Toluca Lake

Diddy's Toluca Lake Home Gets Swatted

See also: Diddy's Son Justin Combs Gets Full Scholarship to UCLA as Many Students Struggle. The swatting phenomenon hit the home of one Sean "P. Diddy" Combs today. Police told the Weekly an assault-with-a-deadly-weapon call this morning at a Toluca Lake residence turned out be a big nothin.' In ... More >>

30-Minute Lunch: Mike & Annes's in South Pasadena

Place: Mike & Anne's in South Pasadena. Vibe: The restaurant is a bit of a social hub in the neighborhood during noon and especially on the weekends. You'll find a mixed crowd: Stay-at-home moms, graduate students, retirees and office clerks who work down the street. The outdoor seating area is alm ... More >>

30-Minute Lunch: Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria in Eagle Rock

Place: There are 21 locations of Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria -- and counting -- so the newly renovated (just finished last month) Eagle Rock location on Colorado Blvd. is no mom-and-pop shop.

30-Minute Lunch: Egg Slut Truck

Place: Egg Slut Truck. (Note: At its current schedule, the truck can be found at Handsome Coffee Roasters Mondays through Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.) Atmosphere: Your best option is to pair your order with an espresso with milk from Handsome Coffee Roasters just a few steps away. The barista ... More >>

30-Minute Lunch: Sweetsalt in Toluca Lake

Place: Sweetsalt in Toluca Lake. Atmosphere: A manageable crowd at 1:40 p.m. with yogis, young studio execs, young moms and tattooed cyclists. Order at the front, at which point you're given a decal with a number; find a table and set up your decal.

The Hot Dogs of 1972 Versus Now: Revisiting David Shaw's Iconic L.A. Times Article

Forty years ago yesterday, on June 18, 1972, an article titled "Biting The Dog" appeared in the Los Angeles Times' West Magazine. The piece was about hot dogs, and it was written by David Shaw. If you're not familiar with Shaw and his work, you should be. He wrote about food and wine, about film a ... More >>

Roti-Go-Round: Southeast Asian Roti from Gindi Thai, Simpang Asia and Penang Malaysian Cuisine

Somehow, food always seems to taste better when it's shared. And not just as it's passed around a table, but also when it travels across borders. The South Asian Subcontinent has passed down its plates far and wide, providing the inspiration for new dishes through its native ingredients like pepp ... More >>

The Popsicle Queen: Kaileigh Brielle, Suck It Popsicle Adventures

Kaileigh Brielle went to film school, dabbled in filmmaking and then, realizing that she needed a more concrete profession, became a licensed optician, working for someone else before opening her own optical shop in Toluca Lake. That should have been enough creative productivity for a lifetime, but ... More >>

John Pisano Guitar Night with Mundell Lowe - Lucy's 51 - 3/6/12

John Pisano Guitar Night w/ Mundell Lowe Lucy's 51 3-6-12 Better than ...Nancy Reagan's 90th birthday. John Pisano has been a fixture in Los Angeles for a long time. His tasteful tones have backed musicians like Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and Chico Hamilton, but for over fifteen years now he has ... More >>

Golden Road Brewing Introduces Craft Beer Cans to L.A. County

Local canned craft beer will hit L.A.'s supermarket shelves for the first time later this week, and we have Tony Yanow and Meg Gill to thank for it. Gill, the president and co-founder of Golden Road Brewing in Atwater Village, knows a thing or two about canned beer. In 2007, after graduating from ... More >>

In Search of Curly Fries, Like They Have in Missouri

Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​Dear Mr. Gold: I have a hankering for some grease. I would like it to come in the form of a "brick" of Susie-Q french fries. I don't want any of these wimpy curly fries people talk about, looking like lost potato eyelashes on the plate. None of this ... More >>

Devin 'Thor' Dickey, Young Valley Tagger, Arrested by Burbank Police for Vandalism -- 'Just the Start' of Crackdown on Graffiti Crew

pixiecanfly via Tumblr​Burbank police announce today that two young taggers they arrested on November 3 -- Devin Dickey, 20, and an unnamed 16-year-old girl -- are possibly facing felony charges after they allegedly vandalized multiple pieces of property across the San Fernando Valley. Invest ... More >>

Despite L.A. City Ban, New Pot Dispensaries Reportedly Open in Studio City, North Hollywood

Green = green.​Officially -- and that's the key word here -- only about 100 pot shops in L.A. are supposed to eventually survive. That's what would remain from about 550 or so that existed in the city last year. The dispensaries, eligible to stay only if they were opened before a failed, 2007 ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Olive & Thyme

First Bite: Olive & Thyme, or The Sandwich Shop Done Right

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​ A fine restaurant, we all know, requires a chef to put it together; a greasy spoon needs a gifted cook. But a good sandwich shop, especially a good sandwich shop in a business district, can more properly be the domain of a curator: somebody with an iron hand on the ... More >>

Gary Menes François Renaud Pop-up at Olive & Thyme

Anne FishbeinGary Menes and crew at Marché​ Chef Gary Menes (Marché, Palate Food Wine, Patina), who left Palihouse at the end of 2010 to open his own restaurant with business partner François Renaud (Cafe Stella, Palate), is still working on the details of the new restaurant. But in the m ... More >>

Top 10 Restaurants in Buildings Designed by Significant Los Angeles Architects

J. RitzThe eastern portion of Morgan, Walls & Clements' Chapman Market on 6th Street.​ We'd love to linger over a classic breakfast combo and endless cups of coffee at John Lautner's 1949 Googie Coffee Shop, since it was the actual place whose name defined a genre. And then enjoy the cannello ... More >>

Man Crashes Car into NoHo Restaurant, Supposedly High on Aerosol-Delivered Substance

Flickr user Thomas HawkTom's Burgers​Multiple news outlets are reporting that late yesterday morning, around 11:30, a man crashed his car into North Hollywood restaurant Tom's Burgers. The driver -- who was suspected to be under the influence of an aerosol substance -- drove his car through a ... More >>

New Years Eve Warning in Los Angeles: LAPD Undercover Cops Will Cozy Up at Busy Bars To Catch Drunk Drivers

Edison's bar scene, downtown Los Angeles​Undercover Los Angeles Police officers will be hanging out at hot Los Angeles bars tonight, pretending to be customers to bust bartenders serving alcohol to people who shouldn't be driving, and partiers staggering toward parking lots, on New Years Eve. ... More >>

Hollywood Backs Harris as Cooley Pulls Away

Why ugly and grumpy Steve is beating smart and beautiful Kamala

JUST DESSERTS

Mad Bull's Tavern Coming Soon to Sherman Oaks

Replacing Amazon Bar and Grill on Ventura Boulevard, Mad Bull's Tavern is slated to open May 20th, as a full-service restaurant and bar. The menu is gourmet comfort food, explains a restaurant rep. "It's completely different than Amazon," he said. The space has been gutted and turned into a loft of ... More >>

Life is Sweet: Checking In With Sweetsalt's Alex Eusebio

It's been two months since Top Chef: Season 5 alum Alex Eusebio and his wife, Sara Mann, opened Sweetsalt Food Shop, Toluca Lake's neighborhood sandwich joint. Admittedly "turned off by the idea of big restaurant drama" after his Top Chef experience, Eusebio and his wife opted for a more simple, co ... More >>

Man on Man: The New Gay Romance ...

... written by and for straight women

LA Stories: The Wacky Adventures of the RZA (featuring Sister-Luvin', the Black Tank, and Travolta in Drag)

​Here at West Coast Sound we have been long-time fans of the RZA's 2005 book The Wu-Tang Manual, a really inspirational retelling of the conception and formation of hip-hop's unlikeliest spiritual gang. So we were thrilled when we learned earlier this year that The Abbot was working on a follo ... More >>

L.A. Medical-Pot Shops Peddle to LAUSD Pupils

As kids flood weed outlets, Ramon Cortines admits there's no plan

Stage Raw: Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Poland, where theater is hipNEW REVIEW GO ​Photo by Ed KriegerJUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY  Suffused with a near-Chekhovian mix of the wistful and the melancholy, playwright Henry Jaglom's world premiere comedy is a delight - a ... More >>

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