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    ‘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.


    Irvine’s New Korean Barbecue Specialist Goes All-In on Marinated Beef Short Ribs

    Irvine’s New Korean Barbecue Specialist Goes All-In on Marinated Beef Short Ribs

    The meats are able to be ordered a la carte, but most people will get a small, medium, or large combo with three or four different cuts, plus banchan, perilla seed salad, soybean paste stew (doenjang jjigae), shaken fresh kimchi, steamed egg, and an ice cream dessert.


    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.


    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.


    This Bustling New Spanish Tapas Spot Has Already Captured Silver Lake Hearts

    This Bustling New Spanish Tapas Spot Has Already Captured Silver Lake Hearts

    Sperling partnered with Lucia Flors and Carlos Leiva, co-founders of stylish high-end conservas company Siesta, serving the full array of tinned fish including white tuna, Cantabrian anchovies, mackerel, squid, clams, and sardines accompanied with lemon, regañas crackers, and mojo verde.


    Dave Beran Shoots for the Moon With His New Fine Dining Restaurant in Santa Monica

    Dave Beran Shoots for the Moon With His New Fine Dining Restaurant in Santa Monica

    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.


    Prolific Santa Barbara Group Opens a Rancho-Inspired Restaurant in San Juan Capistrano

    Prolific Santa Barbara Group Opens a Rancho-Inspired Restaurant in San Juan Capistrano

    Chef Aaron Zimmer, previously of the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, assembles a ranchero-style menu of steaks, butterflied fish, beans, crudo, and grilled little gem greens with approachable California ingredients to please the suburban crowd.


    Inside the New Helms Bakery in Culver City, Chef Sang Yoon’s Daytime Magnum Opus

    Inside the New Helms Bakery in Culver City, Chef Sang Yoon’s Daytime Magnum Opus

    Previously the executive chef of Michael’s, Yoon made a name selling craft beer and burgers at Father’s Office, eventually landing to a top spot on the Los Angeles Times 101 with his Southeast Asian restaurant Lukshon (which has remained dormant since the pandemic).


    The Long-Awaited Helms Bakery Is Finally Reopening in Culver City After 12 Years

    The Long-Awaited Helms Bakery Is Finally Reopening in Culver City After 12 Years

    Executive chef Nanor Harboyan, a veteran of Destroyer and large-scale operations at Disney World, oversees all the prepared foods and savory items, while head baker Jacob Fraijo manages breads and pastries.


    The Most Famous Churro Shop in Mexico City Is Opening in Los Angeles

    The Most Famous Churro Shop in Mexico City Is Opening in Los Angeles

    All its locations feature churro-making displayed front and center, which allows guests waiting in line to peer through large windows to watch workers fry, cut, and dust the fritters with sugar to order.


    Time Travel Back to the ’70s at Anderson. Paak’s New Jazz and R&B Supper Club

    Time Travel Back to the ’70s at Anderson. Paak’s New Jazz and R&B Supper Club

    Barman Devin Espinosa, a frequent collaborator with the Houston brothers, has shaped a thoughtful cocktail menu including the likes of the Yes Lawd!, which mixes pomegranate vodka, Grand Marnier, and lime, or the Suede, shaken with Ilegal mezcal, amaro nonino, and Rosso vermouth.


    The Anatomy of the Hay-Smoked Chicken at Two-Michelin-Starred Mélisse

    The Anatomy of the Hay-Smoked Chicken at Two-Michelin-Starred Mélisse

    Now tucked inside a space cordoned off like the Jerusalem Temple’s Holy-of-Holies, Mélisse has a Hi-Fi stereo system that plays classic rock records while the tables are arranged so that every diner has a prime view into the intimate kitchen.