Elina Shatkin

Kassava, the Caribbean restaurant tucked behind the Beverly Center, is opening a new location in the heart of the Sunset Strip. No word on whether Kassava on Sunset is a replacement or an addition to the original location. More details when we get them. Kassava on Sunset: 8410 W. Sunset......

Franz Etz Grüner Veltliner -- good luck saying that ten times fast, especially after you've had a couple glasses of this Austrian wine. This is a dry, crisp white wine that we first tasted at Domaine LA but have spotted at a handful of local wine shops including Bar Covell......

ColLAboration Beer Garden Forget Bastille Day. In honor of Belgian Independence Day (actually celebrated on July 21st), ColLAboration will theoretically have Belgian brews on tap at its third summer beer garden. Technically, ColLAboration is a members-only club. For members, admission is free; for non-members, it costs $15 to join. When:......

With most of the city's top bartenders attending Tales of the Cocktail, this may be the worst weekend in Los Angeles to get a top-quality cocktail. So when they all get back, get thee to Eveleigh, which has, improbably, become a destination for great cocktails and good food amid one......

Tonight, Culina, the in-house restaurant at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, will celebrate the launch of John Mariani's book, "How Italian Food Conquered the World" with a special five-course prix fixe dinner from chef Victor Casanova alongside wine pairings by sommelier Brick Loomis. The book traces the rise of......

What kind of crazy, ambitious non-professional chef buys a pound of truffles at a time? That's what the vendor wanted to know when Erika Kerekes picked up her first big haul of black summer truffles. The backdrop couldn't have been more prosaic. It was 6 a.m. in a Carl's Jr......

We caught up with Kitchen 24 impresario (and Commissary partner) Dave Dickerson to chat about expansion plans for his 24-hour modern diner, currently with one location in Hollywood. The next Kitchen 24 location, which should open in the heart of West Hollywood in October, is in the middle of a......

The grim reality that Hollywood has, at least temporarily, exhausted its source material for the Harry Potter books is setting in. What to do, what to do? Drown your sorrows in these clever cocktails devised by The Backyard Bartender, who has spent an admirable, and perhaps frightening, amount of time......

Because Groupon, Living Social, Daily Candy, BlackboardEats (which failed with their paid coupon experiment) and every publication with its own coupon promo system (Village Voice, cough cough) just aren't enough, there's a new daily coupon site devoted to dining. Eat Deals, which focuses solely on restaurant promotions, just launched. (Today's......