Scott Reitz

The bakery is now more of a pizzeria....

Like many successful restaurants, the Good Greek Grill owes its existence to a delicate balance of careful planning and fortunate mishaps. Co-owner Dino Pantazis says he and his partners had always planned for a brick and mortar location, but it was a broken-down food truck that urged them to finally......

Last week Twenty40, a new neighborhood café in Los Feliz, staged a very hushed opening on Hillhurst Avenue. Signs for the previous restaurant San-Sui remain like camouflage, advertising long-gone sushi and Japanese country cuisine, while two laminated pieces of printer paper announce Twenty40's operating hours and a simple menu of......

If the new construction along Olympic Avenue is an indicator, there may be a dire need for a place like Birdie’s very soon, if there isn’t already. Just across the street from the newly minted takeout, sleek, newly constructed residential units are stacked like Legos and waiting for their new......

On a recent Friday at dawn, while most of Culver City is still fumbling with the snooze button, the bakers behind Lodge Bread Co. are well into their workday. Alex Phaneuf, Alan Craig and Or Amsalam typically arrive at their bakery at 4 a.m. on weekdays, and by the time......

“You’re here to eat food?” the server asked me as I pointed to an empty table. It’s not the sort of question you expect when you walk into a restaurant, but I chalked it up to the fact that the newly opened Oh San Restaurant is deeply steeped in its......

The next time you walk down Vermont Avenue near the Los Feliz Cinema, it will be impossible to miss the larger-than-life calavera recently lapped onto the brick façade that frames the theater. Large, dopey eyes look out from the mural, whle stitched mouth says nothing. Joshua Pourgol and Oliver Mateen......

At 9 p.m. on a Monday, the dining room at Hatchet Hall is starting to empty as another busy dinner service draws to a close. Checks land on tables and seats at the bar open up while servers count tips and close out their stations. You can feel the pressure......

Imen Shan’s teashop Tea Habitat isn’t exactly the type of place you drop in for an afternoon cuppa' with two lumps and milk. Located in downtown Alhambra, her small retail space is tucked behind a rushing fountain in the same mixed-use development that boasts Chase Bank and Al’s Italian Beef......

It’s just a few minutes past 8:30 a.m., and a stand piled with bananas at the Santa Monica Farmers Market is mobbed with customers hurling questions. “Which of these is ready for eating right now?” asks a man with a toddler strapped in a stroller. “Will these make good banana bread?”......