Wilshire

10 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles for Outdoor Dining

Summer living -- and eating -- in Los Angeles is sweet. From sweeping seaside and rooftop views to Spanish-style patios and glamorous Hollywood hangs, Los Angeles offers an amazing selection of restaurants where you can take in the sights on your plate and the natural ones around you at the same tim ... More >>

[Updated] $1 Turkey Sandwiches at Capriotti's on June 13

We may be roughly five and a half months away from Thanksgiving, but for some a turkey platter with all the fixings is good anytime. For them, we bring a deal they can use. Thursday, June 13, Capriotti's will be offering their "Bobbie" sandwich -- roasted turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, and ... More >>

CicLAvia Shuts Down The Heart of Wilshire Blvd. June 23

CicLAvia, that closed-streets bike ride, has quickly evolved from a virtual neighborhood block party to a cultural tour de force in its short history. The last one, April 21, was so successful that the people complained of actual bicycle traffic jams. Only in L.A. The next one, June 23, continues t ... More >>

Rolling Stones at the Echoplex Tonight: Hysteria Hits Los Angeles

UPDATE 2:29 pm: Who got in and who didn't? Details at the bottom of the post. The Rolling Stones are playing the Echoplex tonight. Tickets are onsale right now at the El Rey. $20, cash. It's a lottery. They're handing out tokens at this moment. The official announcement just came down within ... More >>

Top 10 Miracle Mile Bars

Miracle Mile is pretty much smack dab in the middle of Los Angeles. It got its name for its improbable rise from a dirt farm road to a mid-century shopping destination, one of the most desirable areas in L.A. in the 1950's. That distinction diminished as other neighborhoods developed "downtowns" of ... More >>

Coming in May: Flavors of Los Angeles 2013

Flavors of Los Angeles 2013 has invited chefs such as Nyesha Arrington, exec chef at Wilshire, to cook a 5-course meal at attendees' tableside for the American Liver Foundation on Sunday, May 5. Before dinner at 7 p.m., there will be a cocktail reception and silent auction at 5:30 p.m.

Eddie Muller's Film Noir Night

4 Places to Go for Bottomless Mimosas

For those who see brunch as an extension of weekend festivities, there is the bottomless mimosa, a drink that is kept refilled until you either call it quits or brunch hours end. It's typically made of equal parts sparkling wine (more often Champagne) and chilled orange juice (preferably fresh-squee ... More >>

8 L.A. Stores for Alternative Valentine's Day Gifts

"You always buy me the same shit." If you haven't heard that before, consider yourself amongst the lucky lovers whose significant others keep their thoughts to themselves. That one year your girlfriend ooh-ed and aww-ed over the flowers and cleverly-packaged chocolates you gave her? She might have ... More >>

Demitasse Expands to Santa Monica

This just in -- one of our favorite coffeehouses, Demitasse, is expanding to Santa Monica. The new location will be at 1149 Third Street, just north of Wilshire. An opening date has not yet been set.

Claire Rose: Friends Say Santa Monica Woman Was Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver on Her Birthday

In Santa Monica's third serious hit-and-run in as many weeks, a 30-year-old woman was killed by the driver of a dark Toyota sedan just after midnight on Monday morning. Friends on Facebook and Twitter identify the victim as Santa Monica resident Claire Rose. They say she was celebrating her birthda ... More >>

'Rampture,' or 'Ramp Jam,' or Whatever You Want to Call the Wilshire Closures This Summer, Will Be 405 Traffic Hell

L.A. city and county officials first warned us of the "Rampture" last August, saying they'd be shutting down the Wilshire ramps to and from the 405 freeway as early as fall 2011. That obviously didn't happen, seeing as we're all still alive and not devouring each other in a fit of zombie-apocalypse ... More >>

I Hate When People Cheat in Traffic. But What Do We Do About It?

The last straw came about four weeks ago. I was passing by the Veterans Administration campus near the 405 freeway, heading east on Wilshire toward my breakfast meeting, feeling happy that I was going to be on time. I knew enough to give myself an hour to drive a mere eight miles to Beverly Hills. ... More >>

Teens Break Into Apple Store on Promenade With Sledgehammer, Take $31K in iProducts

When four L.A. teens hatched a plan to break into the iconic Apple Store along the 3rd Street Promenade last week, theirs wasn't a heisty plot of censor-dodging and lock-popping. Nope. According to Sergeant Richard Lewis at the Santa Monica Police Department, these geniuses simply smashed the glass ... More >>

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Vows To Build Sepulveda Pass Rail Link, Complete Wilshire Subway 13 Years Early

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants to build a rail link over the Sepulveda Pass -- part of a proposed expansion of the city's transit network that would form a key part of his legacy.The mayor is unveiling his plans in his annual State of the City speech. which is posted after the jump. The centerpiec ... More >>

LACMA Rock's Arrival in L.A. Tonight: Everything You Need to Know

LACMA's famed 340-ton rock, part of its new public sculpture Levitated Mass, will arrive at the museum tonight. But will it attract the same kind of party that it did in Bixby Knolls? Tonight at around 10 or 11 pm, the rock will depart from its location on Figueroa Street just north of Florence Av ... More >>

Wilshire Boulevard Shut Down Near Miracle Mile After Man Shot: VIDEO

Updated at the bottom: What started the whole thing? First posted at 2:28 p.m. It's not unusual to hear of a man shot on a weekday afternoon in L.A. But in this area it is. Wilshire Boulevard was shut down near the Miracle Mile east of La Brea Avenue today after a man was shot on the street at Sou ... More >>

'Rethink L.A.' at the A D Museum Says the City Should Ditch the Cars

Sophie DuvernoyRethink L.A., the new exhibition at the A D Museum​ On Thursday, people from all over Los Angeles biked, walked or took the Metro to the Architecture and Design Museum on Miracle Mile. Surprisingly, many still managed to arrive wearing fashionable shoes. They were greeted with b ... More >>

'Rampture' Looms: Three-Month Closure of Wilshire Ramps to 405 Freeway Will Mean 'Carmageddon' for L.A. (Really This Time)

MetroThe Wilshire Boulevard on- and off-ramps to the 405, post-Rampture.​L.A. officials earned the respect and admiration of many far-off governments with the wildly successful PR campaign that was Carmageddon -- so named by crafty L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky. And the Supe is back a ... More >>

Bus-Only Lane Will Run 7.7 Miles Down Wilshire Boulevard -- Conveniently Sparing Westwood's 'Condo Canyon'

LAStreetsBlogThe 720 -- home free!​Screwed year-in and year-out by rail-happy L.A. politicians and transportation officials, the Bus Riders Union finally gets to pop the bubbly tonight -- in celebration of a 7.7-mile bus lane it's taken them six years to win. (That is, if it's approved by L.A ... More >>

Spoke 'n' Hammer

Happy Hour: The Wilshire Restaurant in Santa Monica

Bees Knees​ The Place: The Wilshire: 2454 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica; (310) 586-1707. The Hours: Monday-Saturday, 5-7 p.m. The Deals: $8-$13 bar snacks; $8 specialty cocktails; $12 burgers; $5 wine and beer. Turn the page to find out what we thought...

Guns on Wilshire

Musical Art Spaces

Gallery life: openings, closures and reopenings

Wilshire Boulevard Closed Temporarily Following Suspicious Briefcase Scare Near Israeli Consulate

Google Maps​Updated throughout; scene "cleared." Originally posted at 11:37 a.m. Wilshire Boulevard near the Miracle Mile was closed temporarily Monday morning following a bomb scare near the Israeli consulate, a frequent source of such reports, according to KNX 1070 Newsradio and the Los Ang ... More >>

Tucking In at Snug Harbor

Ben CalderwoodFortifying with biscuits and white gravy​ You may encounter the occasional Hollywood A-lister at Snug Harbor, a disoriented screenwriter or producer wandering out of the jeweled avenues north of Wilshire for a mug of joe and a scramble, but the über-cozy Snug is a diner for the ... More >>

U.S. Rep. Diane Watson Said To Be Retiring

Rep. Diane Watson​U.S. Rep. Diane Watson, who represents much of the central city of Los Angeles in Congress, is retiring, according to a report published on The Hill's Briefing Room blog. The publication reports that former state assembly Speaker Karen Bass has already expressed interest in ... More >>

Birthday Cakes Are Back? Wilshire Pastry Chef Jen Shen Debuts Pre-Order Cake Menu

Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles TimesDo You Take This Cupcake...​Chocolate, classic vanilla and red velvet cakes are now order-ahead offerings from Jen Shen, pastry chef at Wilshire in Santa Monica (as are more nuptials-appropriate versions with mascarpone cream and white chocolate fillings). ... More >>

Today in Photographs: August 16, 1957

​Elvis Presley confers with composer-singer Dudley Brooks at Stan's Play Room on Wilshire and Western. LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL

Lily Burk: Snatched a Block Away From an L.A. Crack Bazaar

Was teenager’s killer shopping for drugs on deeply troubled Leeward Avenue?

End of the Week Agenda: To-Do's and Deals

Photo credit: Le Palais GourmetAnother way to be green: Matcha Madness all summer.Silver Lake new favorite Barbrix hosts a happy hour this Friday, but take note that the singular "hour" part is meant literally. Champagne is 50% off on July 24 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Granted the restaurant wants to get m ... More >>

Diary of a Gay, Traffic-Snarling Sore Loser

A married man's protest

Special Back-to-School Social Studies Edition!

What to do in L.A., September 19-25

Standards Time

L.A. Metro Buses Hammered by Potholes on Aging Wilshire Boulevard

City department of vicious circles

Dogtown Days: Memory of a Skateboarding Youth

LACMA + BCAM = A FUTURE

The not-so-little engine that could

Godmothersand Spicy Meatballs

Four classic delis

Journey From the Center of the World

A Protest of, for and by Workers

True Colors

One Hot Restaurant

On the Boulevard

Go, Henry, Go

Light at the end of the Red Line tunnel

The Material World

One Wilshire: Hotel Cyberspace

The Subway Mayor

How a bus-only politician — and a car-obsessed city — are learning to love the underground

Highs and Lows of L.A. Rail

Letters

Red Line to Somewhere

Henry Waxman is onboard — sort of