TGI Friday's Inc.

Smoking Wax Weed With Rapper Demrick

[Editor's note: Soon-to-be-award-winning gonzo music journalist Danielle Bacher prowls the late late night scene for West Coast Sound. For this installment, she hit the town with Demrick, aka Young De, a rapper and songwriter who has collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Kurupt and Xzibit. Als ... More >>

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Review

The Mark of a Great Waiter: Emotional Intelligence

There are many things that go into waiting tables. Juggling a zillion things at once, both literally and figuratively; maintaining your sanity while acting as the go-between for petulant children (customers) and an angry parent (chefs); appearing to be pleasant when you've just been stiffed for some ... More >>

Sriracha Lollipops: Sucking on a Bottle of Hot Sauce

Wonder what would happen if you dipped this in a bowl of pho... From Lollyphile, the good people who brought us absinthe lollys: introducing Sriracha-flavored lollipops. We suppose it was just a matter of time before someone thought of making the famous sauce into a candy. The sriracha craze has be ... More >>

Meet Your Waiter: Laurel

Graphic by Samrod Shenassa​ [This is the second installment in a series.] Laurel*, 27, was a short-timer in the restaurant industry. She spent eight to nine months working at a lively neighborhood restaurant and bar while studying for her college degree. She worked part-time -- everyone work ... More >>

Meet Your Bartender: Q & A with Brady Weise of Library Bar and 1886 (Part 2)

N. GalutenBarman Brady Weise at Library Bar​ In part one of our interview with Library Bar and 1886 bartender Brady Weise, we talked a lot about alcohol. We discussed the term "craft cocktail," the L.A. bar scene, and a little about the cocktail's history in the United States. In part 2, Weise ... More >>

Magic Johnson Sells Back 105 Starbucks Locations

Flickr user Atomic PopeMagic Johnson, in statue form​ Former Laker star Magic Johnson is selling off some business assets. Johnson recently sold his 4.5 percent ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong -- a longtime Lakers season ticket holder -- for reasons that hi ... More >>

The Morlocks Play the Blues

Revived band gives the Chess songbook the L.A. punk treatment

America's 15 Favorite Chain Restaurants: We ♥ The Cheesecake Factory

Cheesecake FactoryLos Angeles Cheesecake Factory locations​ Want to know how America really eats? I guess track where NBA players go after a game. Nation's Restaurant News recently published a list of our 15 favorite casual and family restaurant chains, and The Cheesecake Factory, reportedly a ... More >>

High on Life at North End Caffe

Ben CalderwoodWiener trifecta​ Creole, Opie and Tijuana are not strains of medicinal marijuana--at least not in this section of the LA Weekly online. They are the fellowship of hot dogs that compose North End Caffe's insidious, kamikaze Trio of Dawgs. Two are coiled with bacon, two are tucked ... More >>

Severed Finger Found in Food: Top 5 Real-Life Incidents

​The thumb in that hotdog bun looks real, doesn't it? Thank god, it isn't. The "fast food finger" is one of our culture's most enduring urban legends. Here are a few real-life incidents, involving real-life (or real dead) fingers, presented for your grossification: 1. Wendy's Famous Finger Ch ... More >>

Mexican Road Trip Part III: Seafood, Wineries, Barbacoa and Even More Tacos

For the group of food writers, bloggers, chefs and restaurateurs that spent this past weekend traveling through Mexico, Saturday morning began at the weekend-only spot, Barbacoa "Ermita". Slurping lamb consommé so thick and soothing that it should replace chicken soup in elementary school thermoses ... More >>

We'll Always Have Paris

... or something like it at the 94th Aero Squadron

Miller Time in the Church of Arnold

God Free

Ten Years and a Cloud of Dust

Crenshaw in slow motion

7 Singular Successesof Science

The Accidental Populist

Magic Johnson gives some back