Baked pasta is as familial as food gets. Ziti with gooey mozzarella cheese is the stuff Sundays are made of, the definition of a “one pot meal” that’s as satisf...
Restaurants come and go so much lately, it’s best not to get too attached to any one place. At the moment, my favorite hot chicken spot now sells Peruvi...
Pull into 12181 Bluff Creek Drive, and you’ll see a giant KAWS statue — a towering, pop-art, blue Pixar-like creature with X’s for eyes. It’s so imposing and id...
I’m about to try a $100 cup of coffee, but it doesn’t feel like I’ve earned it. Coffee is usually functional to me. If I could get it every morning from...
I’m at Kusina Filipina on a Sunday morning, and I'm staring at two giant, golden balloons numbered 6 and 0 off to the side of the dining room. It feels like the...
I’m at Ike's Love and Sandwiches in Burbank, and I’m sad. Directly in front of me is the number 63, named the Hella Fat Bastard. I can’t remember if I told the ...
Walk into Loupiotte, and the uplifting aesthetic Sarah Bessade brings to her Los Feliz restaurant washes over you. Patrons are immediately steeped in he...
Feeding the insatiable appetite of a brand can often lead to causalities of integrity. Whenever a food truck gets a proper brick-and-mortar location, it’s cause...
Situated firmly near the 101 freeway on Santa Monica Boulevard in Little Armenia is Kavkaz Plaza, a familiar neighborhood pillar since 1988. It’s the home of Ka...
“I want to take down the Italians,” Ricardo Zarate tells me excitedly as he pounds the table with playful accentuation. He’s making a joke, but it’s obvious his comment is laden with truth. No immigrant cuisine has been embraced in America quite like Italian. Its omnipresence reaches every corner of America. Despite pasta’s widespread captivation, Ricardo knows something nobody else does. There’s going to be a demand for Peruvian food very soon, and his West Hollywood restaurant Rosaliné is a champion of it....
