Jessica Ritz

It's never too late to create new traditions in this town. Just think, Cinespia screenings didn't even exist a few years ago. So it's fitting that the Thursday night farmers' market at Yamashiro restaurant, perched high above Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, became a new favorite evening summer ritual. Other post-sunset......

There must be statistics, somewhere, detailing the amount of chain link fencing in the possession of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It seems entirely possible that the sum of the practical-yet-dreary material surrounding LAUSD sites might stretch from the Pacific to some destination on the Atlantic coast, or even......

Cruise by Alcove Café & Bakery on Hillhurst north of Franklin in Los Feliz just about anytime, day or night, and you'll see people sitting on the exceedingly pleasant patio poking at salads, sandwiches, desserts, and other café foods and beverages. Now both passersby and Alcove customers will notice something......

Cafecito Orgánico isn't the kind of business to grow with a wow-look-how-big-we're-getting type of plan. Instead its latest expansion feels, well, organic. It's been about eight months since Mitch Hale and Angel Orozco's mobile farmers' market coffee stand and roaster set up its first brick-and-mortar location on Hoover and Bellevue,......

It's in the hands of the capricious climate gods whether Cube Café and Marketplace's Pork 'n' Beans Rooftop Afternoon BBQ will be a hot-weather cookout or a crisp fall affair. On Saturday, October 9, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Cube Foundation Garden, Cube welcomes featured guests and artisanal......

We can't imagine that restaurateur Michael McCarty, owner of his eponymous and Santa Monica restaurant since 1979, hasn't thought a lot about a Wednesday farmers market tie-in event. So even if it's been years in the making, McCarty is finally launching Michael's Market Meet-Ups at Michael's on Wednesday, October 13......

Who says the indie health food store is a thing of the past? True, Whole Foods has brought that heady "heath food store smell" -- which we suppose comes from commingling aromas of natural soaps, vitamins, freshly juiced wheatgrass and such -- into the mainstream, but the longevity of places......

When Eva celebrates its one-year anniversary on Wednesday, September 29th, big kitchen star power will take over the restaurant's compact space. "They've all been friends of mine for many years," says Eva's Chef/Owner Mark Gold of pals Michael Cimarusti, Josiah Citrin, Walter Manzke and Sherry Yard, who will share the......

George Abou-Daoud, the de facto mayor of Sunset in Hollywood, has added another venue to his lineup. GelatoVino joins sibling establishments Bowery, District, Mercantile, Mission Cantina, Delancey, and Tamarind Avenue Deli, bringing a gelato and dessert wine concept into the Abou-Daoud portfolio. The compact and focused space, which is tucked......

Where there was an outstanding tailor shop for over 20 years called the Golden Needle, now there's Papa's Place. Many Los Feliz locals miss this source of meticulous handiwork, yet Papa's Place, owned by Cengiz Karachua, son of the aforementioned tailor who passed away in 2008, fills a different neighborhood......