White and red sangrias at RivaBella After this coming Sunday, August 25, RivaBella will say arrivederci to its brunch buffet on Sundays. Gino Angelini, executive chef at RivaBella and chef-owner of Angelini Osteria on Beverly, is looking to add ot...
What's not to love about quesadillas? Large, perfectly crisped tortilla; warm, gooey, heart-stopping cheese; salty, perfectly portioned meat. It's a time-tested ratio that has worked on taco trucks, food carts and inside sit-down taquerias since fore...
In-N-Out You might assume that residents of the upscale community of Westlake Village have access to every imaginable amenity, but it seems something is missing -- what they really, really crave is In-N-Out Burger. This came up during planning di...
interior of Quenelle Ice cream lovers now have another quadrant of town to frequent, one that's probably a bit more on the beaten path than, say, northern Altadena (see: Bulgarini). Specifically, Burbank, where Quenelle opened on Tuesday. Quenelle...
Is there a bread in the world more abused than focaccia? Spongy, leaden, heavily oily versions plague everything from fast-food menus to high-end restaurant bread baskets. Yes, the world is full of pitiful, floppy baguettes, and shameful sourdoughs ...
LJ Solmonson With National Rum Day just past, but the taste of the spirit still lingering on the tongue, it's worth turning our attention to one of the most famous -- and infamous -- rum cocktails of all time. The Zombie, the drink that single-ha...
Editor's note: As many of you know, Bravo debuted a new show about the L.A. food scene recently Since some of us spend our Sundays watching sports instead of reality television (yes, even if it's about food; especially if it's about food), we though ...
Double Stuf Oreo's It was the high school math class experiment that rocked the very foundations of our trust in cookies, a discovery so shocking it would change the way we think about slick marketing from huge companies forevermore: A high school...
3rd Annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival In its third year, the Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival returns to the city with events featuring 100-plus chefs and culinary celebrities, including Giada De Laurentiis, Ben Ford and Thomas Keller. This yea...
Festival co-founder David A. Bernahl, II with Fabio Viviani at last year's event It's called the Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival, but it may as well be known as a food, wine and music fest for the major role that the latter component plays in the...
Pulled Pork Sandwich at Redemption Foods You've been in the can for 31 years. You're 60+ years old with no work history -- unless you count restaurant robbery as business experience -- and you've got nowhere to go, no money (since you didn't pay ...
The new dining room at Sqirl Sqirl, Jessica Koslow's Virgil Ave. caf, reopened on Sunday after a renovation that took around two weeks. The changes, described by a poetic sign on the window as "phase one" include a larger indoor space that now ac...
Soda Kids who drink soda are more violent than children who don't, according to a new study. Those who imbibe the fizzy stuff tend to score slightly higher on scales that measure aggressive behavior than children who refrain. And the more soda th...
Timeless Pints The first six months of this year have been a whirlwind of growth for the L.A. beer scene. Strand and Beachwood and El Segundo now regularly bottle their beer, breweries are experimenting with everything from session beers to pickle...
Linguine with rapini and lemon at Maximiliano Hidden in Plain Sight is a new series in which we take a new look at an established restaurant. In our lust for newness and our obsession with "bests," the fantastic unsung places that make up the bulk...
Schwar-guez with french fries and coleslaw You've probably spent extravagantly on a kitchen appliance that you thought you would love forever -- used it once, then stuffed it away, never mind the guilt. This almost happened to Alain Cohen, chef...
udon at Marugame Monzo If you're a fan of noodles -- as most of us have been since the age of maybe four -- then Los Angeles is a pretty great place to eat. Specifically, noodles of the non-European variety: ramen, dan dan mien, udon, tsukemen. He...
"Fiery" Doritos Locos Taco Supreme This week, we're looking at new offerings from two of the major fast food players: The inevitable expansion of Taco Bell's wildly successful "Doritos Locos Tacos" line (or "DLT," because ugh), and the new "Steak,...
Urth Caff Early next month, Urth Caff will officially open to the public in the Playhouse District on the corner of Madison and Colorado in Pasadena. It's one location of the organic coffee roaster and caf chain that has been five years in the...
Good? Bad? Indifferent? Last week's disturbing coffee story wasn't even cold when we got hit with a jolt of positive java news: Four cups or more a day could be good for your liver. That actually applies to four cups of tea, too. Good news for yo...
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Let's be honest: It's hard to get behind a purveyor of fancy tacos. This seeming contradiction goes against so many of tacos' sacred truths — that they are cheap; that… More >>
Bucato Review: Evan Funke's Helms Bakery Restaurant Triumphs
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