Studio City

Now Open: SugarFish in Beverly Hills Bar Nozawa Coming Soon

Adding a sixth location to the growing sushi empire, SugarFish has expanded to Beverly Hills. And, why not? We're pretty sure there are still a few tuna and yellowtail swimming around in the ocean. Also opening in about two weeks is Bar Nozawa, a private dining room tucked into the back of the resta ... More >>

10 Best Yoga Studios in L.A.

When it comes to yoga, L.A's reputation precedes it. Ask any east coaster, and they'll tell you that we're a bunch of Lululemon-wearing, namaste-saying hippies who have jobs that allow us to practice Iyengar at 11:30 on Tuesday mornings. And in some cases -- like that of the freelance writer -- th ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, January 4 Los Cincos, Silver Daggers, et al, at The Smell's Quinceañera THE SMELL When a truly DIY, all-ages space lasts for 15 years, you don't celebrate a birthday -- you celebrate a victory! So let's salute L.A.'s Smell, which has survived and even thrived to become a hometown instituti ... More >>

The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Week: Nov 5-8

Monday, November 5 Leonard Cohen NOKIA THEATRE Well-dressed man Leonard Cohen is often referred to as a ladykiller; no doubt, the gifted songwriter, musician and poet is effortlessly suave, with a quiet charisma that surely aids in conveying the pointedly poignant words and hues of his music and po ... More >>

Pressed Juicery Opening in Westwood More Locations to Come

Juicing is nothing new. The Beverly Hills Juice Club has been turning out wheatgrass shots since 1975. Today it shows no signs of slowing. There's 4-6 pounds of juice in every bottle, says Pressed Juicery co-owner Hayden Slater who, along with partners Carly Brien and Hedi Gores, are working on a fi ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, September 17 Josh Nelson VITELLO'S Josh Nelson looks much younger than his 34 years but has already become a seasoned veteran and one of the most respected pianists on the L.A. music scene. Nelson's talents are strong enough to have won him a job as Natalie Cole's primary touring pianist w ... More >>

Woman Shoots Self After Leading LAPD on Chase From Hollywood to Studio City

A woman led cops on a chase after she allegedly shot at another female over the weekend, cops said: At the end of the pursuit she shot her self in the head. It all happened about 3:30 a.m. Sunday when cops responding to gunfire at Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street came across the driver, who led th ... More >>

Shunji's Japanese Restaurant: Produce on Parade

An omakase meal at Shunji's Japanese Restaurant begins with a dainty wooden spoon and a tiny bowl of chawanmushi, a smooth and savory egg custard. Most sushi chefs, itamae, stock their custards with bits of crab, shrimp or poached octopus, but chef Shunji Nakao lines his bowl with a layer of sweet s ... More >>

Obama Traffic, the Valley Edition! Starring George Clooney's Studio City Mansion

Updated at the bottom with all known street closures. (See also: "Obama Totally Screws Up Gay Activists' Plans to Protest His L.A. Visit Tomorrow.") Originally posted May 9 at 9:15 a.m. We might as well get used to President Obama making campaign stops in Los Angeles. His most moneyed and importan ... More >>

Pinot Bistro Closing on Feb. 19

The old adage says "April is the cruelest month," but perhaps it's February in the restaurant business. After 20 years, Joachim Splichal's Pinot Bistro (of the fantastic pork rillettes) closes its doors on Feb. 19. To celebrate its two decades, the Studio City restaurant is offering giveaways and ... More >>

DWP Fail: Studio City Water Mains Rupture, Flood Ventura Boulevard

KTLAWhen god doesn't deliver on the natural disasters, L.A. makes its own, dammit.​Traffic along Ventura Boulevard (in an already trafficky part of Studio City) was completely halted last night and this morning, while city workers scrambled to repair two giant, ruptured water mains that were f ... More >>

Street Artist SABER Tries Skywriting to Shame Los Angeles City Council and Villaraigosa Over Their Decimation of Public Art Murals

L.A. TacoObey the politicians: See our billboard blight, buy our products. Screw beauty. Forget art. ​L.A. Taco, that lover of street art, blogged a few hours ago about Los Angeles artist SABER's fantastic skywriting protest over City Hall this morning to protest the Los Angeles City Council' ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Moko

What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Green Thai Eggplant at Yang Farms

Felicia FriesemaGreen Thai eggplant from Yang Farms ​ Yang Farms out of Fresno is a year-round vendor at the Hollywood Farmers Market, offering a wide variety of greens and vegetables. We love their yu choi and baby bok choi and we spied a really early crop of kabocha on their tables recently ... More >>

From Rated G to Around R: 2010 Food Halloween Happenings

Photo: Andy ReaserSome good, morbid Día de los Muertos creative fun.​ We've all been getting into the groove of fall foods and pumpkins and such. And in case you haven't stepped foot in a drug or grocery store since September, it's also that time of year when high fructose corn syrup gets shi ... More >>

Brick's Picks: YOU MUST GO SEE ORNETTE COLEMAN, OK?

Michael LoGrande, New L.A. Planning Director, Heads Out To The Valley

​Michael LoGrande, the city's new planning director, has been met with significant skepticism, which is understandable given his background. He was the city's chief zoning administrator and doesn't have a traditional planning background. He's seen as close to an increasingly unpopular mayor, a ... More >>

Gelato Bar Los Feliz Soft Opens Today At Yesterday's Prices

J. RitzComing soon to Hillhurst: Gelato Bar gelati.​When aiming to open their new Los Feliz location of Gelato Bar in late spring/early summer, owners Gail Silverton and Joel Gutman have achieved the near impossible for food business proprietors -- they will soft open around their target windo ... More >>

Less Jeff, More Green

Lapp Trance

Juustoleipiä the cheese, please

Valentines Day Restaurant Round Up: San Fernando Valley Edition

If the proliferation of pink and red everything at your local grocery store hasn't given it away yet, Valentine's Day is right around the corner. If you're looking to impress your sweetie without having to cook dinner yourself, we've rounded up a few spots in the San Fernando Valley where you can wi ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold: Lapp Trance, or Jusstoleipia the Cheese, Please

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: A friend of mine went back to Wisconsin for the holidays and returned with a bounty of cheesy treats. I was introduced to juustoleipiä and totally fell in love with this funny, squeaky cheese with its baked, sweet, caramel ... More >>

10 Best Breakfasts: Out of the Bowl and Into a Brioche

Day in and day out, many of us are hooked on the following routine: the drape over the kitchen sink to slurp up our cereal, or the dodging of speed bumps and monitoring of traffic signals between spoonfuls of yogurt or--if we're stuck in the 80s--cottage cheese. It's easy to forget that breakfast ca ... More >>

The Mains Break Mainly on the Plains of L.A.

They're at it again -- L.A.'s latest water mains to break and flood are, according to the L.A. Times, at Corbin Avenue in Warner Center (2:30 a.m.) and at Burbank Boulevard in Winnetka (4:30 a.m.).The L.A. Daily News recaps that neither of today's two Valley ruptures has resulted in street closures. ... More >>

Henry's Hat Monday Night Football Half-time Show: Stand-up Comics with Your Bar Food

This weekend marks the start of the NFL season, and Monday the beginning of Monday Night Football, and thus the onset of football-watching at local bars and eateries and pretty much any restaurant with a nice big flat screen television turned to the game. Henry's Hat, the new gastropub in Studio Cit ... More >>

Eat A Peach: What to Buy Now At the Farmers Market

Even if you're not an Allman Brothers fan, this is the time to be eating peaches--out of hand, in cobblers and pies, over ice cream, while spinning 37 year-old records. At the Venice farmers market this morning (open at 7 a.m., the marine layer like a low heaven), Tenerelli Orchards' tables were fil ... More >>

Meet Your Local Herb Guy Herb Tip of the Day

For all of the tens of you out there wondering who is the skinny guy at the Saturday Silver Lake farmer's market selling all those gorgeous planting herbs (3 for 5$!) we have the answer. His name is Brandon Dimperio, he is 27 years of age and he has worked in the kitchens of Bastide and Patina. He f ... More >>

FRINGE BENEFITS AND OTHER ODDLY REWARDING CHOICES

Kurt Elling, Frank Marocco, Bob Sheppard

Branford, Bob Bain, Will Bernard with John Medeski

Letters: Old and Not in the Way

The face of post–Prop. 8 gay leadership; and more musings on Gold

Every Reuben Is a Work of Art's

Los Angeles Median Home Value: $380,000

Amazing story in this week's Los Angeles Business Journal, which has been beating the hell out of the Los Angeles Times in reporting on all the billionaires in L.A. who have lost vast sums — including Kirk Kerkorian, Sumner Restore, Eli Broad — or those whose companies have vanished or might get ... More >>

Shoving 850 digital billboards down LA's throat

We're thrilled to see Steve Lopez skewering the blazing, flashing, crass digital billboard clutter now sweeping L.A. while billboard-industry financed, highly conflicted members of the City Council, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo let it all happen. Lopez has joined t ... More >>

Sushi Czar Kazunori Nozawa's Sugarfish: Built for Speed

In and out in 20 minutes or less. A hidden kitchen hides the sushi master

Joe Wilson

Standup guy

People. People Who Need Laughter...

What to do in L.A., May 16-22

Fishing for Ceviche: Los Balcones

A lot of pescado in the sea

"Justice" Unbecoming

Fourth Estate as watchdog; Alan Rich, one of a kind; Gettys our royals?

Brick's Picks: Bebop Tempests

Jazz around L.A.

Paul Thomas

The auteur of sex

Surrounded

Ask Mr. Gold: Salt-and-Pepper Squid

Independence Days

Bruce yet not Bruce, Ka-boom! And would Bill Haley have been invited to play the Warped Tour?

On the List

Nightlife by the numbers

Ask Mr. Gold

Bianca Halstead

1965–2001

Hello, Polly!

Letters

My Favorite Things, Part 3

Continental Drift

A new kind of Valley restaurant