Kayvan Gabbay

Go Get Em Tiger patio; Credit: Kayvan Gabbay

Go Get Em Tiger Opens in Los Feliz With Steak, Pastries and That Famous Latte

G&B Coffee is for many synonymous with great third-wave coffee — a coffee renaissance initiated on a national scale by the now-famous Intelligentsia — and gregarious, knowledgeable baristas. The comapny name comes from the last initials of co-owners Charles Babinski and Kyle Glanville, who met during their Intelligentsia days. Babinski......
Pina's giant veal chop with a side of pasta; Credit: Pina's Bistro

Revel in Old-School, Red-Sauce Italian at Pina's Bistro

It's getting much more difficult to find old-school Italian-American restaurants, coast to coast. Sadly, over the past few decades, even Mulberry Street in New York's iconic Little Italy has devolved into a saccharine tourist trap for unwitting tourists.   When two up-and-coming chefs, Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone, opened Torrisi Italian Specialties in the......
Albacore sushi; Credit: Kayvan Gabbay

A Hidden Sushi Gem in Costa Mesa: Craft and Tradition at Shibucho

In a corner of a Costa Mesa mini-mall, you're sitting in Sushi Shibucho, a tiny, traditional sushi bar, staring down a pristine piece of kanpachi (amberjack) — some of the best sushi in town.  And it all started with the original proprietor and master sushi chef, Sakae Shibutani (affectionately known as Shibutani-san) who opened this......
Bowl of conch soup with white rice and house-made corn tortillas; Credit: Kayvan Gabbay

Honduran Home Cooking at Lempira Restaurant in Hollywood

Staring down an oversized bowl of sopa de caracol (conch soup) heavy with coconut milk, you might just think for an all-too-fleeting moment that you're on a sunny, sandy, tropical isle. Yet you're actually sitting in the hole-in-the wall cafe of your dreams in a scruffy East Hollywood strip mall.  Sitting between a Thai......
Various moquecas; Credit: Moqueca Restaurant

Moqueca Restaurant Serves a Brazilian Dish You Haven't Heard of Yet

If you have finally gotten your fill of wunderkind Michael Phelps winning his umpteenth gold medal or perhaps you simply need a brief respite from the badminton competition (yawn!) [Ed. note: how dare you, badminton is thrilling] in this year's Rio 2016 Olympics, your thoughts may begin to wander to......