Anne Fishbein

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Pollo Loco at ChocoChicken

ChocoChicken is a restaurant dedicated to chocolate-flavored chicken. It sounds like a joke. And when Adam Fleischman, founder of the Umami empire and monetary ...
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Daw Yee: Mission of Burma

L.A. has a very small pool of Burmese restaurants; among them, Daw Yee does not boast the most extensive menu. Nonetheless, Daw Yee, in Monterey Park, is fascin...
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Malibu Pier Restaurant and Bar

Malibu Pier Restaurant and Bar, with chef Jason Fullilove at the helm, is in the two buildings at the pier’s entrance that used to be Beachcomber Cafe and Ruby’...

The Tasting Menu Trend

In Los Angeles especially, but increasingly across the country, restaurants are either switching to tasting menus, putting a greater focus on a tasting-menu opt...
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Greenspan’s Grilled Cheese

Seven years ago, while trying to create a sandwich based on the principles of a cheese plate at his restaurant the Foundry, Eric Greenspan came up with a combin...
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Tipple & Brine in Sherman Oaks

Tipple & Brine is the work of Richard DiSisto, a restaurateur who is also vice president of the Sherman Oaks Chamber of Commerce. DiSisto has said that he opene...
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The New Rise of L.A. Bread

Welcome to the current state of baking in L.A., where small-batch bakers are producing some of the best bread this town has seen in years. What's new: a gro...
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Superba Food and Bread in Venice

Superba Food and Bread in Venice is an all-day affair, unlike the dinner-only Snack Bar. It’s not just a restaurant — it’s a cafe, a patisserie and a bread bake...