Heather Platt

Pepperoni waffle pizza at Seoul Waffle Pizza; Credit: Heather Platt

Seoul Waffle Pizza Just Invented a New Sweet-Savory Mashup in Koreatown

Heather Platt
If you haven’t previously stepped foot into Koreatown’s Oxford Plaza, the two story shopping center on the corner of South Oxford Avenue and West 8th Street, you haven’t missed much. Aside from a seemingly deserted mall filled with ambiguous beauty supply stores and a mostly empty-shelved grocery store, it hasn’t......
Growing lettuce inside a Local Roots farm container; Credit: Courtesy Local Roots

Could the Future of Urban Agriculture Be Located Inside a Vernon Warehouse?

Heather Platt
In 2014, Local Roots CEO Eric Ellestad built a farm inside a repurposed, 40-foot-long shipping container in a parking lot in Hawthorne. As with many young startups, his company's ambitions were grand: to solve the biggest challenges of modern agriculture. With indoor, climate-controlled crops, Local Roots' urban farms were intended......
Barbecue pork jade noodles at Same Same Thai; Credit: Heather Platt

Same Same, a Wine Bar With Thai Food, Opens in Silver Lake

Heather Platt
“Are you familiar with phrase ‘same same but different’?” asks Last Word Hospitality’s Adam Weisblatt. He is referring to an exchange commonly used in Thailand, which also explains the name of his reimagined strip mall Thai restaurant. The hospitality experts behind Last Word — Angus McShane, Holly Zack, and Weisblatt......
Bourride at chef Tony Esnault's Spring; Credit: Heather Platt

First Look: Tony Esnault's Spring Is Very French and Very Charming

Heather Platt
Upon entering Spring, the downtown eatery from former Church & State chef Tony Esnault and partner Yassmin Sarmadi that was years in the making, you are immediately faced with a large open kitchen bustling with white-coat-clad chefs, like something out of Ratatouille.  One of the chefs is using kitchen shears to......