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Corazon y Miel Review: Craft Cocktails and Creative Cooking Take Up Residence in a Surprising Place

The Bell restaurant's heart is in the right place, our critic finds.

This Week's Restaurant Review, The Condensed Version: Corazon y Miel

Corazon y Miel is the subject of this week's restaurant review. You can read the full review over in the food section, or turn the page for the condensed version.

Happy National Caramel Popcorn Day: 5 Places to Eat Bacon Popcorn Instead

We're told April 6 is National Caramel Popcorn Day, but aside from the concession stands at The Arclight and Dodger Stadium, we're not seeing too much caramel corn in this town. Instead, a different kind of corn is popping up on L.A. menus, and it's got one thing in common: bacon. Sometimes, you can ... More >>

Best New Baking Book: Bake It Like You Mean It

Really, April is the ideal time to Bake it Like You Mean it, as we could probably all use a little post-Spring Break malakofftorte à la raymo (chocolate ladyfinger cake, here filled with Kahlua cream) kitchen therapy. This is the third in a recent series of pastry books from Gesine Bullock-Prado ... More >>

Top Five Most Exciting Lebowski Fest Moments

L.A. Weekly is celebrating The Big Lebowski's 15th anniversary with a massive cover story tribute! Check out our other Lebowski-themed stories. Not doing so would be very un-Dude. I saw The Big Lebowski when it came out in early 1998 and left feeling fairly indifferent. I didn't dislike it, but I d ... More >>

Happy National Pancake Day: Where to Eat Pancakes for Every Meal of the Day Free Pancakes at IHOP!

Hooray for National Pancake Day. Sure, you can line up for a free short stack all day until 10:00 p.m. at any of the nearly two dozen IHOP locations around L.A., or you can batter up for these less-traditional pancake stacks at the following non-chain restaurants. We've got each meal of the day pick ... More >>

Q & A with Boba 7 Founder Elton Keung: Green Tea Heineken, Labobatory Alcoholic Boba

Angelenos are no strangers to quality boba drinks. The city boasts some of the most diverse selections of bubble tea in the States -- from the chronically sweet selections at Half and Half to the aromatic brews at AU79 Teahouse. Elton Keung, a 24-year-old USC alumni, wanted to add another variety ... More >>

10 Haunted (Maybe) Los Angeles Restaurants and Bars for Celebrating Halloween

Masked monsters -- or actors -- may be screaming and grunting for our attention at theme park-style events around town this Halloween, but there are plenty of places in Los Angeles for a trip into the city's past. Back in the days when "trunk murders" caught the public imagination and it was easy t ... More >>

The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook A Pot Cocktail Recipe

Whenever another pot cookbook lands on our desk, as The Official High Official Times Cannabis Cookbook recently did, we try to look at it from an unbiased reviewer's perspective -- but usually decide the publisher was likely stoned when they accepted the book proposal. The recipes tend to be eeril ... More >>

Eat This Now: Flan

Tacos, tequila and one more dish should be an ingredient for a proper Cinco de Mayo feast. On menus from Highland Park's My Taco to downtown's Border Grill to Santa Monica's El Chollo to almost every Mexican or Spanish-accented eatery in between, under desserts (postres) there will be flan. The ubiq ... 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 >>

Library Bar's The Earth of Oaxaca: A Coffee-Infused Cocktail for National Coffee Day

Leave it to mixmaster Matthew Biancaniello at the Hollywood Roosevelt's Library Room to take the coffee cocktail to the next level. For his new fall drink, The Earth of Oaxaca, he didn't go the easy route with Kahlua or even an actual cuppa. Nope, no ready-to-go ingredients here. Instead he used an ... More >>

30 Scoops in 30 Days: Lappert's (Day 26)

Outside of its birthplace in Hawaii, Lappert's Ice Cream is mostly a Northern California brand. Bored in retirement, Walter Lappert mixed his first batch of ultra rich, high-butterfat ice cream in Kauai in 1983. The brand took off, and his son, Michael, opened a California production facility the ... More >>

30 Scoops in 30 Days: GO Burger (Day 17)

Guzzle & NoshGrandma's Treat milkshake (left), South of the Border float (middle), Aztec Mocha milkshake (right).​ You have a straw. GO Burger has a milkshake. You take your straw and drink their milkshake. You drink it up. Then, as you savor it all the way to your car, you realize you may be ... More >>

For Your Consideration: Beverly Hills Hotel's 10 Best Picture-Themed Cocktails A Recipe

Beverly Hills HotelFrom left to right: the Sleepyhead, Woody to the Rescue, Status Update.​ In honor of the films nominated for Best Picture Oscars, the Beverly Hills Hotel's Beverage Manager Anthony Santiago and Beverage Supervisor Robert Rouleau have created an Oscar-themed cocktail menu at ... More >>

[Updated] Go Burger and Spiked Milkshakes Hit Hollywood

A. Scattergoodinside Go Burger​ Update: When we said Go Burger was "slated to open in the next two weeks," we actually meant this morning, because that's when the burger joint makes its debut in Hollywood. The doors will swing open at 11 a.m., so you can start your Tuesday with a burger stuffe ... More >>

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