Jessica Ritz

Rare is the restaurant designer who gets the zeitgeist, yet pushes currently accepted boundaries and resists pat trends. Ana Henton and MASS Architecture & Design's work strikes this balance. While not limited to commercial projects, Henton and business partner Gregory Williams's updated modernist sensibility can be seen at places such......

For fans of Mirko Paderno who have followed his trajectory of working through a string of Los Angeles kitchens (Dolce, Drago, All'Angelo, Cecconi's), good news has surfaced. "It's a new concept, a new opening," Executive Chef Paderno enthusiastically told Squid Ink about his latest home, Oliverio at the Avalon. Oliverio......

If the fictional Vinny Chase were to open a restaurant in the fantasy Entourage version of L.A., chances are he'd go to Tag Front to give it the right look. The firm's founders, brothers Mehdi and Mandi Rafaty, cover a lot of design ground, from residential construction to retail stores......

The talk surrounding our current Burger Era seems unending. But what about the side dish that plays a crucial supporting role? Here are ten of our favorite places to celebrate a silent hero that's overshadowed in the grind of this meat mania: French fries. Choices are listed alphabetically, but coincidentally,......

Writers and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have thought an awful lot about food. But not in any sort of usual way. While working on their animated film, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs based on the 1978 classic kid's book, Lord and Miller had to take the initial......

For those in need of additional ethnic/regional food fests after the weekend, Brandon Boudet brings a taste of Italo-Americano street foods next week to Dominick's and Little Dom's. Chef Boudet explains that he chose items to represent "the tradition of Italian American street food and would work well" when sibling......

Exponents and neatly divisible numbers feel good in a practically Pythagorean and spiritual kind of way. At least Vermont restaurant and lounge must think so, since it's organizing a night of events around this theme tonight, i.e. 9/9/9. The $9.99 specials include the rehabbed lounge's new cocktails, like the Bitter......

In certain areas of Los Angeles it seems as if farmers' markets are placed at intervals no farther than five miles apart. Not like people are complaining about it; we say the more the merrier, as long as shoppers turn out to support the vendors and help keep this movement......

In that cruel manner of climate surprises that Southern California expertly serves up, summer actually feels like it's here. But while temps might be up, the season's activities and psychological mindset is winding down. Here are a few ways to mark the transition to whatever constitutes "fall" in L.A. The......

The beer-and-sausage package has worked quite well for a certain laser-focused Arts District restaurant, and now the Fifth Amendment Alehouse brings a similar approach to Santa Monica. Daniel Petrovich, who owns the Fifth Amendment with his wife, Eden Noe, is honest about their inspirations for the restaurant. "We're trying to......