Elina Shatkin

We told you a few weeks ago about 1321, the taproom and restaurant with chef Greg Paul (formerly of The Oaks Gourmet Market) behind the stoves. Now, we have a few more details. It's opening May 6th, or this Friday. The decor is the faddish rustic-yet-contemporary look i.e. exposed brick......

If you've been to some of the apallingly oversold food truck festivals of the past couple years, the sight of lines snaking around food trucks outside the Broad Stage on Sunday morning should have sparked a PTSD flashback. No need to worry. These lines moved fast (comparatively speaking) and most......

Dear Gazpacho, By the time you read this, I'll be long gone. I'm sorry for doing this, but it's for the best. I know it might come as a bit of a surprise to you, but take an honest look at our relationship. It hasn't been good for a long......

Jason Michaud doesn't do things by half-measures. Deep into the arduous and expensive process of securing a liquor license for Local, his two-and-a-half-year-old Silver Lake cafe, he's opening two new restaurants, far afield from Local in terms of cuisine but operating on the same ethos of local produce, environmental sustainability......

What's in a name? Many, many syllables when it comes to "Royal Princess Cheddarella Regiano" or "Did you jam your cheesecake in to my sandwich?" These were two of the more elaborately named winners in this year's Grilled Cheese Invitational, where sandwiches like "Pelian's Lament (#2)" and "Something To Lime......

Flavor Flav's no Colonel Sanders, it turns out. In January, the clock-wearing, Brigitte Nielsen-dating rapper opened Flav's Fried Chicken in (where else?) Clinton, Iowa. It was planned as the first outpost of an empire, but a mere three months after its opening, Flav's Fried Chicken is closing its doors......

Ever wondered whether that vacuum-packed chuck steak or that chicken breast is still fresh? Looks can be deceiving, and the "best-before" date may be no guarantee. A group of German scientists claim they've solved the problem: embedded into food packages, a thin slip of film will change color when meat......

Break out the rum. L.A.'s most famous tiki bar, Tiki-Ti, turns half-a-century old this week, and they're throwing a four-day party to celebrate. Founded on April 28th, 1961 by Ray Buhen, the bar is something of an anachronism amid the city's slick cocktail haunts, a panoply of seashells, old license......

It's confirmed: downtown's über-local cafe, Daily Dose, will open this Thursday, April 28th, after years of planning and months of delays. The downtown cafe is so committed to the locavore ethos you can actually get a "Save The Children"-esque dossier on the cow from whence your burger came. Wait, that's......