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    September 14, 2011

    GOOD Food Festival: Events Overview

    Guzzle & NoshThe Sunday Santa Monica Farmers Market.​The GOOD Food Festival kicks off today and runs through Sunday, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Santa Monica Farmers Market, not the anniversary of our favorite food-based radio show. The four-day festival includes a film screening, ... More >>

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    August 12, 2011

    Chipotle Opens (in Brentwood)

    ​There are many things Brentwood needs. Apparently, Chipotle is one of them. Even after Soul Daddy's stunning but unsurprising failure, Chipotle co-CEO Steve Ells has enough cash to open this new location, which will open at the corner of Barrington Avenue on San Vicente Boulevard on August ... More >>

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    July 5, 2011

    Soul Daddy: Why It Failed

    Guzzle & NoshSoul Daddy in Los Angeles at the Hollywood & Highland mall.​ Soul Daddy arrived on the American fast casual dining scene the same way the reality show responsible for its existence arrived on television: haltingly, half-heartedly, with no panache and no clear vision. Soul Daddy, ... More >>

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    April 13, 2011

    Chipotle Goes (Southeast) Asian with ShopHouse Launch

    ​The fast-casual chain that taught millions of Americans how to say "chee-poat-lay" is bringing its marketing savvy to another foreign cuisine. Chipotle is set to launch ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, with the first location opening in Washington D.C. The healthy-ish chain will feature a ... More >>

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    March 30, 2011

    Q & A with Adam Fleischman of Umami Burger, Part 1: The 5th Taste, In-N-Out The Quest for Global Domination

    photo courtesy of Adam FleischmanAdam Fleischman​ Given that we're deep into Los Angeles' full-blown Golden Burger Age, with the evidence amply documented on this site, it's almost hard to remember a time before it. The burger landscape was just on its way to becoming fully fleshed out (pun in ... More >>

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    March 7, 2011

    The Next Chipotle? It Won't Be Too Ethnic: America's Next Great Restaurant Limps onto TV

    Courtesy of America's Next Great Restaurant​ We thought 2011 was supposed to be the Year of the Korean. Or was that 2010? Who knows. In perpetually suburban TV Land, America's Next Great Restaurant, is frozen in an early 1990s time-warp. On NBC's newest food reality show, which debuted last ... More >>

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    February 28, 2011

    What Will Be America's Next Great Restaurant? Have A Free Burrito While You Wait

    If you're a fan of the "quick casual" restaurant, i.e. that crossover somewhere between fast food and sit-down dining, you may want to consider setting your DVR to record America's Next Great Restaurant, the latest food competition show premiering next Sunday, March 6, on NBC. This isn't about "c ... More >>

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    February 17, 2011

    James Beard 2011 Semifinalists Announced: The L.A. Edition

    ​Award season is approaching again, and we don't just mean the Oscars. The nominations for Food & Wine's best new chef award opened yesterday, and now the James Beard Foundation has announced the semifinalists for their restaurant and chef awards. Here's the complete (very long) list. The Be ... More >>

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    October 28, 2010

    Chipotle Debuts "Horrors of Processed Foods" Halloween Program

    ChipotleHappy Halloween From Chipotle's Chairman & Jamie Oliver​ Still undecided on a Halloween costume? With only a few days to go until every man, woman, child and family pet transforms themselves into some version of a super hero, sexy nurse, pirate, and four-legged bratwurst, we've got an ... More >>

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    July 3, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 6/28 - 7/2

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The surroundings are luxurious, but the avant-garde cooking of Michael Voltaggio, who uses his tank of liquid nitrogen with the abandon that a bachelor uses his toaster oven, is anything but sedate: white asparagus lac ... More >>

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    June 29, 2010

    Fast Food Using Slow Food?: Talking With Chipotles' Steve Ells

    Lucy LeanChipotle Opens New Restaurant in Hollywood​ With the opening of Chipotle on Vine and Sunset this month and another being built on Sunset just west of Fairfax it seems like these fast food restaurants are popping up like mushrooms all over Los Angeles. But did you know this might actu ... More >>

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    February 18, 2010

    James Beard Semifinalists Announced: The L.A. Edition

    James Beard​This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Judges will vote to determine the final 5 nominees in each category, which will be announced on March 22nd. The winners will be announced at the Foundation's award party, ... More >>

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