Rose Bowl

4th Annual L.A. Street Food Fest Coming in June

Six days post-Tacolandia is, maybe, more than enough rest to prep for the return of the largest gathering of street food purveyors in the Southland on Saturday, June 29. Returning to the Rose Bowl, this year's fest has been pushed a month up, meant to avoid the sweltering heat of July as experienced ... More >>

L.A. Street Fashion: Larchmont Village

See more street fashion: *Rose Bowl Flea Market *L.A. Street Fashion: Melrose Trading Post Larchmont Village is a little gem of a shopping district tucked inside affluent Hancock Park, where the main shops of Larchmont Boulevard span just one block between Beverly and 1st. Locals (including the occ ... More >>

Top 4 Weekend Food Events: DineLA Restaurant Week, East L.A. Meets Napa, L.A. Street Food Fest Live & Dine L.A.

DineLA Restaurant Week Many of the city's top restaurants will be offering special prix-fixe menus for lunch and dinner during DineLA restaurant, an event which allows diners to sample new eateries at a reduced price. Check out discoverlosangeles.com for a complete list of participants. WHAT: DineLA ... More >>

Vendors Announced for 2012 L.A. Street Food Fest

One of the year's biggest food festival has gotten even larger this year. The L.A. Street Food Fest, which takes place on July 21 inside the Rose Bowl, just announced that it has upped its vendor counts to a staggering 100 participants, far exceeding the count from last year. The cast includes man ... More >>

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The Grilled Cheese Invitational 2012: Results To Brie or Not To Brie

What this year's Grilled Cheese Invitational brought in quantity was not only saturated fat and carbohydrates but flair, with a vegan twist. There was plenty of exhibitionism on display yesterday at the Rose Bowl -- from the bearers of the Kraft-singles skirts to the stilt walkers of March Fourth Ma ... More >>

Toastabags: Or, How to Grill Cheese in a Bag

It's difficult to decide what to say first about this new product, called Toastabags and created by the Dutch company Boska, a toastable sandwich bag that supposedly simplifies the process of making grilled cheese sandwiches. Because, you know, they're so hard to make already. So maybe we'll just qu ... More >>

10th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational: This Weekend

Tomorrow marks the tenth annual Grilled Cheese Invitational (GCI) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Undoubtedly there are a few devotees out there who can attest to sandwich superiority, having frequented the event over the last decade. Competitor registration is closed and it's too late to be a judge, ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Sriracha and Beer, Art of Cooking, Grilled Cheese Invitational, Tequila Tasting Vintage Bouquet Food and Wine Festival

Hops and Heat for Charity With honey-Sriracha glazed buffalo wings, jalapenos stuffed with Sriracha cream cheese, and a Sriracha-cucumber hummus, the Thai hot sauce isn't just condiment, but star player. The Sriracha Cookbook author Randy Clemens is bringing those dishes to Library Alehouse, and El ... More >>

2012 Grilled Cheese Invitational: Registration Open Now

Has any sober person ever pondered why grilled cheese sandwiches are called that, when they aren't typically made on a grill? They're griddled. It's a griddled cheese sandwich. Griddled, grilled, baked or battered and deep fried, they're still utterly delicious and the focus of the 10th Annual Gr ... More >>

Mark Asper's 'Beef Bowl' Heimlich Maneuver Saves The Day in Beverly Hills

The Beef Bowl is a 56-year-old tradition that has Rose Bowl college football rivals face off over a plate or two of Lawry's prime ribs in Beverly Hills. But usually the heroism is left for the game. This year, Oregon guard Mark Asper was a true, dining-room hero. Last night he performed the Hei ... More >>

The Rose Parade -- We Love It!

Buzzkills on Bikes: Rose Bowl to Deploy Green-Shirted 'Tailgating Ambassadors' in Parking Lot

pubclub.comNo smiling.​A little piece of Jimmy Buffet dies every time the word "tailgating" is paired with the word "guidelines" in a city document; so, by our calculations, tonight's agenda report for the Rose Bowl Operating Company meeting has left 15 little pieces of Jimmy Buffet in need of ... More >>

America, You're Beautiful — Too Bad You Have to Work Tomorrow

L.A. Street Food Fest: Trucks, Beer, Breathing Room No Waiting

​The complaint is nothing new. You spend your hard-earned money on a food truck festival and end up stuck in lines windier than the yellow brick road, slow-cooking in the sun, only to head home only after just a bite or two. But that won't be the case at the 2nd Annual L.A. Street Food Fest Su ... More >>

Death By Mochi: New Year's Rice Cake Fatalities in Japan

Guzzle & NoshOshogatsu mochi​ New Year's culinary traditions can be fun, especially if they include eating Hoppin' John or tailgating at the Rose Bowl. In Japan, the traditional New Year's food is mochi, the little glutenous rice cakes that are served in soup this time of year, and they can b ... More >>

Let it Snow!

Best Cookbooks of 2010 That Double As Cultural History Studies: Cook Learn

Luis Manuel GuaidaDiana Kennedy Has So Many Things To Teach You About Oaxacan Cooking​For those who complain there is simply no time to do it all, that these days you must choose between cooking and reading (in that precious weeknight window of time between your last Tweet and lights out), thi ... More >>

Cisneros Siblings Plead Not Guilty In Connection With USC-UCLA Brawl, Stabbings

KTLA NewsNot guilty pleas were entered in connection with last week's USC-UCLA brawl.​That outbreak of ugly violence before last weekend's big USC-UCLA game was a family affair, at least partly, authorities allege. While the father of the Cisneros clan was arrested and released in connection ... More >>

Could L.A. Hooligans Ruin The City's NFL Hopes And Dreams?

Lakers fans go apeshit.​Like many a European city, L.A. is no stranger to hooliganism, from the Lakers championship unrest downtown last June to the weekend's violence between USC and UCLA fans at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. So what? Lots of places have fans that go apeshit. But Southern Cali ... More >>

Two Stabbed In UCLA-USC Melee In Pasadena Rose Bowl Parking Lot Ahead Of Football Game

Fans went gangsta at the Rose Bowl.​Updates after the jump with names of three additional suspect-siblings arrested (not four) and one suspect being released. See a post with video of the brawl here. First posted at 8:31 p.m. Saturday. Each year we wonder when things are going to go too far. ... More >>

Students Called Out For Flipping Tickets To Rose Bowl Football Game

Students flip tickets to Jan. 1's Rose Bowl game.​Kids these days. Guess we can't blame you for being entrepreneurs in the age of the Great Recession and tuition and fees that have risen faster than the price of gas in the last decade. But have you gone too far? Some University of Wisconsin ... More >>

(Video) Part Of Violent UCLA-USC Weekend Brawl Caught On Tape

KTLA NewsFans got into it at the Rose Bowl.​Portions of that violent brawl before Saturday's annual USC-UCLA football game were captured on a video obtained and posted by KTLA News. Reports differed on whether the fight, which ended in the stabbing of two men, was the fueled by a longstanding ... More >>

The New York Times: Los Angeles on $100 a day

chotda/Flickrmorning glory salad at Jitlada​ People choose to travel in ways that reflect their values. We know a well-heeled dentist who refuses to pay for a hotel in Los Angeles because his daughter has a comfortable couch. We know threadbare food fanatics who splurge on Korean barbecue b ... More >>

[Updated] Paula Deen Named Grand Marshal of the 2011 Rose Parade: Get Out Your Pimiento Cheese

PR NewswirePaula Deen with roses​ Update: When the folks at Pasadena Star-News contacted The Weekly's Jonathan Gold, a longtime Pasadena resident, for a comment about the recent naming of Paula Deen as Grand Marshal of the 2011 Rose Parade, Gold was less than enthusiastic: "Paula Deen? That ... More >>

Best Place to Buy Nutella: Super King Market

A. Scattergoodcrate of Nutella at Super King​ If you live anywhere near the San Gabriel foothills, you will be familiar with the drive north up Lincoln from the Rose Bowl or thereabouts, into the giant, impossibly crowded parking lot across from a tiny carnicería, and into the cavernous inte ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/2-8/6

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Is there caramel soufflé for dessert? There is always caramel soufflé for dessert."

This Weekend: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Rage Against the Machine, Robyn, Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, Keith Urban, Delta Spirit

via MySpaceMiguel Atwood-Ferguson​Tonight's installment of Grand Performances at California Plaza -- one of our town's finest, free music al fresco opportunities -- figures to be especially grand. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, the composer/producer/arranger/multi-instrumentalist who boasts a resume ... More >>

L.A. Street Food Tasting Event Sold Out

LAStreetFoodFest.com​If you don't have a ticket yet, you're S.O.L., since tomorrow's L.A. Street Food Fest's Summer Tasting Event at the Rose Bowl is sold out. As we reported last month, frustration caused by the overpopulated Fest in February led organizers to rethink their methods for round ... More >>

THERE'S A NEW FLEA IN TOWN

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Says It's L.A.'s Turn To Host World Cup

​You put away your vuvuzelas. Your favorite team lost. The late-morning hangovers have worn off. But that soccer high remains. Channel your energy here: It's a long shot, but Los Angeles could be in the running to host the 2018 World Cup. Last year the City Council voted to submit a bid to h ... More >>

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Pasadena Fire Department Spraying Fire Retardant In Preparation For July 4th

​Pasadena firefighters are preparing for the Fourth of July weekend by spraying a fire-retardant chemical on brush around the Rose Bowl to reduce to the possibility of a wildfire by a fireworks show there scheduled for that day. According to Lisa Derderian of the Pasadena Fire Department, wor ... More >>

New(er) & Improved: LA Street Food Fest Brings Summer Tasting Event to Rose Bowl

LA Street Food Fest​ If you missed February's first-ever LA Street Food Fest, here's your second chance. On Saturday, July 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. (4 p.m. to 5 p.m. if you're VIP), more than 60 gourmet trucks, old-school stands, some of L.A.'s top restaurants and their chefs will join forc ... More >>

Most Popular Soccer Squad In U.S. Is Team Mexico?

​What's the most popular soccer team in the United States? The New York Times says it's El Tricolor a.k.a. the Mexican national squad. Huh? In the land of Palin-favorin' soccer moms? Guess so. And the paper says more women are attending team Mexico events in the U.S., too. A breakthrough mome ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 1/4 - 1/8

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "If this were a medical school exam, you would have failed miserably. But Lilly's is a taqueria. You have just had lunch." Good Head: Eating Barbacoa at Lilly's Taqueria. "Exploring options. Trying to move fast.. ... More >>

What To Wear While Tailgating: The Cook, The Milliner, His Wife & Her Quarterback. Or Something Like That.

Between tonight's Orange Bowl and the crowds slowly gathering in Pasadena for Thursday's BCS championship game (with all the Longhorn banners fluttering along Del Mar, you'd think that half the faculty at Cal Tech was secretly from Texas), we thought it was time for a little food fashion weigh-in. ... More >>

The Big Game's In Two Days!

Stuck in a Moment: U2 at the Rose Bowl

Safe sex with Bono and the boys

U2 Ticket Fraud? Duped Fan Says Craigslist Scammer Targeted "About 1,000"

​West Coast Sound has received numerous emails and complaints about a massive ticket scam allegedly perpetrated on Craigslist by one stevetixxx@gmail.com prior to Sunday night's U2 show at the Rose Bowl. This information is thus far unsubstantiated, but we're looking into it. Most vocal is thi ... More >>

Slash Cameos with Black-Eyed Peas for "Sweet Child O' Mine" at Rose Bowl [Video]

This was one of the highlights of last night, honestly. U2 was really good -- more on that soon -- but we gotta say that Fergie kinda nailed this one. She does a pretty convincing Axl in the Rose Bowl, and all 100,000 people were singing along.

U2 at the Rose Bowl: Concert Porn for the Masses

It was cool. It was a big Happening with flashing lights, lots of color, inspiration, 100,000 people screaming along in unison, moved by the pure ... spectacle of it. If we were in North Korea, these songs would have been about the Supreme Leader and we would have all been flashing colored placards ... More >>

Soccer TO ME!

Snap, Crackle and Pop

Has the Daily News Become the Recycler?

Among L.A. Observed's daily reports of newspaper triage comes word that the Los Angeles Daily News is one of several papers belonging to the Los Angeles Newspaper Group whose newsrooms have been ordered to play without pay for an entire week. Just how the news is going to appear on its pages (paper ... More >>

Winter Mute: A Father and Son's Endless Summer

Last Sunday, it was 83 degrees - in January! - under a nearly cloudless sky the color of a television tuned to a dead channel. It was beautiful; one of those nearly perfect days that makes some people want to move here, and makes it worthwhile for those of us who already do. I desperately wanted to ... More >>

Boi From Troy Rose Bowl Headline Beats L.A. Times'

The gay, USC-themed blog known as the Boi from Troy decisively trounced today's L.A. Times when it came to headlining the Trojans' impressive 34-24 Rose Bowl victory over Penn State. "Friday Morning QB: Three-Pete Edition" quipped BFT's blogger, alluding to the third consecutive Rose Bowl title ... More >>

2008 Wind-down: Free and Sundry Activities

As 2008 hobbles to the finish line and telephone calls to offices across the city go unanswered, here are a few quick freebie activities to engage in.Rose Parade Route Stakeouts Beginning at noon you can start marking your territory along the Tournament of Roses Parade route. Before that time cops w ... More >>