
The Most Anticipated LA Restaurant Openings to Know About in 2025
I’ve recapped this in full for Time Out, but personally, I’m most excited for Bryant Ng and Kim Luu-Ng’s Jade Rabbit in Santa Monica.

I’ve recapped this in full for Time Out, but personally, I’m most excited for Bryant Ng and Kim Luu-Ng’s Jade Rabbit in Santa Monica.

Or look for producers who specialize in natural wine: Dahill recommends Milan Nestarec (Czechia), Strekov 1075 (Slovakia), Oriol Artigas and Vinyes Tortuga (Catalunya), and Lammidia (Italy).

“Older Americans seem to have the most sticker shock about the rising cost of tipping, yet they’re still much more frequent tippers than Gen Zers and millennials,” Ted Rossman, Bankrate senior industry analyst, said to USA Today.

Lien Ta is incredibly resilient, and my visits to her colorful Silver Lake corner were consistently memorable, but All Day Baby ultimately couldn’t survive mercurial market forces and the heartbreaking loss of her co-founder, chef Jonathan Whitener.

We’ve enjoyed a revolution in great Chinese, from high-end Hutong to a dozen wonderful Szechuanese and Fukienese spots in the east and west 30s to tiny Cantonese joints on Mott Street — all chopped liver to Michelin.

The improbably excellent, sleek and stylish restaurant on the fourth floor of the Louis Vuitton store is the best eating place ever to co-exist with $10,700 Cappucine BB handbags and $1,460 LV “trainer” sneakers.

Eater spoke with a source close to Long Beach’s Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles who suggested that the inflatable was meant for an event at an adjacent bar called Seabird Jazz Lounge.

On a chilly Monday evening in mid-November, chef Dave Beran moves lightly around the dimly lit space that will become Seline, his new restaurant tucked behind a brick-lined retail complex along Main Street in Santa Monica.
Fettuccine prepared tableside in a Parmesan cheese wheel, bone marrow risotto, and tagliolini with preserved Meyer lemons, scampi crudo tartare, and caviar round out the pasta selections.

Corteza’s Christmas Day feast, which takes place on the 24th floor of the Ritz Carlton Downtown from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., includes radicchio with roasted butternut squash, prime rib-eye, whipped potatoes, Parker House rolls with butter, and the option to add on half a lobster.

The couple recently retired, closed the Peanut Shoppe in August, and sold the business to new owners who relocated the Downtown staple since 1936.

Invented by Ruth M. Siems and introduced by General Foods in 1972, the Stove Top Stuffing recipe was so unique that it was patented — and it quickly became a fan favorite.

With a holiday slate that includes three new specials on QVC and two new shows, not to mention her recent selection to the White House Historical Association’s national council, it’s a wonder she still has time to cook.

And, speaking of online sensations, the Resy editorial team weighed in on the hottest trends going into the new year, predicting that omakase and raw bars will reign supreme in 2025 alongside the return of the pub burger and cabbage usurping cauliflower as the most popular vegetable.

Speaking of, there’s another American habit she’d like to set the record straight on; it’s an issue she posted about on TikTok to the tune of 18 million views: “No cappuccino after lunch,” she said.

During a recent dinner that coincided with the Festival del Cuy this month — where locals congregate in Cuenca, Ecuador, to enjoy a rodent roast for the ages — the chef carved up a pig that surprisingly fed multiple people for such a small creature.

James finds it easier to slumber when the room temperature is 68 to 70 degrees, when there’s complete darkness (no television or smartphone light allowed) and when the “rain on leaves” soundscape is playing on his Calm app.