Elina Shatkin

Were he alive and living in Los Angeles today, writer, poet, synesthete and -- lest we forget -- lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov might have been found at La Monarca. Named for the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), whose annual migration (as VN would know) takes it from Michoacán to Northern California, La......

Boilermakers aint exactly known for their class, but the Beer Chicks hope to imbue the traditional working man's gut-churner -- a bracing shot of whiskey followed by a can of cheap bar -- with high style. Tonight at Seven Grand from 7 to 9 p.m., they launch their 7/8 Boiler......

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you broken wine bottles, make an internet video. That's what Superior Discount Liquors of Sheboygan, Wisconsin did after a 78-foot section of shelf collapsed and more than 6,000 wine bottles crashed to the floor, leaving the store in a foamy......

Tsujita L.A., which just finished a one-week ramen pop-up at Mitsuwa Market in Mar Vista, will start serving lunch tomorrow. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the last order being taken at 2:30 p.m. This will likely mark the official debut of chef Takehiro Tsujita's......

They couldn't just call it happy hour, but that's what Sotto launches tonight with Aperitivo and Digestivo hours featuring specially priced $9 cocktails from its Italian-inspired cocktail menu designed around liquors like grappa, sambucca and Campari. They'll also offer bar bites like calamari, crostini, fried chickpeas and pickled Lupini beans,......

Rejoice, McRib lovers! Beginning today, the McRib sandwich, with its strange but undeniable sway over its devotees, returns to McDonald's restaurants in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. Shaped to look like ribs and slathered in bright red BBQ sauce, the boneless pork patty will sell for......

Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser, who visited Southern California in February to talk with Michael Pollan and Evan Kleiman about the business -- the very big business -- of food, returns to Los Angeles on November 17th to give a lecture at Occidental College......

It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing: Last week, chef Takehiro Tsujita of Tsujita L.A. (a.k.a. Nidaime Tsujita), or rather, his ramen, popped up for one week only in Mitsuwa Marketplace. Serving as Tsujita's temporary training ground, Tanaka Ramen offered the same ramen that will be served at the Sawtelle......

It's National Bologna Day. Not the day we honor the Northern Italian city famous for its ragù, but a day to honor pressed, sliced tubes of meat. Let the lunchmeat reign -- and rain. It's also National Food Day! Drinking whiskey in the spirit of George Washington. Our own Elina......

Big Sugar won the latest skirmish in the legal battle against Big Corn when a federal judge ruled that a recently filed lawsuit can proceed. Last month, a coalition of sugar farmers led by C&H Sugar Company filed suit against the Corn Refiners Association over its attempts to rename "high......