The Heirloom LA food truck (@wpheirloomla) is something of a paradox, nudging at the boundaries of mobile cuisine while undercutting its basic precepts. Street food should be simple. It should be quick, easy to scarf down. And it should definitely be cheap. Or so thin thinking goes. Heirloom LA is ... More >>
Flickr user: R. E. ~ When it opened last spring, the farmers market located at the sprawling property adjacent to Yamashiro restaurant in the Hollywood Hills gave the people what they want. Maybe they didn't know they wanted it, but anyone who made the brief trek up Sycamore Avenue was reward ... More >>
Stumptown coffee comes to Venice Once upon a time, hitting the cool, independent coffee shop in Venice Beach did not require a twenty minute see-and-be-seen line with an ear-thrumming soundtrack for a four dollar cup of organic Peruvian roast. You're shaking your head, aren't you? You don ... More >>
L. Balla When Intelligentsia opened in Pasadena last year, coffee geeks and foodies rejoiced: Not only could you finally get a decent macchiato in Old Town, but also charcuterie, lasagna cupcakes and Matthew Kaner-selected wines to boot. Now, six months later, almost all of that is still tru ... More >>
J.KoslowSummer Agnolotti with Snow Pea Tendrils As we discovered in part one of our interview with Matthew Poley of Heirloom-LA, love can be found in the most unique of places. In case of Poley and Tara Maxey --- in a bowl of homemade pasta. This, however, is not your simple maltagilati, ... More >>
J. KoslowMatthew Poley with Tad Weyland In the first part of our interview, Matthew Poley discusses his trajectory from washing dishes at Angelini Osteria to cooking in Umbria at Casa Vissani to co-owning the rapidly growing catering company, Heirloom-LA. In this second part, Poley tells us ... More >>
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "All I can say is that it would be a shame to endure even a single extra day without having experienced the Salt's Cure BLT -- super-ripe heirloom tomatoes, chunky toast and a pig's worth of the restaurant's sweetly smoky bac ... More >>
J. KoslowMatthew Poley of Heirloom-LA Born and raised in Auburn, Michigan, Matthew Poley watched hours of cooking shows while his athletic brother delved into sports and scholastics. His grandmother took notice and began giving Poley the yearly Christmas gift he most looked forward to -- a n ... More >>
A. ScattergoodIntelligentsia Pasadena As of 10 a.m. this morning, Old Town shoppers, itinerant off-duty baristas, embedded Pasadena food writers and refugees from the Rose Bowl now have a place to order an excellent macchiato on Colorado Boulevard. Intelligentsia Coffee, Doug Zell's Chicago-b ... More >>
