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    LA’s Hottest New Restaurants & Foodie Spots: April 2024-2025

    LA’s Hottest New Restaurants & Foodie Spots: April 2024-2025

    Explore LA's vibrant dining scene! From plant-based ice cream & wagyu to Korean donuts & innovative taquerias, discover the newest restaurants and culinary hotspots in Los Angeles.


    LA Food Scene: Uzbek, Cideries, Santa Barbara & Virgil Town

    LA Food Scene: Uzbek, Cideries, Santa Barbara & Virgil Town

    Explore diverse culinary experiences in LA: Zira Uzbek, Benny Child Brewing's unique ciders, Santa Barbara's delights, and Real Charmer's shipwrecked ambiance. A guide to the best eats & drinks.


    Real Charmer: Los Angeles Cocktail Bar Success

    Real Charmer: Los Angeles Cocktail Bar Success

    Real Charmer, a new Los Angeles cocktail bar, quickly became a local hotspot. Featuring creative drinks and a unique vibe, it offers a neighborhood gathering place and contributes to LA's cocktail culture.


    Chagee: Modern Tea House Debuts in Los Angeles

    Chagee: Modern Tea House Debuts in Los Angeles

    Chagee, a popular tea house chain from China, is opening its first US location in Los Angeles at Westfield Century City. Known for fresh-brewed and milk teas, the store offers a variety of tea lattes and brewed teas.


    ‘Top Chef’ Winner Mei Lin’s 88 Club Is the Most Exciting New Restaurant in Beverly Hills

    ‘Top Chef’ Winner Mei Lin’s 88 Club Is the Most Exciting New Restaurant in Beverly Hills

    Given her talent and fame, plus a solid team of chef de cuisine Nick Russo, restaurateur Miranda, former Gwen assistant general manager Diana Lee as the GM, and bartender Kevin Nguyen consulting on cocktails, the recipe looks good.


    Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: March 24

    Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: March 24

    Amid the charred vegetables (get the peas and broccolini), blistered paper-thin pizzas, and mains like roasted chicken with kale and harissa is something truly refreshing: Thai snapper crudo made in the style of an aguachile, tucked at the top of the menu laundry list.


    The 20 Best Korean Restaurants in Los Angeles

    The 20 Best Korean Restaurants in Los Angeles

    The nearly 30-year-old traditional wooden chairs and tables are enough of a reason to visit this dimly-lit strip mall space.Though crowds show up mainly for the superior bossam, a Korean specialty featuring pork belly slices and accompaniments, it’s worth trying basically everything on the menu, including the hulking seafood pajeon and kimchi stew in a stone pot.


    4 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: February 14

    4 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: February 14

    Pho Hue Oi’s bánh bèo aren’t available yet, but once the restaurants adds them to the menu, the delectable little rice and tapioca flour-filled cups topped with fried shrimp and drizzled with fish sauce will make for a a terrific appetizer.


    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.


    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.


    This Hidden Korean Tasting Menu Counter Is LA’s Most Exciting New Restaurant

    This Hidden Korean Tasting Menu Counter Is LA’s Most Exciting New Restaurant

    Once firmly into the main courses, Kim and the crew feature a steamed sea perch with scarlet prawn, dry-aged dairy cow with roasted sesame, creamy perilla noodles topped with shaved winter truffles, and charcoal-grilled lobster tail with doenjang sauce and raspberry powder.


    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.