Football fan or foe, most of us will likely end up watching at least a game or two this fall. The trick is finding a place with good food that can fuel you through overtime. Here are a few SoCal hangouts where ESPN’s GamePlan isn’t the only thing worth ordering. Hakata Sushi Yes, there are [...]
For years it seemed like the only late-night dining options in Los Angeles involved a Formica counter top and a grilled cheese. While we all love a good griddle-cooked sandwich, sometimes you have a hankering for something a little more Friday-night heels-worthy. Here are a few of our favorites; let us know of any others [...]
I tell you, being a member of the food media can get wearying. There’s a constant pressure to report on the new, the upcoming, the happening. And apparently no one got the memo about the Great Recession and its 12.2% unemployment rate, because new places are opening across L.A. at the rate of about one [...]
Robert Danhi, chef and author of Southeast Asian Flavors, is leading a series of tours through Little Saigon in Westminster. The first, this Saturday, focuses on the cuisine of northern Vietnam, and the 20 tour-takers will learn about — and, more importantly, taste — such dishes as banh tom co ngu (sweet potato and shrimp [...]
Sometimes a deal is a meal for $5. But sometimes the deal is not the final price tag, but what you get for your investment. And make no mistake, investing $55 in dinner is an investment. But for that sum at the Tasting Kitchen, one of L.A.’s most exciting new restaurants, you get a four-course, [...]
When is a chip not a chip? When it’s an art form. Here’s a short list of great chips — potato, rice, corn, even lotus root — found around town. Potato Chips The Daily Pint McG’s Irish Pub They’re not on the menu at the Daily Pint because there isn’t a food menu there, but [...]
We’re counting the days until the Park in Echo Park gets its beer and wine license (no more BYOB, because its license is pending), but to keep fans happy it’s got a hell of a deal on Wednesday nights: A six-ounce sirloin burger (or homemade veggie burger) with your choice of fries or salad for [...]
When you spring for a really special dinner out, you expect the food, drinks and service to be top drawer. Unfortunately, even famous restaurants don’t always deliver the goods. Any place can have an off night — perhaps the chef is ill, or the kitchen gets overwhelmed with an unexpectedly packed house, or the place [...]
One might assume, given the reputation of Paris’s famed Petrossian — and the general swankness implied with any place that specializes in caviar and Champagne — that it takes mighty deep pockets to eat at the recently overhauled Petrossian Boutique & Café in West Hollywood. And yet EAT: LA’s Amelia Saltsman recently stopped by for [...]
If you have not yet had the good fortune to try a beef roll, a creation from the northeastern Chinese province of Shandong, then you have not discovered what is really China’s great contribution to the sandwich gene pool. In this case, the bread is a layered wheat pancake fried with perhaps a little more [...]
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