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Grand Central Market

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Takatis Pollo a la Brasa: Sanguchon in the San Fernando Valley

    If you wanted to rank L.A. courthouses by approximate distances to good food -- places to console your stomach before or after, say, dealing with a moving violation or outstanding warrant -- the monolithic Superior Court building in Van Nuys would easily rank near the top. Where else could a jury du ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Sneak Peak: Red Hill Opening This Week [Photo Gallery]

    It's hard to have a stealth opening with wraparound windows, but look closely and you should see Echo Park's Red Hill opening in the next few days, possibly as soon as tomorrow. When we first reported on Red Hill back in April, it was one of two restaurants Jason Michaud (owner of Local) was planni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Red Hill Opening Soon Local Express and Flander's Frites Serve Breakfast

    D. SolomonLocal Express and Flander's Frites at the Grand Central Market courtyard.​When we spoke to Local's Jason Michaud in October, he was reluctantly shuttering the windows at Chimú, Grand Central Market's Peruvian eatery. (Michaud was a co-owner along with chef Mario Alberto.) Now, Mich ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Jason Michaud's Local Express to Replace Chimu; Red Hill to Open Dec. 1

    Guzzle & NoshDiners at chimu.​Downtowners who had flocked to Peruvian eatery Chimú to sit on the sun-splattered patio and dine on pollo a la brasa were saddened to learn of Chimú's closing last weekend. Beginning Monday, the space next to the Grand Central Market will once again serve lunch, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Chimu, Mario Alberto's Peruvian Eatery, Closes

    D. SolomonLast weekend's Chimú blackboard, drawn by Nicholas Knudson.​ A chalkboard drawing of a wild-eyed creature pedaling away on a bicycle greeted Chimú visitors on Sunday, along with the word "FAREWELL." Chimú has closed its doors, or rather, its take-out windows, which served up s ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    September 15, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Picca

    At Ricardo Zarate's restaurant, Peruvian meets the Japanese izakaya

  • Eat+Drink

    July 21, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Chimu

    At Ricardo Zarate's restaurant, Peruvian meets the Japanese izakaya

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    A Taste of Tunisia Brings Brik to Malibu, Downtown Art Walk & L.A. Street Food Fest

    J. Ritz​ Playdate foods for adults and kids typically involve carrot sticks, graham crackers, chips, juice and the like. Things in Yosr Daoud's household, however, are more exciting than that. It was over a plate of traditional Tunisian brik that Daoud prepared for fellow mom and friend Lisa M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    30 Scoops in 30 Days: Mikawaya (Day 6)

    For all its variegated culinary charms, there's one thing downtown Los Angeles, with its ramen and sushi and burgers and coffee and cupcakes and cocktails, doesn't have much of: ice cream. Sure, you can find a couple ho-hum ice cream stands in the Grand Central Market. Syrup Desserts at 6th and Sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Meet Your Restaurateur: Jason Michaud of Local (Chimú Opens Monday)

    Graphic by Samrod Shenassa.​The latest installment in our sporadic series about life behind the kitchen door features Jason Michaud, the 39-year-old owner of Local. At his two-and-a-half-year-old Silver Lake cafe, he is committed not just to local produce and sustainable environmental practice ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Local's Jason Michaud to Open 2 New Restaurants: Chimú & Red Hill

    Guzzle & NoshChimu, slated to open next to the Grand Central Market in downtown LA.​Jason Michaud doesn't do things by half-measures. Deep into the arduous and expensive process of securing a liquor license for Local, his two-and-a-half-year-old Silver Lake cafe, he's opening two new restauran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Eat Your Basil: In a Pupusa at Sarita's Pupuseria

    B. HansenSarita's basil pupusa​It's spring, time to plant basil in the yard or to eat it where you wouldn't expect to find it -- at a Salvadoran pupuseria. Fresh basil and mozzarella pupusas are a specialty of Sarita's Pupuseria in the Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles (they're loca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Taking Requests: Two Bits Market in Downtown

    D. GonzalezA bustling Two Bits Market​ There is a paradox to opening nights. For the restaurateur, it is the culmination of months of planning, certifications and practice. Yet for an opening night to be successful, all efforts put forth by the restaurateur should appear effortless to the din ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 25, 2010

    The Pick-Up Artist

    D. GonzalezA bustling Two Bits Market​ There is a paradox to opening nights. For the restaurateur, it is the culmination of months of planning, certifications and practice. Yet for an opening night to be successful, all efforts put forth by the restaurateur should appear effortless to the din ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    The heel's guide to L.A. tail: 1974's America's Best Pick Up Spots!

    ​ Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. America's Best Pick Up Spots! Author:Eric Weber & M. Rob Frazier Date: 1974 Publisher: Eric Weber Press, Tenafl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    The $2 Taco Returns, and It's Korean

    Barbara HansenDakgoki, a Korean style chicken taco at the Grand Central Market​The $2 taco is back at the Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles. In 2008, the price went up to $2.50 at the three main taco purveyors there, Tacos Tumbras a Tomas, Ana Maria and Roast to Go. But in Decemb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Q & A With Marcus Samuelsson: His New Book, Cooking as Prozac, & Why We Should Eat Pickled Herring Hot Dogs

    AmazonMarcus Samuelsson's New American Table​Chef and cookbook author Marcus Samuelsson, born in Ethiopia and raised in Sweden, calls New York City home, not Los Angeles. Although he does come to town often, to check in on his burger operation at South Coast Plaza's Signature Kitchen at Macy's ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    September 17, 2009

    Brainy Tacos

    Gray Anatomy Con Queso

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Ask Mr. Gold: Gray Anatomy Con Queso

    Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold: I was wondering if you have any recommendations for tacos de sesos in Echo Park or surrounding neighborhoods. It seems brains are more difficult to come by than they were in the past. --Nicole, Echo Park Dear Nicole: Sesos aren't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Tacos Tumbras a Tomas: You Can Never Have Too Much Goat

    Photo Credit: Todd PorterWork your way along the sawdust-strewn walkways in downtown's Grand Central Market, past stalls selling dried chiles and fresh mangoes, fresh seafood and stacks of tortillas, to where you will find Tacos Tumbras A Tomas (a play on words meaning "You Get Used to Tomas") again ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    January 15, 2009

    Praise Cheeses: Jimmy Shaw's Loteria Grill Spices Up Hollywood

    The latest of L.A.'s hip Mexican restaurants, where the food is as good as the scene

  • Film+TV

    August 14, 2008

    Soul and the City: Kent Mackenzie's The Exiles

    A "lost" classic makes its long overdue theatrical debut

  • Film+TV

    August 14, 2008

    Exiles on Main Street: Searching for the Ghosts of Bunker Hill's Native American Past

    Resuscitated 1961 documentary recalls stark lives of L.A.'s urban Indians

  • LA Life

    April 24, 2008

    The Jig Is Up, Tracey Ullman!

    What to do in L.A., April 25-May 1

  • Eat+Drink

    April 17, 2008

    Yung Love at China Cafe

    Looking for an eggy egg foo yung

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    Dying to Get Off Skid Row

    Downtown can be a last chance... or the last stop

  • News

    May 4, 2006

    A Day of Power

    Can Congress pick up the vibe of the movement?

  • LA Life

    March 16, 2006

    Absolutely Nothing About St. Patrick's Day

    Can Congress pick up the vibe of the movement?

  • Columns

    April 14, 2005

    The Man in the Green Shirt

    Can Congress pick up the vibe of the movement?

  • Eat+Drink

    December 2, 2004

    Nueva York

    Can Congress pick up the vibe of the movement?

  • Eat+Drink

    May 15, 2003

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Can Congress pick up the vibe of the movement?

  • Music

    August 1, 2002

    She Had To Stay

    Exene Cervenka and Original Sinners, burning in L.A.

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Doing the Medici

    Imagine world peace; then imagine Central City as the new San Marino

  • Eat+Drink

    July 27, 2000

    Out and About Food

    Tasteful summer adventures that redefine Saturday afternoons at the ballpark

  • Eat+Drink

    December 9, 1999

    Yo Quiero Tacos

    Yeah. Drop the chalupa.

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    The Living-on-the-Edge Ordinance

    This county ordains a living wage for some, instead of for all

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    CRA, Change Your Way

    Can the city’s bad-boy agency ever learn to do good?

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    Outdoor drinking in L.A.

    Can the city’s bad-boy agency ever learn to do good?

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Turning Back the Clock

    The Weekly has reached a new high in its reputation for muckraking with the recent criticism of Ira Yellin and the Grand Central Market restoration ["Grand Central Stalemate," March 27–April 2].

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    Grand Central Stalemate

    Is Ira Yellin killing the market in order to save it?

  • Eat+Drink

    February 19, 1998

    Creme Brulee

    And the sweetness of selling out

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