Elina Shatkin

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Free Red Velvet Cupcake Alert – NOW

To promote the new season of zombie thriller The Walking Dead, which returns (minus executive producer Frank Darabont) for season 2, AMC shills are currently on the Third Street Promenade (near Arizona in front of the Coffee Bean) giving away free red velvet cupcakes. Sweet schwag! That's the kind of......
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Couple Rescued From Corn Maze

Either the corn mazes in Massachusetts are a lot more complicated or the residents are a lot less smart. A couple had to call 911 for a rescue after getting lost in the Connors Farm corn maze. "We thought this would be fun. Instead, it's a nightmare," said the unnamed......
Saints  Credit: Caroline on Crack

Oldfield's Liquor Room to Open at Former Saints & Sinners

Saints & Sinners in Culver City is getting a revamp courtesy of its owners, 1933 Group, the same dudes who overhauled Stinkers into Thirsty Crow a little over a year ago. (They also own Little Cave and Bigfoot Lodge) The new bar, Oldfield's Liquor Room, officially opens to the public......
Credit: Courtesy of Larchmont Larder.

Larchmont Larder, Saigon Noodle House Get Hitched

It's not quite a restaurant opening or a pop-up, but Saigon Noodle House is moving in with Larchmont Larder. Starting today, the Vietnamese-French restaurant will set up kitchen in the cafe and deli during the evenings. The in-house restaurant will operate Tuesday through Thursday (5-10 p.m.), Saturday (5-11 p.m.) and......
Spooky Pickled Egg at Philippe's; Credit: Elina Shatkin

Photo of the Day: Pickled Egg from Philippe's

Just because it's so weird and beautiful, because it's so wrong it's right, because that shade of magenta is so rarely associated with any naturally originated food, today's Photo of the Day is the pickled egg from Philippe the Original, where it sits in a massive countertop jar with its......
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Fundamental LA: Sandwiches That Are Anything But Basic

Blink and you'll probably miss Fundamental LA, a sandwich shop that's too hip and artisanal to bother with anything as conventional as signage. It would be a shame to overlook this place, since they consistently make some of the most satisfying and original sandwiches east or west of the 405......
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Best Vintage Butcher's Sign: Harvey's Guss Meat Co.

The best meat art in Los Angeles isn't Lady Gaga's (by now) thoroughly rotted VMA dress, it's the mural adorning Harvey's Guss Meat Co. A gaggle of farm animals placidly stares out from a truck as it trundles toward the slaughterhouse. Anthropomorphized animals cheerfully exhorting you to eat them are......
KCRW deejay Anne Litt (left) and chef Cat Cora (right).; Credit: Courtesy of KCRW

Cat Cora's Favorite Tunes

Iron Chef Cat Cora joins the ranks of Kerry Simon, Rick Bayless and Adam Richman to reveal some of her favorite tunes for KCRW's Guest DJ Project. The Mississippi-born Cora segues from country to classic soul but says all her song picks represent major milestones in her life, most notably......
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One-Eyed Gypsy Opens: Photo Gallery

You could re-read Luc Sante's Low Life, or you could take a trip to the outer edges of downtown Los Angeles and, for the price of a cocktail or two, pretend to live in it. There will be no real danger. No blind tigers, no crooked bartenders to slip you......
Coffee Snobs: two girls and a coffee cup.; Credit: Funny Or Die

Coffee Snobs Video: Shot at Proof

By now, we've all probably seen the "Coffee Snobs" video on Funny Or Die with the two bitchy baristas either ignoring customers or ridiculing them for daring to order anything other than a straight coffee. A macchiatto? They don't exist. An iced coffee? Why would they even bother? The contempt......