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2025


The Best Soul and Southern Food Restaurants in Los Angeles

The Best Soul and Southern Food Restaurants in Los Angeles

Though Joyce’s Southern-leaning seafood options are plentiful with crudo, ceviche, and oysters, opt for the cornbread with sorghum butter or whole-fried game hen with a healthy serving of the Mother of Pearl martini with house vermouth prepared by staff.


Irvine’s New Korean Barbecue Specialist Goes All-In on Marinated Beef Short Ribs

Irvine’s New Korean Barbecue Specialist Goes All-In on Marinated Beef Short Ribs

The meats are able to be ordered a la carte, but most people will get a small, medium, or large combo with three or four different cuts, plus banchan, perilla seed salad, soybean paste stew (doenjang jjigae), shaken fresh kimchi, steamed egg, and an ice cream dessert.


Exclusive | Iconic NYC eateries are flunking — and sometimes hiding — their health inspections

Exclusive | Iconic NYC eateries are flunking — and sometimes hiding — their health inspections

During a November review, city inspectors found “evidence of mice,” contaminated food, and insufficient barriers to prevent “bare hand contact with food.” A “grade pending” notice was visible from a window near the door.


LA’s Sleekest New Korean Cafe Doubles as a High-End Perfume Shop

LA’s Sleekest New Korean Cafe Doubles as a High-End Perfume Shop

The Earth, available hot or iced, blends misugaru, vanilla, ginger, espresso, and dark chocolate together before the entire drink is smoked with applewood, imbuing it with a flavor reminiscent of a smoky campfire.


Egg prices cooking your breakfast budget? Switch to these cheaper foods — with far more protein

Egg prices cooking your breakfast budget? Switch to these cheaper foods — with far more protein

As the cost of America’s favorite breakfast food flips into the unreal — with little relief in sight, industry analysts and insiders warn — price hike-weary grocery shoppers are once more left scrambling to stretch household budgets.


Can a Food and Wine-Focused Club in Beverly Hills Thrive in LA’s Crowded Members-Only Scene?

Can a Food and Wine-Focused Club in Beverly Hills Thrive in LA’s Crowded Members-Only Scene?

Traditionally, Los Angeles’s members-only club scene has conjured images of tuxedoed men and well-heeled women sipping stiff cocktails while Hollywood power brokers flit in the background, disappearing into velvet- or wood-lined rooms.


An Iconic 2010s Hollywood Rooftop Hangout Closed Suddenly After a Decade

An Iconic 2010s Hollywood Rooftop Hangout Closed Suddenly After a Decade

In the years since Mama Shelter opened, Hollywood has dramatically expanded its rooftop nightlife options with popular new hotspots like Bar Lis, Desert 5 Spot, Mother Tongue, Lemon Grove, and Grandmaster Records.


Diageo chief addresses tariffs amid sales decline for HY24 – Drinks International – The global choice for drinks buyers

Diageo chief addresses tariffs amid sales decline for HY24 – Drinks International – The global choice for drinks buyers

It also adds further complexity in our ability to provide updated forward guidance given this is a new and dynamic situation," said Crew.


Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: February 3

Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: February 3

It’s packed with protein heavy-hitters: think jalapeño-pocked black beans, queso Oaxaca, and vegan chorizo or scrambled egg, if you want it, as well as mix-ins like a charred onion aioli, avocado-tomatillo salsa, and pico de gallo.


Weight loss may be helped by drinking sparkling water, study suggests

Weight loss may be helped by drinking sparkling water, study suggests

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Takahashi said this new report underscores how carbonated water impacts weight loss by promoting the sensation of fullness, which can reduce food intake and lower overall calorie consumption.


Two Los Angeles Chefs Will Compete for the Title of ‘Top Chef’ on Season 22

Two Los Angeles Chefs Will Compete for the Title of ‘Top Chef’ on Season 22

Alongside Hong and Turner, the other “cheftestants” will include Anya El-Watter (Birch and Rye), César Murillo (North Pond), Shuai Wang (Jackrabbit Filly and King BBQ), Mimi Weissenborn (Sur Lie), and more.


NYC mainstay Bryant Park Grill loses bid to renew lease — for fancier restaurant from Jean-Georges Vongerichten

NYC mainstay Bryant Park Grill loses bid to renew lease — for fancier restaurant from Jean-Georges Vongerichten

The owner of the famed Bryant Park Grill – a mainstay near the Public Library in Midtown for three decades – was left fuming after his lease was not renewed in favor of a fancier eatery helmed by celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten.