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Upstairs at the Warwick
If Los Angeles nightlife was redefined every time a bar opened that said it was "set to redefine L.A. nightlife," we would have a very confused bar scene indeed. That said, two new bars are opening in October that aim prett...
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Hollywood Pies Deep Dish Pizza
According to their website, the popular pizza shop Hollywood Pies abruptly ceased operations as of yesterday, Oct. 3. On their Facebook page they say that the decision was based on family needs and issues, and they a...
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Roan Mills at the Santa Monica farmers market
Look at the labels on the bags of flour and wheat berries, and on the gorgeous baguettes and boules, wrapped in parchment paper and marked with flour from the bannetons in concentric rows like faintly ...
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Sipping on a cold pint of local beer, it's hard to imagine all the money, time and effort that went into opening up the facility that created the tasty beverage. In addition to finding the right space and dealing with civic hurdles, there are cold ca...
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Special Dishes for Hispanic Heritage Month
October is National Hispanic Heritage Month, and though finding great Spanish-influenced food is as easy as stepping onto an L.A. street corner, you could seek out Cuban-influenced California cuisine at X...
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Taco sampler at Guisados
If you're living life correctly, every day is National Taco Day. We know that. But hey, why not take another opportunity to celebrate something awesome, and something we do better than anyone else (ha, ha, New York Times, ...
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The world, unfortunately, is a little healthier today, due to the closing of Eagle Rock's venerable burger joint, The Bucket. The 78-year old eastside institution has for decades served as a natural congregation point for Occidental students, the eve...
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Sesame prawn toast at Hakkasan
There's no sign outside of Hakkasan Beverly Hills, just a menu on the sidewalk and a cryptic symbol above two huge doors, covered in geometric metal lattice, that are practically impossible to open. Not to worry: A w...
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Feria de los Moles, 2011
Feria de los Moles
This weekend it's time to head downtown to Olvera Street for the sixth edition of the Feria de los Moles, or festival of moles, billed as the largest Mexican food festival in the United States. This year...
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Jaime Martn del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu looking at the restaurant plans
You'll feel good when you eat at Mexicano, the new restaurant planned by Jaime Martn del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu of La Casita Mexicana. Not just because you've had a delicio...
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Hot smoked salmon at littlefork
As you may have noticed, this year's Best Of issue dropped on your doorstep, metaphorically if not actually, this morning. There are hundreds (yes, hundreds) of listings, of breweries and hiking trails and burger jo...
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rotten tomatoes
You don't collect Social Security and you weren't planning on going to Yosemite anyway. So what do you care about the government shutdown?
Well you eat food, don't you? We hope you have a nice canned-goods supply in the cupboard, ...
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Orsa & Winston
After a week of preview nights open only to MasterCard holders, Josef Centeno's newest restaurant is open to the public as of this evening. Centeno is billing Orsa & Winston as an Italian/Japanese omakase restaurant.
The 33-seat re...
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exterior of The Parish
The Parish, chef Casey Lane's downtown restaurant, has closed. The beautiful two-story, farm-to-table gastropub, the upstairs deck of which resembled more the deck of a 19th-century ship than the patio of a modern bar and re...
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Dave Stolte at Goldie's bar
The bartending world is incredibly close-knit and insular, particularly here in Los Angeles, where mixology is an art and bar programs are as important as food menus. So it means something that the bartender at Goldie's...
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Spicy miso ramen at Chibiscus
Chibiscus is a small shop located in a strip mall on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, a few blocks west of La Brea, or far enough away from the traffic and the tourists so that, unless Paul McCartney or Justin Timberlak...
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"Green eggs and ham" at Bucato
A couple of weeks back, Bucato started serving brunch on weekends. It happened just a tad too late for consideration and mention in our review of Bucato, so I thought I'd stop by this past weekend to check it out.
A...
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A healthy PBJ
PBJs in childhood could protect girls from developing breast cancer later in life, according to research from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard Medical School.
The study showed that young girls wi...
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Orsa & Winston
We've cooed over cronuts, farm-to-table fare and inventive cocktails. Now we're back to L.A.'s most iconic food: tacos, fancy and otherwise. Chef Ricardo Diaz recently opened Colonia Taco Lounge in La Puente. Crunch into guisados-st...
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Sake at Sushi Gen
Most designated days celebrating a specific food or drink originated as a marketer's ploy. Not so with Sake Day. In Japan, the first day of October marks the official beginning of the sake brewing season -- a tradition that dates...
Bucato Review: Evan Funke's Helms Bakery Restaurant Triumphs
