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This Weekend, Eagle Rock Deserves Your Leisure Love »
Not the terrible twos....
Go Go’ers, sometimes you have to bow down to the inevitable. Cocktails are king. Chocolate cures everything. And this weekend, Eagle Rock is your one-hop-stop for culture and fun.
You might want to bring a toothbrush and spend the night.
Drinking at a Toddler Celebration
The first brewery to set up...
January 27 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Short List
Eat LA on Off-Ramp: Goodbye to Angeli »
This week on Eat LA on Off-Ramp, we visit Angeli Caffé for one last time, before its closing after 27 years, and we talk to owner/chef Evan Kleiman and writer Jonathan Gold about Angeli’s impact on LA dining. We also talk about the closing of Drago and Tre Venezie… and, on a cheerier note, welcome [...]...
January 13 2012 / No comments / Read More »Op-Fed
Show Us a Sticker, Win a Book! »
We at EAT: Los Angeles recently sent stickers to every café, food shop, restaurant, pub, taqueria, coffeehouse, wine bar, bakery, pizzeria and wine shop in the book, and they’re starting to pop up in windows all over town. If a place has a sticker in the window, then we personally recommend it. In the last [...]...
April 23 2010 / No comments / Read More »Discoveries
Omar »
WHY For the little-known Muslim fare of Xinjiang, China’s autonomous far western region. WHAT The food at this homey café, a mesh of Chinese elements and central Asian nomad cooking,...
Jan 27 2012 / No comments / Read More »Tender Greens Hollywood »
WHY Big salads of local provenance, and a huge, sunny patio on which to enjoy them. WHAT This always-busy outpost of the upscale cafeteria is notable for its 1,200-square-foot patio...
Jan 26 2012 / No comments / Read More »Tinga »
WHY Mexican dishes with a jolt of traditional flavors in a casual, eco-friendly storefront café. WHAT Tinga’s owners were inspired by Santa Barbara’s deceptively casual La Super Rica. Their thick...
Jan 25 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »COOK: Los Angeles
Angeli’s Chocolate Chunk Bread Pudding »
We are terribly sad to acknowledge the closing of one of our very favorite LA restaurants, Angeli Caffé, but happy that cookbook author Grace Bauer was willing to share this...
1 comment / Read More »News, Deals & Events
Gold Futures: LA Weekly’s 4th Annual Gold Standard Food & Wine Event »
Do you religiously save Jonathan Gold’s restaurant lists in the L.A. Weekly? Is “Ask Mr. Gold” the first thing you check in the paper’s Food and Restaurant section? If you...
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Good Food Neighborhoods
Silver Lake »
One of L.A.’s most quickly changing neighborhoods, Silver Lake is a mix of young musicians, writers and creative types, film-business workers, and professionals who enjoy the hilly streets lined with architecturally significant homes and the proximity to Downtown L.A. In the past few years, the...
Nov 10 2011 / 1 comment / Read More »Sawtelle »
The westside’s “Little Osaka,” along a three-block stretch of Sawtelle west of the 405, throbs with nightlife and the sort of restaurants you’re likely to see in modern Tokyo. This enclave between Olympic and Santa Monica boulevards was once farmland for immigrants and later drew Japanese-Americans returning from internment camps....
Nov 5 2011 / No comments / Read More »South Pasadena »
Quaint South Pasadena has done its utmost to preserve its leafy, small-town flavor, and the arrival of the Metro Gold Line cemented its pedestrian-friendly status. Just a few blocks long, the charming Mission Street area is rich with food-centric places, as well as boutiques and...
Nov 2 2011 / No comments / Read More »Abbot Kinney, Venice »
Just block s from the ocean, the six-block strip of Abbot Kinney Boulevard epitomizes the sun-drenched, lazy-afternoon surfboard vibe of Venice Beach. Though parking can be tight, you can usually find a spot; if not, try the valet at Joe’s. Either way, you won’t need...
Nov 1 2011 / No comments / Read More »
Squid Ink
Eat This Now: Eggslut’s Coddled Egg in a Jar
M. Rochlin Thee SlutWe might have started off our morning exercise with a brisk walk up Crescent Heights but when our looping route took us up to Santa Monica Blvd and then back...
Jan 27, 2012 / More »Daily Dish
Eagle Rock Brewery anniversary party at Verdugo Bar
Eagle Rock Brewery is hosting its anniversary party at Verdugo Bar on Saturday to celebrate its second year as an L.A. brewery. Craft beer lovers can sip on all Eagle Rock's signature brews...
Jan 27, 2012 / More »Grub Street
Six Taste Targets Lovers in Beverly Hills
We’re already in love… Like everyone else, your love has turned savvier when it comes to what they put in their mouth. In 2012, giving your Valentine another box of chocolates makes you...
Jan 27, 2012 / More »Eating L.A.
Tijuana trolley to Manhattan: The New Yorker on Javier Plascencia
In this week’s New Yorker, Dana Goodyear profiles Javier Plascencia, the Tijuana chef who is a vital figure in bringing respect and reason to dining in Baja California. Goodyear made numerous trips to...
Jan 24, 2012 / More »Chow L.A. Digest
“Fried with Meat” at Beijing Restaurant
There’s a dish on Beijing Restaurant’s menu known as “fried with meat,” and it “may be my favorite current dish anywhere,” sku says. “It’s a Chinese wheat bun with sesame seeds filled with...
Jan 25, 2012 / More »KCRW's Good Food
Crispy Pork Gang; Goat Milk Soap; Is Kosher Safer?
Goat milk isn’t just for cheese. One family’s making soap with their excess milk. Lessons in cooking with economy and grace. Plus, is kosher meat safer than non-kosher?...
Jan 21, 2012 / More »LA & OC Foodventures
No. 212: A few favorite winter cocktails around town
Now that the cold weather is really upon us (OK, comparatively speaking), what better occasion to warm yourself up with a wintery cocktail? Rather in the form of actually high temperature toddies or teas,...
Jan 17, 2012 / More »