
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.
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.
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 buildingâs legacy.
Button Mash was absolutely slammed on my final visit to the beloved neighborhood spot days before its closure â packed to the rafters with rowdy Dodgers fans and âthe Poltergeist FOMO crowd,â as owner Jordan Weiss jokingly called folks like me making a pilgrimage for chef Diego Argotiâs acclaimed chaotic cooking.
Walking Spanish, a modern Central American pop-up has begun a Sunday and Monday residency at Las Perlas in West Hollywood.
Tucked between a home goods store and Tex-Mex spot HomeState, the Thai restaurantâs sidewalk seating is perfectly secluded, shaded all day, and emanates charm.
The Heatmap has existed for nearly two decades to answer the age-old question: âWhatâs new and notable in Los Angeles?â Though the local dining scene has endured tremendous challenges over the past few years, the cityâs spirit of breaking ground and exploring new cuisines continues with every month of openings.
Mr. T Cafe is in partnership with one of the worldâs most accomplished French pastry chefs, Francois Daubinet, whose resume includes Parisâs HĂŽtel de Crillon, three-Michelin-starred Plaza AthĂ©nee, two-Michelin-starred Le Taillevent, and famed patisserie Fauchon.
Cantonese food specialist Johnny Lee, who was previously chef-owner of Pearl River Deli in Chinatown, has partnered with Last Word Hospitalityâs Holly Fox and Adam Weisblatt to open a Malaysian and Southeast Asian restaurant in Historic Filipinotown.
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.
That strategy mightâve 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 Nationâs Restaurant News.
Baik worked for years in New York City in lauded fine dining institutions like Eleven Madison Park and Chefâs Table at Brooklyn Fare and apprenticed under Nozomu Abe of Sushi Noz before moving back to Los Angeles to help at Kobawoo.
For Ăvila, 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, heâs elated that the Alta California cuisine he helped build is entering its next phase.