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The Most Anticipated LA Restaurant Openings to Know About in 2025

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.


The Saddest LA Restaurant Closures in 2024

The Saddest LA Restaurant Closures in 2024

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.


A Prolific Italian Restaurateur Is Serving Tuscan Classics in an Iconic Beverly Grove Space

A Prolific Italian Restaurateur Is Serving Tuscan Classics in an Iconic Beverly Grove Space

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.


The 17 Best Restaurants in Downtown Los Angeles

The 17 Best Restaurants in Downtown Los Angeles

The expansive poolside restaurant at Hotel Figueroa brings upscale Greek and other eastern Mediterranean flavors to Downtown such as bluefin tuna “dolmades,” various kinds of mezze, and wagyu souvlaki, and slow-cooked duck shawarma in a high-ceiling lounge-style dining room.


The Biggest Los Angeles Restaurant Openings in October 2024

The Biggest Los Angeles Restaurant Openings in October 2024

It will eventually expand to lunch service with signature bowls of ramen and hand rolls served all day and shareable Japanese-influenced comfort dishes like grilled skewers, tempura, chicken kaarage, and gyoza in the evenings.


10 Los Angeles Restaurants That Closed in October 2024

10 Los Angeles Restaurants That Closed in October 2024

Chef Raphael Francois partnered with wine professional Jordan Ogron and restaurateur Bill Chait back in June 2018, serving polished French bistro fare in a gorgeous, dimly lit space.


The East Coast’s Most Popular Lobster Roll Chain Splashes Into Santa Monica

The East Coast’s Most Popular Lobster Roll Chain Splashes Into Santa Monica

Her work delves into how digital culture shapes real-life dining trends, and examines the relationship between food and community as neighborhoods change.


The Next Generation of Celebrity Chefs Is Already Huge on TikTok

The Next Generation of Celebrity Chefs Is Already Huge on TikTok

He vlogged the entire process for his YouTube channel, showing viewers a “day in the life” of a line cook as he surgically trimmed away the pith and peel from an orange, skewered chicken thighs for negima yakitori, and precisely cut sheets of nori for hand rolls.


4 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: October 11

4 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: October 11

This menu is massive with house specials including birria de chivo, carne asada with grilled cactus, enchiladas, tortas, and of course, aguas frescas that vary every day.


LA Cocktail Veterans Inject New Life Into Downtown’s Longtime Spring Street Bar

LA Cocktail Veterans Inject New Life Into Downtown’s Longtime Spring Street Bar

After signing the lease in May, Vaughan-Ruiz and Richard fully gutted the room, refinished the original bar top, and then installed walnut columns and tabletops to emphasize the nearly 100-year-old building’s legacy.


Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: September 30

Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: September 30

Button Mash was absolutely slammed on my final visit to the beloved neighborhood spot days before its closure — packed to the rafters with rowdy Dodgers fans and “the Poltergeist FOMO crowd,” as owner Jordan Weiss jokingly called folks like me making a pilgrimage for chef Diego Argoti’s acclaimed chaotic cooking.


The Best Food Events and Pop-Ups to Check Out This Week in Los Angeles: September 20

The Best Food Events and Pop-Ups to Check Out This Week in Los Angeles: September 20

Walking Spanish, a modern Central American pop-up has begun a Sunday and Monday residency at Las Perlas in West Hollywood.