Chelsee Lowe

On May 16, Alfred Coffee owner Joshua Zad and his team will open Alfred Tea Room, a shrine to all things tea and the first non-coffee-centric venue from the Alfred team. Like the Alfred Coffee locations, the Melrose Place tea shop pays close attentional design details — in this case,......

Kajsa Alger sits on a barstool on the back patio of Mud Hen Tavern. Clad in a faded chef’s jacket and jeans, she shakes her ponytailed hair out of her cap and gives it straight. “They tell you not to fall into the wrong crowd, but I was the wrong......

When Renee Gunter was 5 years old, she wanted nothing more than to be Mighty Mouse. Wearing wings she’d made out of paper, string and balsa wood, she climbed to the roof of her two-story West Adams apartment building and jumped. It was the first of many leaps Gunter would......

When new restaurants open around Los Angeles, L.A. Weekly heads in for a First Look, a short review based on a single visit. If you're hungry for more, see our starred restaurant reviews. It’s day two of Kogi Taqueria's soft opening, and Roy Choi is hustling, greeting guests in line......

It’s 5:30 p.m. on Sunday evening when Pizza Romano owner Alex Palermo pops out of the restaurant’s back kitchen wearing an apron and carrying a bottle full of red, seedy liquid. He’s smiling and slightly sweaty. “It’s hot sauce,” he says, holding up the bottle. “Customers have been asking for......

If you’ve wandered the streets of Frogtown lately, you may have stumbled upon Elysian, an event space and restaurant where Clearwater Street meets the L.A. River. With any luck, you’ve peered beyond the wooden gate, wandered through the garden and sat down for a meal in the indoor/outdoor venue. Said......

If you’re anything like Alfred Coffee owner Joshua Zad, you’ve spent a decent number of hours lamenting L.A.’s lackluster bagel scene. Your tune may have changed a bit last summer, though, when New York-style bagel truck Yeastie Boys started selling their goods on various street corners around town.  It didn’t......

For many of us, the day cannot begin without coffee. If you happen to live in the southern reaches of Mid-City, a fresh option for picking up your daily grind has landed: Hermanos Coffee, situated at San Vicente Boulevard and Carmona Avenue. The location might surprise those familiar with that......

Harold & Belle’s has drawn fans of Creole cuisine to a quiet stretch of West Jefferson Boulevard for more than 40 years, thanks to beloved family recipes for filé gumbo, étouffée and other Creole classics. This week, another chapter in the restaurant's history begins: Third-generation owners Ryan and Jessica Legaux,......