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2024


LA’s Newest Italian Restaurant Comes From a James Beard Award-Winning Chef

LA’s Newest Italian Restaurant Comes From a James Beard Award-Winning Chef

The Skillet Pizza Social features two unique pies — one topped with fried pickles and spiced ricotta and another with ground waygu beef and American cheese — and cocktails from Thunderbolt with Absolut vodka, Beefeater gin, or Codigo 1530 tequila.


19 fanciful salads worth ordering in Los Angeles

19 fanciful salads worth ordering in Los Angeles

It can be challenging to get excited about cauliflower, but chef Raphael Francois utilizes his wood-burning stove to lightly char the main ingredient, then carefully adds harissa, cucumber, almonds, and pomegranate for a beautifully plated salad that can hold its own as a starter or side dish.


Anticipated Grandview marketplace, food hall announces opening date

Anticipated Grandview marketplace, food hall announces opening date

Mark your calendars for August 16th when the much-anticipated Little Grand Market at Thrive Companies Grandview Crossing opens its doors.


4 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: July 19

4 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: July 19

Bee Taqueria is a visually lovely outdoor restaurant nestled in West Adams — punchy lion murals, string lights, and white picnic tables set the scene; chef Alex Carrasco’s exciting, ever-irreverent taco lineup completes the picture.


Pop-Up Superstar Bridgetown Roti Finally Opens Its Permanent Los Angeles Home

Pop-Up Superstar Bridgetown Roti Finally Opens Its Permanent Los Angeles Home

The selection of side dishes includes mac and cheese pie, Aunt Vie’s codfish cakes (a Holmes family staple), sweet-spiced plantains, pigeon peas and rice, jerk cucumber salad, and callaloo, greens stewed in a mixed-pepper coconut dashi.


A Former Melisse Wine Director Opens a Dante-Inspired Wine Bar Deep in the San Fernando Valley

A Former Melisse Wine Director Opens a Dante-Inspired Wine Bar Deep in the San Fernando Valley

Kalliel didn’t initially plan on opening a bar when he moved to the Valley, but after meeting the owner of a local wine shop that owned an empty building nearby, things fell into place.


The 18 Best Brunch Restaurants in Los Angeles

The 18 Best Brunch Restaurants in Los Angeles

While brunch is technically offered all week at this Silver Lake spot, come in on the weekends for a leisurely feast of craggy fried chicken sandwiches, piled-high (and pretty perfect) biscuits, breakfast burritos (featuring a spicy longganisa sausage), and Belgian waffles with smoked maple syrup.


Don’t Tell Bernhard Mairinger That Lustig Isn’t Austrian Enough

Don’t Tell Bernhard Mairinger That Lustig Isn’t Austrian Enough

For dessert, people love the fun twist on Black Forest cake with marinated cherry, mascarpone ice cream, and crispy layers — it fits all the flavor profiles and notes you want.”


Cult-Favorite Cookie Shop Levain Bakery Expands LA Footprint With a Second Location

Cult-Favorite Cookie Shop Levain Bakery Expands LA Footprint With a Second Location

Lemonade, a longtime operator with locations throughout Southern California, opened in 2009 and closed quietly in June, seemingly unable to sustain its foot traffic even at the busy intersection of Venice and Abbot Kinney Boulevard.


19 great breakfast burritos everyone in Los Angeles must try

19 great breakfast burritos everyone in Los Angeles must try

The breakfast burrito at Macheen’s residency inside of Milpa Grille in Boyle Heights has developed something of a cult following, thanks to its technique-forward design with soft-scrambled eggs, extra-crispy tater tots, and surprising use of Swiss cheese.


‘The Bear’ Brings Chicago’s Mr. Beef to Los Angeles for One Weekend Only

‘The Bear’ Brings Chicago’s Mr. Beef to Los Angeles for One Weekend Only

Guests can taste wines from over 40 producers, plus a food lineup curated by Biite Club featuring Boy Blue, Fluffy McCloud’s, LA Burg, and more will be available.


Columbus brand dedicated to mocktails debuts at Land-Grant

Columbus brand dedicated to mocktails debuts at Land-Grant

Their exciting lineup includes the spicy kick of Spiced Mangorita, the refreshing zing of Watermelon Tart-Quila, the soothing notes of Old Lemony Lav, and the fruity burst of Berry Good Bramble.