Heather Platt

The Kentucky Derby might be the most exciting two minutes in sports, but some of us want to celebrate it for a lot longer. If you have a hankering for mint juleps and can't make it out to Louisville this Saturday, May 2, there are plenty of L.A. restaurants and bars......

Whether you're a super-fan decked out in Dodger blue or just tagging along with your baseball-loving friends for the beer, the stadium's famous hot dogs can lose their novelty, and peanuts and Cracker Jacks sometimes just don't cut it. Luckily, the neighborhoods surrounding Dodger Stadium, Echo Park and Chinatown, are......

There is a myth, it seems, that after you have children your friends disappear. But new parents still want to go out, eat good food and drink wine, beer and booze as much as the non-child-rearing set. Actually, they likely want to even more. But because not every restaurant welcomes babies......

“Those sea squirts are boss,” a man known among friends as Beef Erikson shouts as he chomps down on a bright-orange gummy creature, his eyes widening as the unique bitter flavor fills his mouth. But no one is listening. The six other men at the table are too busy shoving......

Los Angeles has plenty of late night dining. If you’ve ever bellied up to the counter at Cafe 101 in Hollywood for a waffle brownie sundae, waited in line at 3 a.m. for a “Jucy Lucy” burger from Fred 62 in Los Feliz or piled into a booth at Swingers......

Roses are red, violets are blue, no one hates Valentine’s Day more than…you? It turns out you’re not alone. Who really likes Valentine’s Day anyway? All of the restaurants profiting from extremely expensive prix-fixe menus? Florists and chocolatiers? Probably. It’s kind of a pressure-filled day for everyone, but if you......

Even if you don’t like to cook, pay attention. For some, "learning to cook" may be a now forgotten New Year’s resolution. Others assume it is a hopeless cause and would prefer to never know the meaning of mire-poix, mise-en-place or chiffonade. But whatever your stance, having some skill in the......

You know the feeling: that exhausting nausea from drinking too much beer combined with a whole lot of Super Bowl junk food. That mound of chips and guacamole seemed like a great idea at kickoff, but by the half-time show, it’s gross. And no matter how excited you are to......

It’s almost here, that bi-annual time when most of L.A.’s best eateries offer special prix-fixe menus that include one-off dishes and imaginative lunches as part of Los Angeles' expansive restaurant week, aka dineLA. Menus at more than 360 restaurants across the county are priced so reasonably that every hungry diner......