Kazuto Matsusaka

Beacon in Culver City to Close This Sunday

Photo: Anne FishbeinThis Beacon to go dark on Sunday.​ The place that ushered in the new generation of Culver City restaurant culture is closing. This coming Sunday, January 16th will be the last day of business at Beacon. Executive chef and Chinois on Main alum Kazuto Matsusaka along with hi ... More >>

Hang Out With Farmers (& Rain-soaked Chefs): Volunteer At The Santa Monica Farmers Market

A. Scattergoodrain at the Wednesday Santa Monica farmers market​ If you've always wanted to be a part of the farmers market, here's your chance. Hang out with farmers, learn about where your food comes from, shop early for your Meyer lemons and fresh garbanzos and tuber roses while the marine ... More >>

Turkey Dinners Around Town: A Thanksgiving Round-Up

While Thanksgiving should be a time of celebration and unrepentant gluttony, if you're the one stuck in the kitchen burning your fingers and mopping bread crumbs and eggs off the floor, maybe you'd be happier just going out or ordering in. From a $10 holiday tasting menu at Akasha to a $68 buffet a ... More >>

Your Month in Review: October Restaurant Openings

It seems that nearly as many restaurants opened as reopened in the city of Los Angeles last month. Some restaurants got makeovers, some changed hands, and others took risks. Take the pork-themed Flying Pig Truck that set out on the streets of Los Angeles in the midst of the Swine Flu scare. On the t ... More >>

The Point in Culver City: Reopening Under New Ownership

Because of the construction on National Blvd. in Culver City, you might not have noticed that The Point, the casual restaurant in the Hayden Tract that Beacon's Kazuto Matsusaka and Vicki Fan opened only two years ago next month, closed a few weeks ago. Because of the Light Rail transit project, it' ... More >>

Fusion Infusion: Seasonal Peach Sake at Beacon

Through the construction at the Helms Bakery building in Downtown Culver City, Beacon's executive chef Kazuto Matsusaka, famous for his innovative Asian fusion cuisine, continues to draw people to the restaurant with an infusion that utilizes one of this season's favorite stone fruits: peaches and s ... More >>

Beacon Celebrates Five Year Anniversary with Entire Menu of $5 Plates

At Beacon, good things are often served on small plates. From now until June 17, the Culver City restaurant is celebrating its five year anniversary with an entire menu of those good small things, for only $5 each, and that makes them even better than good. Head chef Kazuto Matsusaka's anniversary ... More >>

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