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
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
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
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
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
Walking Spanish, a modern Central American pop-up has begun a Sunday and Monday residency at Las Perlas in West Hollywood.
4 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: September 20
Tucked between a home goods store and Tex-Mex spot HomeState, the Thai restaurant’s sidewalk seating is perfectly secluded, shaded all day, and emanates charm.
An Eater’s Guide to Los Angeles
The Heatmap has existed for nearly two decades to answer the age-old question: “What’s new and notable in Los Angeles?” Though the local dining scene has endured tremendous challenges over the past few years, the city’s spirit of breaking ground and exploring new cuisines continues with every month of openings.
An Accomplished French Pastry Chef Is Now Baking World-Class Croissants in Los Angeles
Mr. T Cafe is in partnership with one of the world’s most accomplished French pastry chefs, Francois Daubinet, whose resume includes Paris’s Hôtel de Crillon, three-Michelin-starred Plaza Athénee, two-Michelin-starred Le Taillevent, and famed patisserie Fauchon.
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.
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
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.