Sarah Bennett

San Fernando Road is an artery of warehouses and manufacturing plants that parallels railroad tracks from Lincoln Heights to the City of San Fernando. It may not look like much as you drive the nearly 20-mile-long street, but along the way you'll pass through Glassell Park, Glendale, downtown Burbank and......

Starbucks' cup designs are all over the news this week. This time, the plain red holiday cups are drawing ire from a group of Christians who claim that they're part of a symbolic war against Jesus because they don't say "Merry Christmas." The hype and outrage can be traced back to......

In London, they're called boxparks. In Portland, they're food cart pods. In Tijuana, gastroparks. Massive outdoor pop-up food courts, in some form or another, have taken over empty lots cities across the globe. They're almost commonplace everywhere from Austin to San Francisco, but Los Angeles has remained without a full expression......

Since earlier this year, a sign in the papered-up windows said "coming summer 2015." Now DJ-singer-songwriter Moby has announced that his Silver Lake restaurant Little Pine will open Nov. 19. We've been keeping an eye on the build-out in the beautiful Art Deco building on Rowena, which for years was......

Puertos Del Pacifico in Boyle Heights is not your typical purveyor of sustainable shark tacos, hand-made Masienda corn tortillas and farm-to-table, tempura-battered squash tostadas. Considering that L.A's own brand of modern Mexican food is being defined by high-profile chefs in upscale locations, the 10-year-old Mexican restaurant in the parking lot of......

This year has not been kind to Chipotle, the custom burrito and bowl chain that started in Denver 23 years ago and slowly took over the hearts of a million Americans with a "Food With Integrity" slogan that set them apart from competitors. With the latest news that over 40 people......

Sherman Oaks might still lack a brewery of its own (you'll have to go to Van Nuys for that), but it's managed to become one of L.A.'s most worthwhile craft beer destinations, with a tight collection of craft-beer-loving establishments situated within stumbling distance section on or near Ventura Boulevard. Along the......

Bulletproof Coffee, purveyors of the butter-and-coconut-oil coffee that's supposed to replace breakfast and claims to increase energy and health, is expanding. After opening a flagship shop and cafe in Santa Monica in July, Bulletproof's controversial owner and creator David Asprey is moving his "biohacking" vision into downtown with a new......

Two weeks ago we went on a hunt for the best L.A.-style soul food that you can't find in a restaurant. Grilled Fraiche didn't make the list, but it should have. We missed the food truck because it was only a few weeks old at the time. The food truck, which......