Farley Elliott

Los Angeles' endless strip malls are a wonderland of great, often hidden culinary gems. There are tucked away ethnic eats to be had for cheap, Michelin-starred sushi spots that share parking with chain coffee spots and even a few mashups that occur right on your lunch plate. Indian food and......

Ah, yes. The annual desert sweat-fest, perhaps better known as the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, is upon us all. In places like Venice, Silver Lake, Echo Park and Los Feliz, weekend streets will lay barren and unused; local bars will resort to extended happy hour pricing to try to lure......

As Pasadena continues its slow climb towards culinary self-sufficiency, the rest of L.A. county has been watching on with varying levels of interest. Grist & Toll has certainly helped to charm up the place, offering urban flour milling and the occasional on-site bread bake, while the area's recent coffee boom - including the......

Is March 20 a particularly special day in your life? Perhaps not - until you realize that it's the first official day of spring this year. Our long regional nightmare of not using an air conditioner is finally over - quick everyone, to the aging power grid! Or, if you're......

Is Santa Monica becoming downright stuffed with taco shops? Not exactly. But the move of taco mavens Mondo Taco from their skimpy Mid-City location on La Brea does bring a third high-visibility operation to the area, behind Tacos Por Favor and Tacos Punta Cabras. But Mondo isn't looking to replicate the simple, straightforward fare at Por Favor or......

Folks, if you'll (once again) forgive my crass language for a moment, there's really something important that needs to be discussed: We f*cking did it. We officially turned up the food pop culture wash cycle to 11. It moves so fast now, there's no telling where one hit story begins......

"I can't say for sure, but I think this place might be heaven." That, from an early 20s production assistant fresh out of USC, trying to make his OKCupid date laugh, as they stood in a line that stretched out the front door of Glazed Donut Bistro in West Hollywood......

A 7,000 square-foot former mechanic shop in East Hollywood may seem like a curious place for Marino Monferrato to end up these days, but that's exactly what's happened. As the half-decade front-of-the-house man for Cecconi's in West Hollywood, Monferrato donned a suit and tie while recommending pricey wines to moneyed......

Goodbye, Westside. Chef Walter el Nagar's consistently fleeting Italian pop-ups titled Barbershop Ristorante, have been moving progressively east, with earlier stints in Venice and upstairs at the A.O.C. space on West 3rd. Now the chef, known for his work at beach town haunts like Il Grano, Piccolo and Michelin-rated La Botte,......