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May 25, 2012
8 Craft Beer Bars in the San Fernando Valley Happy Hour Specials
The glorious San Fernando Valley. Spatially vast, heavily populated, and wildly lacking in proper places to drink. Or so we thought. Today, it's time to put your ignorance to bed and minimize the attitude long enough to see the truth -- that from Burbank to Agoura Hills you can always find a decent ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Yelp Introduces Yelpy Insights: Find, or Avoid, Places Vegetarians and 20-Somethings Like
Thirty-something vegetarian looking for restaurants that other 30-something vegetarians also enjoy? Now, there's a Yelp for that: The site recently rolled out two new filters called "Yelpy Insights," which narrow search results based on eateries "liked by vegetarians," as well as those liked by 20- ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2012
Top 10 Weirdest Stores in Los Angeles
Looking for a book about the Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society? Perhaps you need a Jolly Roger doormat for the house. Maybe you just want to pick up some time-travel sickness pills, a spray-bottle of barbarian repellant or a few fresh dinosaur eggs before you blast to the past. Whatever yo ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
626 Night Market Organizers Respond To Community Feedback
For many, the 626 Night Market was a logistical nightmare. Tens of thousands of people poured into Oakland Avenue between Colorado Boulevard and Union Street on Friday evening. Lines for vendors were impossible to maneuver through and many compared the turn-out to that of Coachella and the Pebble Be ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2012
Cookbook Review: Do You Really Need Bi-Rite Market's Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones?
It happens every year about this time. Those malted milk-chocolate chip ice cream (p. 82) and blood orange sorbet (p. 162) recipes start appearing in the latest ice cream cookbooks. This year, Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones, to be released in two weeks, starts us down that rocky road to what we hope wi ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2012
Snooky's Bikini Bar Customer Shot Dead by Security Guard
A rowdy customer got into it with a security guard outside Snooky's bikini bar last night -- ultimately leading to his death in the parking lot, says the L.A. County Sheriff Department's Lancaster Station. In the last hours of April Fool's day, around 11 p.m., security allegedly asked the victim an ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2012
Top 10 Strip Clubs in Los Angeles
So you're curious to go to a strip club, but unless your buddy is a regular and brings you along, how are you going to pick which one? Yelp? Give me a break. Thankfully for you, our L.A. Weekly experts have compiled the top ten strip clubs in L.A. But don't get too excited -- save it for the girls.
Blogs
March 2, 2012
Alexander Merman, Russian-born Artist Stabbed To Death in Santa Monica, Was Victim of Murder-For-Profit Scheme, Police Say
Updated at bottom: police believe there may be more victims out there. First posted at 10:54 a.m. on Mar. 2. Police believe they have identified the man responsible for the death of Alexander Merman, the Russian-born artist who was found stabbed to death inside his apartment in Santa Monica in 200 ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2012
Dunkin' Donuts Plans San Diego Branch
Dunkin' Donuts claims "America Runs on Dunkin'." Yet, its 6,772 U.S. stores are concentrated on the East Coast. An extra 2,988 are located in 30 foreign countries. Talk about false advertising. Yet, Dunkin' Donuts is now taking a step to living up to its slogan. The company has announced it will ope ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2012
10 Bars Most Likely to Get You Laid in L.A.
If there's one thing Valentine's Day hammers home, it's the suckiness (or lack thereof) of being solo. We're talking S-E-X, people, and for you poor souls who had an unsatisfying week sans even a prospect for V***** or D*** (we're talking body parts, not venereal disease), it's time to put it all b ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2012
L.A. Tattoo Shop Stabbing Wounds 3 on Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard has come a long way from its Wild West days of gang crimes and streetside drug dealing only 10 or so years ago. But, despite the nightlife-oriented gentrification, the area seems to have way more than its share of shootings, violence and crime. Over the weekend three people were ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Openings and Closings Around Town: A January Restaurant Roundup
It's nearing the lunch hour, you're browsing Yelp and scouring the blogs. You come across a post on the closure of a long-admired restaurant in your community. "Rent increase ... management reorganization ... menu changes," the owner shares. Before the owner can clear out the sauce-stained aprons on ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Venice Barber Shop Shooting Wounds Two
Two people were shot and wounded after a suspect walked into a Venice barber shop and opened fire this morning, police said. It happened about 9:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of Lincoln Boulevard, LAPD Officer Richard French told the Weekly. One victim was shot in the foot and ...
Blogs
January 30, 2012
50 Most Ridiculous Vanity Plates in L.A.
Forget 140 characters: try eight! In a city full of networking self-promoters and wannabe celebs, it's no surprise that ridiculous vanity license plates abound. That little space on the back of your car represents a precursor to the away message and the Facebook status, albeit a near-permanent one. ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2012
In Search of Curly Fries, Like They Have in Missouri
Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant criticDear 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 >>
Blogs
December 27, 2011
Crockett & Tubbs' Days Inn at 3007 Santa Monica Blvd. in Santa Monica
The Days Inn at Santa Monica Blvd. and Stanford St. stands tall on its corner as a sickly pastel monument to long-tarnished Miami Vice dreams.
Eat+Drink
November 10, 2011
Jonathan Gold's 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants 2011
Art from the streets: L.A.'s most exciting chefs are reimagining street food, from the ramen bowl to the cheeseburger
Blogs
November 8, 2011
Yelping With Cormac: The Author of Blood Meridian Reviews Taco Bell
Yelping with CormacAt its best, Yelp help can help you find a lunch that won't ruin your day. At its worse, the website is, if not a petri dish for extortion, a willful enabler of bad, whiney writers. The first big problem is, according to a judge, no longer up for debate, but the second ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
Village Voice Media Responds to Clergy
Today 36 clergy affixed their names to a paid ad and open letter to Village Voice and the classified ad site Backpage.com. The full page ad was published in the New York Times. The religious coalition demanded that we close down our legal, adult classifieds. Neither government officials n ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2011
Chicken Mole at Los Poblanos
Los Poblanos is easy to miss. The tiny Mexican restaurant hides on Jefferson Boulevard in between a hardware shop and a narrow alleyway. Walk in and find three tables -- the 'dining room' seats 10, maybe 12, people. They don't even have a Yelp page. But, as evidenced by the painted words on the outs ... More >>
Eat+Drink
August 25, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Soban
Los Poblanos is easy to miss. The tiny Mexican restaurant hides on Jefferson Boulevard in between a hardware shop and a narrow alleyway. Walk in and find three tables -- the 'dining room' seats 10, maybe 12, people. They don't even have a Yelp page. But, as evidenced by the painted words on the outs ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2011
Local Pantry: Zeta Za'atar Lavash Chips (Say That 10 Times Fast)
JgarbeeZa'atar Zeta HourHit your semi-specialty "local" national grocer (Whole Foods, we're talking about you) these days, and you can pretty much declare your local condiment duties done. But if we step away from the fancy Artisinal LA packaging and get straight down to tasting, finding top ... More >>
Eat+Drink
August 11, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Starry Kitchen
JgarbeeZa'atar Zeta HourHit your semi-specialty "local" national grocer (Whole Foods, we're talking about you) these days, and you can pretty much declare your local condiment duties done. But if we step away from the fancy Artisinal LA packaging and get straight down to tasting, finding top ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Drunk Guy Crashes Car Into Sunset Room After Being Asked to Leave From 'Guitar Hero' Karaoke Night
YelpRAGE.Karaoke night at the Sunset Room in Hacienda Heights: Never been crazier! "I miss the good ol' days of the Sunset Room," complains one Yelper. You know, when you could "see some of the old folks drunkenly singing along to some song that [you] never heard before on the karaoke stage, ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2011
Ali Wong: L.A.'s Raunchiest Vietnamese-Chinese-American Standup Comic
Ali Wong is a cutesy-pie, potty-mouth, Vietnamese-Chinese-American comic. What more do you need to know? Here's our Q&A with her: You're hilarious. Were you funny as a kid? I constantly peed in my pants up until the 8th grade and wore an extra-large sailor uniform from kindergarten to 8t ... More >>
Calendar
July 7, 2011
MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL!
ALI WONG
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 6/20-6/24
Flickr/Lauren Manning In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "But keep in mind, I am not a trained physician -- I'm a guy who likes to justify an occasional shot of sotol or xtabentún." Ask Mr. Gold: Thoughts on Digestifs, or Drinking to Digest. "It's not ... More >>
Eat+Drink
April 21, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Lukshon
Flickr/Lauren Manning In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "But keep in mind, I am not a trained physician -- I'm a guy who likes to justify an occasional shot of sotol or xtabentún." Ask Mr. Gold: Thoughts on Digestifs, or Drinking to Digest. "It's not ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2011
Morning News Roundup: Hunger Challenge, Movie Food, Mr. Robata
Happy humpday. Enjoy your morning dose of daffy food news. --Hunting LA's best roast chicken, from Costco to Melisse. [Exile Kiss] --U.S. bans some food from Japan over radiation fears: dairy, fruit, veg. [WSJ]‎ --Break out the skinny jeans. Yelp adds "hipster" as an ambiance descriptor. [NY Pos ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2011
Bloodlust and Beauty: Nam Prik Ong at Spicy BBQ
Matthew K./YelpNam Prik Ong, Spicy BBQ If Jitlada, despite its massive, unknowable menu and maddeningly languorous pace during peak hours, remains the standard by which other Southern Thai establishments are judged, our pick for Northern Thai is Spicy BBQ. Her hair bound in a kerchief, Nong, ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2011
Party Bus Shooting in Hollywood: Suspect on Bus Fires Into Crowd of 'Wonderland' Clubbers
The L.A. party-bus controversy just got a whole lot heavierUpdated after the jump with new details and Tweets from the scene. Just after the top-40 Hollywood club Wonderland had ushered its patrons out onto the sidewalk of North Cahuenga Boulevard last night -- at about 2 a.m., or 3 a.m. und ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2011
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 3/7-3/11
Flickr/Lauren Manning In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "You're the porteño with the Ph.D. in literature. You tell me." Ask Mr. Gold: In Search of Salteñas, Revisited. "And the drink is named The Bitter End 'because we all know this isn't going to be ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2011
LAPD Warns Restaurant Owners of Health Inspector Scam
Flickr/jrmystJesus doesn't worry about a CYesterday the LAPD and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) sent out a news release warning restaurateurs of a potential scam targeting local restaurants. Both organizations say they've received numerous calls from restaurant ow ... More >>
Calendar
February 17, 2011
GYM RATTING
Flickr/jrmystJesus doesn't worry about a CYesterday the LAPD and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) sent out a news release warning restaurateurs of a potential scam targeting local restaurants. Both organizations say they've received numerous calls from restaurant ow ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2011
Missing California Lottery Ticket Worth $200,000 Was Purchased Five Months Ago In East L.A.
Act soon, or your hard-earned cashmoney will go toward educationIf you're going to waste a perfectly crisp Washington on a one-in-a-bagillion chance of winning the lottery, at least check to see if your impulse buy was worth the shame. One lottery hopeful (or not-so-hopeful) has yet to disco ... More >>
Eat+Drink
December 30, 2010
Two Cheers for Anonymity
Red Medicine panicked in outing Times' Virbila, but did no lasting harm
Blogs
December 22, 2010
Restaurant Recognizes & Outs LA Times Reviewer: Red Medicine Hates Virbila
A screen grab from Red Medicine's Tumblr site.Restaurant reviewers like to believe they operate incognito. That's no easy task in the internet age, and it just got much more difficult for Los Angeles Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila (@sirenevribila) who was outed by an angry restaurat ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2010
Chef's Anti-Yelp Rant Leads to Predictable Backlash
Courtesy of Westword.When our Denver cousin Cafe Society ran an interview with chef Scott Parker of Table 6, they talked about all sorts of interesting things: kohlrabi, deep-fried organic rosebuds, alleged salt allergies. But all anyone cares about are Parker's comments pertaining to a certa ... More >>
Eat+Drink
September 16, 2010
Time Capsule: The Yard
Au courant, and we're not talking French
Eat+Drink
May 27, 2010
No More Celestial Nights
Starry Kitchen, out of the backyard and into the food court
News
April 29, 2010
Anatomy of a Murder
Starry Kitchen, out of the backyard and into the food court
News
April 22, 2010
Cry for Yelp
The popular Web site stands accused of acting like a "modern-day Mafia"
Blogs
April 6, 2010
Yelp Announces Changes: Are They Enough to Satisfy Class-Action Plaintiffs?
kaszeta/FlickrAre lawyers in the class-action suit against Yelp smelling victory? Yesterday, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman announced the user review giant would drop the "Favorite Review" feature and let readers see the reviews that would otherwise have been filtered out by its automated review ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2010
Silver Lake's Territory BBQ Closes, Record Store Next
Call the number listed for Silver Lake's Territory BBQ Records and all you'll get is a telling, "We're sorry. You have reached a number that has been disconnected..." Yeah, we're sorry too. West Coast Sound was excited when the perfect-on-paper double-sided dream opened up last year at the ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2010
The Ride is Over: Citrus at Social Hollywood is Closed
It's official. Along with the Hollywood nightclub Social it's located within, Citrus, a California-French restaurant, has closed. Last month, a Citrus PR rep., who spoke with us on the phone, said the restaurant was transitioning, but could not disclose any concrete details at that time. A former em ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2009
Q & A With Andy Cook, Part 2: Risotto as Object Lesson, Cooking to Jazz & The Importance of Google Image
Andy Cook, executive chef at both Gordon Ramsay at the London West Hollywood and the month-old Boxwood Café, has been at the posh hotel since it opened in the summer of 2008. As we learned yesterday, Cook, a native of Birmingham, England, has become very fond of Los Angeles, of its weather and its ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2009
5 Great LA Dive Bars: From the Lost & Found to the Wild Goose
A truly great dive bar is like a successful horror movie: it's a little gross, maybe a bit scary, but always a fun adventure, and filled with an eclectic cast of characters. Some dives are time machines, frozen in forgotten eras, while others make for the perfect spot to lose an hour or three or ten ... More >>
Music
May 21, 2009
We Smell a Cover-Up: DJ Paul V's Thursday-Night Party at Stinkers, Plus More Thematic Atmospheres
A truly great dive bar is like a successful horror movie: it's a little gross, maybe a bit scary, but always a fun adventure, and filled with an eclectic cast of characters. Some dives are time machines, frozen in forgotten eras, while others make for the perfect spot to lose an hour or three or ten ... More >>
Eat+Drink
April 9, 2009
In the Midnight Hour: Late-Night Goat Supper at Bulrocho
Dispensing chile-red comfort in a bowl of Koreatown goat soup
Blogs
February 6, 2009
Deadly Coffee Shop Shootings
One man was killed and six other patrons of a San Gabriel cafe were wounded after two masked gunmen entered the Coffee House on East Valley Boulevard and opened fire. The San Gabriel Valley Tribune repeats a police description of the suspects as Asian males who wore bandanas at the time of the shoot ... More >>
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