Silver Lake (Staten Island)

Whole Foods Coming To Silver Lake

The rumors have abounded for months, that Whole Foods would take over the 2520 Glendale Boulevard location in Silver Lake currently occupied by Ralphs. Today, the Eastsider reports that a company spokesperson for Whole Foods has confirmed that "there is a commitment to occupy the ... location." Timi ... More >>

The 10 Best Restaurants in Silver Lake: A Neighborhood Grub Crawl

Ah, Silver Lake. Home of hipsters, celebrities and -- not very many good restaurants. Or, more accurately, a whole lot of pretty bad restaurants. But while Silver Lake hasn't had the food boom you might expect, given the price of housing in the neighborhood (seriously, a tiny Spanish bungalow with a ... More >>

Eastside vs. Westside: 5 Ways of Looking At It

How you think of as the Eastside or the Westside might not necessarily be how Latinos, African Americans, gangs, history or the map of Los Angeles see them. Yet few crosstown rivalries involve such ingrained and often wrong-headed notions as L.A.'s own Eastside-Westside divide. It's as if self-proc ... More >>

Happy Hour: Hyperion Public in Silver Lake Happy Wings!

Place: Hyperion Public, 2538 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles; (323) 761-6440. Hours: Monday to Thursday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Deals: There is a range of drinks at this Silver Lake gastropub, including three beer-and-shot combos from $8 to $10. Tall glasses of Pabst Blue Ribbon at ... More >>

The 10 Best Bars in Silver Lake

As we were told by a mouthbreathing, knuckle-dragging jerk at one of the very bars described within, Silver Lake grew up a long time ago. So that's why we feel no need to treat it like some pegged-pants screw-up who only chugs cheap pilsner. In fact, some of the bars in the following list of Silver ... More >>

Silver Lake is 'America's Hippest Hipster Neighborhood'

Silver Lake might have just jumped the shark. The oldest cliche in the L.A. geographic book has become a headline. Forbes, that most blue-blood of magazines, has just named Silver Lake "America's Hippest Hipster Neighborhood." Did you catch that?

An Assassination in Silver Lake

Did a middle-class tagger murder a working-class El Chavo busboy?

The Wall That Everyone in Silver Lake Is Talking About (and Why It's Too High)

Alissa Walker​ The wall seemed to materialize overnight. Where once there was the pleasantly twee boutique, its offerings of Navajo blankets and denim shorts carefully staged like an anthropological survey of Silver Lake, now there was a cinder block bunker. A sheet of paper taped to the wi ... More >>

Opening and Closing in Your 'Hood: An October Restaurant Roundup

Guzzle & NoshR.I.P Gastrobus, Welcome Gastronomico​Attaining overnight success in the restaurant business is largely an urban myth (unless you're backed by a corporate restaurant group with tons of money to spend on marketing). Even a few empty seats in your new eatery can make you sweat. Whil ... More >>

Silver Lake's 'No Cruising' Signs, Relics of Another Era, Targeted For Removal

Facebook / The Eastsider LACruising for a bruising.​If you've ever driven around Silver Lake and wondered what those "no cruising" signs are about, now we know: They're from a different era, when gay men would drive around looking for prospective casual encounters. Things have changed since t ... More >>

Mas Malo: It's All About the Chips

Silver Lake eatery comes to downtown

NIGHTRANGER: 2010

Funniest Song About Hipsters. Ever.

They all play synths​Apparently, there are hipsters in the UK (yeah, I know--shocking!). And...they're just like Silver Lake and Williamsburg hipsters! And now someone's written a funny song about them. It's very funny. Best line: "We all play synths." 'Nuff said. Check it out:

Cafecito Orgánico: A Second Location Affogatos

A. Scattergoodcafecito at Cafecito Orgánico​ The Silver Lake coffeeshop Cafecito Orgánico, which opened in early March, has been doing so well that owners Angel Orozco and Mitch Hale are opening a second location, in the City College Cafe spot on Hyperion. The second Cafecito is set to open ... More >>

Dance Club Pick: Stank on Ya

Walking Man: Death Of Silver Lake's Marc Abrams Ruled A Suicide

Monkey Fish via Flickr​The death of Silver Lake's "Walking Man," Marc Abrams, was ruled a suicide, county coroner's officials said Monday. "The cause of death was drowning, noted as a suicide," coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie told the Weekly. Abrams was found Wednesday in a hot tub. The lid wa ... More >>

Benefit Set For Funeral Of 15-Year-Old Who Died After Attending 'EDC' Rave

EDC​Friends of the 15-year-old girl who died after attending a rave in Exposition Park last weekend planned two bake sales, including one Friday, to help pay for her funeral, a family fried told the Weekly. Sasha Rodriquez died on Tuesday after she attended the two-day Electric Daisy Carnival ... More >>

Dysfunction Junction

WON'T YOU TAKE ME TO SPUNKYTOWN?

But How's the Food? Barbara Bestor on Restaurant and Bar Design

Photo credit: Alison Dyer​Spend some time around Silver Lake and chances are you recognize Barbara Bestor's office, even if her name is unfamiliar. The SCI-Arc trained architect's practice is based out of a former hair salon on Fountain Avenue, the exterior of which serves as an ongoing changi ... More >>

First Bite: S'laked Thirst -- Fine Wine and the Return of Don Dickman at Barbrix

When the L.A. Weekly offices were located in Silver Lake what seems like a millennium ago, the area could not have been more of a culinary wasteland -- the only place within walking distance was what may have been the single worst Mexican restaurant in L.A. That stretch of Hyperion Avenue is now so ... More >>

Pimp My Rib: Caught Red-handed

LA People 2009: The Walker — Marc Abrams

Now They're Blaming MacArthur Park for Earthquakes!

The Eastsider L.A. reports that a Caltech seismologist is referring to last night's quake as part of the "MacArthur Park earthquakes." Seems there were four "micro quakes" spread out over a few days. The biggest one was a 2.5 job that came Tuesday, a little after 10 p.m. The jolt, which felt like a ... More >>

Mob Mentality with Jane's Addiction at El Cid, Nov. 20

By Siran Babayan Standing in the shower, thinking, what better way for my friends and I to spend the day than on our feet for over 12 hours surrounded by piss, puke, smoke, booze and the biggest douchenozzles in douchebaggery, with only a glimmer of hope of seeing a fully reformed Jane's Addiction. ... More >>

Local Eccentric: Jason Michaud lands his own place in Silver Lake

Organic and local is the mantra here

Flyers of the Week: Dirty Sailor / Sunset Junction

This flyer is just a thing of beauty. MJ's has been hopping lately. Thumping bass bleeds through the walls, and I catch glimpses of glistening shirtless man-flesh dancing on a tiny stage as I walk to Trader Joe's for bread and cat food like the 80 year-old lady that I am. Still, I thought it was j ... More >>

Tell 'Em Why You Mad: The Guide to Hipster Haberdashery

If home is where you hang your hat then Silver Lake is rapidly turning into the world's largest hat rack. Over the past 12 months, it has become de rigueur in hipster courting rituals for male hipsters (homo habilus hipstericus) to trot out increasingly ridiculous pieces of vintage head-ware in an ... More >>

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I'm digging these multi-layered pasted posters around Hollywood and Silver Lake of video cameras, radios, and other techno-objects. They tend to be placed really low on walls, just a few inches off the ground, as if they're... well... as if they're lurking. Also, seen for months up and down ... More >>

Citizen Beck

Coming to terms with our native son

The Evidence Room: Five Signs You're Gentrifying

Planet Whatever

Silver Lake . . . as seen on TV

Best Basics for Babes

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Jewish Resurrection

A deal’s within reach to save community centers in Silver Lake and Sherman Oaks

Undone by Debt and Negligence

Bills, not bullets, killed the community center that survived a racist attack. Other centers are trying to hang on.

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Joust in Time

A late debate in Silver Lake over affordable housing that breaks the rules

Silver Lake Fights Back

Police, neighbors take on advancing gangs

Silver Lake Gang War

Homeboys and hipsters struggle to claim Silver Lake

Scenes From a Mini-Mall

Before . . . and Atwater

Ask Mr. Gold

Occasionally Lovely, Always Amazing

Highlights of the 2002 Silver Lake Film Festival

Abandoning the Kids

Money problems close doors of beloved community centers

Techno Prisoners

Shut Up and Park

Silver Lakers say: Not in my front yard

Neighbors

1983 Timeline

Nightlife