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  • One of Brooklyn’s Coolest Wine Bars Is Opening on a Downtown LA Rooftop

    One of Brooklyn’s Coolest Wine Bars Is Opening on a Downtown LA Rooftop

    Owners Joram Young, Scott Lunceford, and Sean Kelly opened the New York-style pizza parlor in June 2014 serving traditional slices and out-of-the-box options topped with mole, pulled pork, corn, and queso fresco.


    The Ultimate Guide to the Best Mooncakes in Los Angeles

    The Ultimate Guide to the Best Mooncakes in Los Angeles

    This year, the festival falls on September 17, 2024, and is recognized throughout the Southland in Asian communities like Chinatown and the San Gabriel Valley by gathering with family, lighting lanterns, gazing at the moon, and eating mooncakes.


    The 11 Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings in Los Angeles, Fall 2024

    The 11 Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings in Los Angeles, Fall 2024

    Cantonese food specialist Johnny Lee, who was previously chef-owner of Pearl River Deli in Chinatown, has partnered with Last Word Hospitality’s Holly Fox and Adam Weisblatt to open a Malaysian and Southeast Asian restaurant in Historic Filipinotown.


    A New Silver Lake Cafe Flips Into a Sultry Natural Wine Bar at Night

    A New Silver Lake Cafe Flips Into a Sultry Natural Wine Bar at Night

    The all-day spot blends Latino and Asian flavors, with a morning menu of coffee, various bowls, and sandwiches before transitioning to snackier dishes and natural wines in the evening.


    Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: September 3

    Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: September 3

    The namesake dish permeates all sections of the menu: served with golden grains of fried rice, submerged in soup or herbaceous green curry, studded with bright chiles and basil leaves, and nestled alongside jade noodles and sauces.


    Fast-Food Chain Shake Shack Suddenly Closes Five Southern California Restaurants

    Fast-Food Chain Shake Shack Suddenly Closes Five Southern California Restaurants

    That strategy might’ve proved too ambitious, as the company announced the closure of five Los Angeles-area stores, including Culver City, Silver Lake, Koreatown, Bunker Hill, and Westfield Topanga in Canoga Park, reports Nation’s Restaurant News.


    Melrose Hill’s Incoming Dining Star Serves an Ambitious Seafood Tasting Menu

    Melrose Hill’s Incoming Dining Star Serves an Ambitious Seafood Tasting Menu

    Baik worked for years in New York City in lauded fine dining institutions like Eleven Madison Park and Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare and apprenticed under Nozomu Abe of Sushi Noz before moving back to Los Angeles to help at Kobawoo.


    A Modern Mexican Chef Opens One of LA’s Most Ambitious New Steakhouses

    A Modern Mexican Chef Opens One of LA’s Most Ambitious New Steakhouses

    For Ávila, who dodged health department enforcement as a street vendor, dealt with flat tires as a food truck operator, and was the unofficial plumber at Angry Egret Dinette, he’s elated that the Alta California cuisine he helped build is entering its next phase.


    Koreatown’s New Barbecue Spot Is a Never-Ending Parade of Well-Marbled Meat

    Koreatown’s New Barbecue Spot Is a Never-Ending Parade of Well-Marbled Meat

    The company has greatly expanded its footprint in the neighborhood over the past few months with Korean barbecue restaurants Quarters and Origin in Chapman Plaza, donkatsu spot Lasung, night club Terra Cotta, and more.


    17 wonderful hidden gem restaurants in Los Angeles

    17 wonderful hidden gem restaurants in Los Angeles

    Hidden on the other end of a Circle K convenience store parking lot and surrounded by a small makeshift garden, the third outlet of this Vietnamese restaurant opened in Alhambra serving oxtail pho and shrimp rolls, but adds some more creative fare from owner Hanli Su’s mother, Lani Nguyen.


    New sports bar specializing in smoked meats opening in former historic brewery

    New sports bar specializing in smoked meats opening in former historic brewery

    Draft Day will boast 40 TVs throughout their 11,000 square foot space, offering a viewing of hard-to-find-at-home games.


    4 Restaurants to Try This Labor Day Weekend in Los Angeles, 2024 Edition

    4 Restaurants to Try This Labor Day Weekend in Los Angeles, 2024 Edition

    The amply-portioned bing su inspired by the traditional bua loi dessert comes with four accouterments for maximum customization: chewy purple rice balls, salted egg yolk sauce, sweetened condensed milk, and Biscoff cookie crumbs.