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Ricky Pia
Ricky's Fish Tacos, which yesterday was named Best Taco in America by the Daily Meal, has just finalized all the details for a food truck.
The truck is a long time coming. Ricky's proprietor Ricky Pia, a native of Baja, started cookin...
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Grilled swordfish
Mercury levels in fish, particularly deep-sea varieties, are only going to get higher, and for that you can thank power polluters such as China and India.
According to a study published August 25 in the journal Nature Geoscience...
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Meatloaf sandwich
Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 3), we'll be bringing you periodic lists of some of the best things we've found to eat and drink around town. Ice cream sandwiches and bowls of tsukemen, fish tacos and d...
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David Walker
Friday afternoon a press release floated to craft beer media in-boxes all over the Southland confirming the rumor that Firestone Walker Brewing Co. recently purchased a building in Los Angeles. The location, to be exact, is two separa...
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The The "#88 Italian Meats" at Soppresatta at Black Hogg
At dinnertime, Black Hogg in Silver Lake places itself firmly in the new school of cooking, serving lots of pork belly, uni on toast and bone marrow in the "street corn." But with their new ...
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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...
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For as great as this city's restaurant scene is, sometimes all you want to do is lay around at home and shovel food into your mouth from a styrofoam container. Forget the industrial lighting, and to hell with communal seating. Give us a threadbare s...
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Fish tacos at Ricky's
The Daily Meal released a list today of the 35 best tacos in America, and our very own Ricky's Fish Tacos took the number one spot for his classic fish taco.
When reached for comment, Ricky's proprietor Ricky Pia was ecsta...
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Vanilla creme caramel
If you've shopped at any of the farmers markets in Silver Lake, Monrovia, Mid-City or Playa Vista, you may have come across Crme Caramel L.A., a line of desserts made by Kristine de la Cruz and partner (and boyfriend) Sean G...
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Coolio
Apparently, while we were pondering the worth of investing a cool six figures in Coolio's entire music catalog (that's 123 songs total for $134,000 to $225,000 on auction), the 50-year-old rapper has already decided what he's doing with the...
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The little gem salad at Connie and Ted's
It's hardly surprising for a seafood restaurant to focus on seafood. But at Connie and Ted's, Michael Cimarusti's new upscale clam shack in West Hollywood (and the subject of this week's restaurant review) ...
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Peaches at the farmers market
The weekday ritual of trying to figure out what to pack for a kid's school lunch can be a common source of stress for parents. It's got to strike at least two keys: Healthy (for the kid) and quick (for the parent). So...
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Angel City Beer
Technically California doesn't have a state fruit, but if it did, we'd bet on the avocado (move over, citrus industry). Take it as a spread, dip, sliced on a burger or straight from the skin with a spoon -- but in your beer? Angel ...
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the bar at Bludso's Bar-&-Que
If two of the things you love most in life are football and tacos, as is true for some of us, you have someplace to be on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 8. This is, as you of course know, the first Sunday of the 2013 NF...
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Strip malls will catch your eye for all sorts of different reasons. Maybe they sit at a clogged intersection, where you and every other bored commuter have lots of time to take in the scenery. Perhaps there's a certain food you're partial to -- India...
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There are no shortages of coffee shops in this town, but finding one with ample seating, quality brews, free WiFi and parking is certainly a rarity. But that's exactly what BrewWell on 8th in Koreatown offers. The glass-walled latte house is actuall...
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A really, really good crust is the foundation to any worthy pie endeavor without which, well, you might as well be having fruit compote -- or depending on your preferred pie filling, pudding. Fortunately, for those of us who can't seem to get a crust...
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Stone Fence cocktail
Today is Dorothy Parker's 120th birthday. Apart from being a brilliant writer and Wisecracker, Parker is also one of the true icons of drinking culture, a famous lover of cocktails. Many of her most famous quotes are about the...
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Lobster roll at Connie and Ted's
For this week's restaurant review, we take a look at Connie and Ted's, one of quite a few New England-style seafood joints to open recently in L.A. If you have some time and attention to spare, we urge you to read ...
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Chips and salsa from Homeboy Industries
Expect to find Homeboy Industries' line of tortilla chips in the snack aisle at Walmart when the store opens in Grand Plaza sometime later this month. Three types of salsas (mango as well as mild and hot ver...
Bucato Review: Evan Funke's Helms Bakery Restaurant Triumphs
