compete for All That Plastic Wrap. (Okay, and charity money too.) This season's L.A. chefs includes ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from LA Food Blogs

-- Where local chefs eat, like in real life. [EAT: Los Angeles] -- Cookbook gifts for cooks (David Chang's Momofuku, etc.). [Daily Dish] -- Vote for the sexiest chef in Los Angeles. (Okay, Govind Armstrong. But actually being in LA is sexy too.) [Eater LA] -- Making mole with Ludo Lefebvre. Or, M ... More >>

23rd Annual Great Chefs of L.A.: Hot Ticket, Hot Chefs, Hot Weather

This past Sunday on a unseasonably sultry afternoon in Studio City, over 800 foodies gathered to enjoy the fall/winter fixings from some of our city's hottest chefs at the 23rd Annual Great Chefs of L.A., a benefit hosted by comedian George Lopez which raised $150,000 for the National Kidney Foundat ... More >>

Celebrate Columbus Day: 8 Oz. Burger Bar Extends Happy Hours Today

If you're celebrating Columbus Day today, Govind Armstrong's Melrose Avenue burger joint 8 oz. Burger Bar will help you out. They're extending their happy hour(s) today in honor of the federal holiday, which was established in 1934 by Franklin Roosevelt. If you want to know where your postal carrier ... More >>

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