Celia Soudry

When a new bar is about to open in Hollywood, we can't help but imagine the scene in Back to the Future III when Marty McFly gets his coffin size measured before a showdown with Mad Dog Tannen. With such a high turnaround it's no surprise that, after less than......

Culver City Korean barbecue spot Gyenari, next door to Rush Street, has closed. The space, known for cheap happy hours and not-so-cheap dinners, closed for renovations on April 11th. The restaurant updated its Facebook page: "Dear friends - Gyenari will be closed this week for renovations (THIS IS GONNA BE......

If you spend way too much on loose leaf teas or savor bags of one-dollar genmaicha from your local Japanese market, you'll want to check out the Kulov Tea Festival. It's free and can teach you a few things: how to make matcha properly; sip tea out of ceramic cups;......

Santa Monica seafood restaurant i. Cugini, open for over 20 years on Ocean Avenue, announced plans to close this summer, by June 19th. "It was a very difficult decision for us to make," says Sam King, CEO of King's Seafood Company, in a press release. "We truly enjoyed operating i......

It was 5 p.m. at Doheny Kosher Meat Market on a Sunday night. We came in through the back door past a "No Admittance - Employees Only" sign. We felt like Lorraine Bracco entering the Copa Cabana for the first time in Goodfellas. There were about ten men bearing large......

Studio City isn't famous for its nightlife, for its sushi maybe, but now we have another option to consider: 3,000 square foot Bar BLVD, inside BLVD Hotel + Spa, opening Thursday, April 14th. The boutique hotel, which soft-opened February 4th with 58 rooms, is still smoothing out the kinks, opening......

In its third year, Drink: Eat: Play's LA Beer Fest, on Saturday, April 9th at Sony Studios, is "a lot bigger, with more distributors and food trucks," says event producer Dan Silberstein. If you've never been, this isn't like your typical wine or liquor tasting with cheese and cracker bits......

It's National Grilled Cheese Month and Clementine chef-owner Annie Miler isn't taking it lightly -- she's been brainstorming new sandwich ideas and bracing her staff for a menu of 10 different grilled cheeses offered every week of the month. "This is double what we've ever done," Miler says, "we have......

For about two years, the nightclub Bar 210, connected to the Beverly Hilton Hotel, was the hottest place to be in Beverly Hills -- if waiting in line in a miniskirt until midnight was your thing. Now, when you drive past the chained-off bar on a Friday or Saturday night......

We've already dismissed our resolutions. Now, onto pie. Simplethings sandwich & pie shop, formerly counter-service only, is giving away free "cutie pies" the entire month of April to kick off their fairly new tableside dinner service. This means complementary 3-inch dessert pies with purchase of any savory potpie (all for......