We've only seen Tom Bergin's pass through three phases. First, there was the Bergin's with the Irish coffee, the highly competent, sociable bartenders in formal attire, and the garlicky cheese toast for a couple of bucks. Then there was the Bergin's with the Irish coffee, the highly competent, sociable bartenders in formal......
Copenhagen's Noma, which has often been called the best restaurant in the world, serves local food, but not like a West Hollywood cafe serving $17 salads. Noma's teams of foragers scour the ample Danish countryside for scores of obscure herbs, greens, and berries to go with those horse mussels and......
Most trucks have a defining trait, a characteristic which separates each from the pack and can typically be discerned after a few visits. Garcia Bros., which operates a few taco trucks, including one located most nights at the corner of Venice and La Cienega, stands out for its salsas -......
When you pull off the 405 for dinner in Panorama City, you're not aware you're entering a gastronomic wonderland. You're killing time because of bad traffic. You're there to buy a car at one of the many dealerships lining Roscoe Boulevard. Maybe you have a sudden pressing need to visit......
The White House means well. It's always nice to come to that conclusion. Tuesday's news that ads pushing junk food and soda would be banned from all schools participating in the government-subsidized free lunch program might mean that students around our country may no longer, as of next year, be exposed to heinous......
A London university has forked over $33,000 to build a pub for students. Unfortunately, the school isn't trying to make excessive drinking easier for students. The pub is a wooden bar in a brightly lit converted study room in the psychology department. Its operators are not grizzled barkeeps but instead vested......
You know that red muscle that hides behind your teeth? The thing with more bumps than one of Peter Jackson's dwarves? The thing that Miley Cyrus can't keep from spilling out? It may soon be obsolete. At least in the world of beer tasting. A group of Barcelona researchers have......
The Place: Township Saloon, 6612 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles; 323-464-5700. The Hours: Mon.-Sat. Noon-2 a.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.-2 a.m. The Digs: The first thing you notice about Township Saloon is its parking lot. A quick, don't-miss-it right off Sunset, the lot is expansive and reserved for the sports bar's patrons. You......
Remember cafetera cheeseburger pizza squares glazed with orange cheese? School lunch can be a very bad thing. With actual students on the case, that might change. A team of Manual Arts high school students has just won LAUSD's Cooking up Change competition, a contest challenging high school culinary students to......
Before you grab your vaporizor and the Visine, remind yourself that POT is not about weed, its impresario Roy Choi notwithstanding. Before you skip afternoon tea to save room for dinner, realize that there will be no food served tonight at POT, Choi's brand-new establishment opening at the Line Hotel......
