Elina Shatkin

Sentimental Southern Californians who remember celebrating birthdays, soccer tournaments and the like at Farrell's have watched the decline of this faux fin de siècle ice cream "parlour" (complete with a superfluous British "U") with dismay and resignation. After years on the wane -- flagging consumer interest, mismanagement and shuttered locations......

Customer: "Waiter! I asked for alu paratha but I find no potatoes in it!" Waiter: "What's in a name Sir! If you ask for Kashmiri pulav, will you expect to find Kashmir in it?" At Saffron Spot in Artesia, the ice creams tend toward a vibrant candyish hue and sport......

When is a pancake more than a pancake? When it's topped with bacon, noodles, mochi and provolone and comes off the the Glowfish Truck (@glowfishtruck) truck. Launched barely two weeks ago, Glowfish boasts a menu of Japanese "festival" food: i.e. zaftig, thoroughly intercontinental combos as kooky and irreverent as Japanese......

5. Loteria 9th Anniversary It's an all-day happy hour featuring half-price margaritas, micheladas, sangria and beer at Loteria Grill in Hollywood and Studio City or a special plato botanero at the location in the Farmers Market. When: All day, July 1 Where: Loteria Grill......

Some people come to Milk for the dense, brick-like ice cream bars. Some come for the ice cream sandwiches, stacked on toasted macarons and dipped into chocolate. Some even come for the plain old ice cream in intriguing flavors like Thai ice tea and coffee chocolate chip. Those are all......

Roscoe's is deservedly famous for its chicken and waffles, and Heirloom LA for its lasagna cupcake. Tonight, the Flatiron Truck tries to one-up both of them with a chicken and waffle cupcake. Yes, you read that right......

Paradis had already made inroads in Montrose, when the shop opened a new outpost in April on the Hollywood/Los Feliz border. These are, so far, the only two, U.S. franchises of a popular Danish gelato chain with over 30 shops in its native land......

Saunter into The Montage Beverly Hills past Scarpetta and head up the curved stairway to the second story, where Los Angeles' most recondite shoebox bar (and probably its most affluent) hides behind a carapace of dark wood and buttery leather. With only nine tables, Ten Pound (or £10, if you......

The other day we talked about the incredible pistachio gelato at Bulgarini. Today, it's all about the chocolate gelato at Pazzo. This small Silver Lake shop near Sunset Junction makes incredible, creamy gelato that's densely flavored and as soft as silk......

It's officially summer, and that means this Friday, July 1st, confectioner Hasty Torres will launch this year's line of small-batch, artisanal ice cream flavors from her eponymous Beverly Hills store, Madame Chocolat. This year's flavors include chocolate, vanilla, chocolate chocolate chip, espresso and espresso chocolate chip. She will also bring......