Besha Rodell

La Casita Mexicana, the celebrated Mexican restaurant in Bell owned by chefs Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu, is expanding to take over the space next door, which used to be a barber shop. The expansion will connect the restaurant with the store the chefs also own two doors......

Marcus Samuelsson, chef at New York's Red Rooster Harlem, will be cooking a special meal at Post & Beam, Govind Armstrong's Baldwin Hills restaurant......

Today would have been the 99th birthday of writer William S. Burroughs. In this space, we often celebrate writers and historical figures with a recipe for their libation of choice, but of course in Burroughs' case that's a little difficult. Heroin and LSD aren't exactly proper fodder for a food......

The Chef's Library is a series in which we ask chefs around town to tell us about their favorite cookbooks. Today, we talk to Andrew Kirschner, chef at Tar & Roses. "While I have an enormous collection of cookbooks, one of my all time favorites is The Zuni Cafe Cookbook......

Chi SPACCA, a restaurant concept that grew out of chef Chad Colby's wonderful salumi bar nights at Mozza's Scuola Di Pizza, opens tonight over at the Mozza compound between the Osteria and Mozza 2 Go. The restaurant is very much based on the format that Colby came up with for......

Anheuser-Busch, brewer of Budweiser, has been looking to buy Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo for $20.1 billion, giving them ownership of brands like Corona, Pacifico and Negro Modelo. But yesterday, the Justice Department sued to stop the merger, saying it would lead to an unfair market share for Anheuser-Busch and possible......

Abbot Kinney Boulevard is getting a new restaurant today with the opening of Feed Body & Soul from owner-designer DeeAnna Staats and chef Matthew Dickson, formerly of Grace and Rockenwagner. This being Venice, Feed is primarily focused on healthful eating. There are smoothies. There are a lot of organics. The......

This just in -- one of our favorite coffeehouses, Demitasse, is expanding to Santa Monica. The new location will be at 1149 Third St., just north of Wilshire. An opening date has not yet been set......

It's common practice for politicians to call on their powerful friends to help raise money. Hollywood has long been involved in politics, and wealthy socialites and campaign fundraiser parties need one another to thrive and survive. But it's new for us to see prominent chefs in the city get involved......

Pitfire Pizza opens its 7th metro-L.A. location today at in Manhattan Beach. It's taken Pitfire 15 years to get to seven locations, but they still like to brand themselves as the "anti-chain." In a 2011 interview with Squid Ink, owner Paul Hibler said: I like to say that we're the......