After years spent honing their kitchen skills in the underground dining scene, husband-and-wife team Whitney Flood and Julie Retzlaff surfaced late last year with the opening of Muddy Leek, a seasonal, organic kitchen in Culver City’s Arts District. Menu items may come and go, but the dishes created with this season’s goods made lil mikey [...]
After cooking for years in the underground dining scene, husband-and-wife team Whitney Flood and Julie Retzlaff surfaced late last year with Muddy Leek in Culver City’s Arts District. The food preaches the gospel of seasonal and organic—Chowhound lil mikey checked it out recently and came away a believer. Rich porcini ragu on garlic bread; a [...]
Turkish restaurants may be few and far between in LA, but that doesn’t mean traditional dishes can’t be uncovered in the city’s collection of Mediterranean kitchens. Here’s where Chowhounds say to go for solid versions of Turkish kebabs, salads, and pastries. • At family-owned New Anatolia Mediterranean Café in Westwood, many guests converse with the [...]
The pizza at Santa Monica’s Stella Rossa gets plenty of praise on Chowhound, and now Chef Jeff Mahin has opened a sister location in Hollywood dubbed Stella Barra Pizzeria. As at the original site, Mahin’s red- and white-sauce pies topped with farm-fresh toppings and quality meats hold the spotlight, but his signature starters and salads [...]
Chef Kazunori Nozawa is an LA sushi legend, an artist with a “Trust me” philosophy that aficionados never questioned. (Though some detractors did.) After closing his beloved Sushi Nozawa in early 2012, the chef put his expertise to work at Sugarfish, a small local chain modeled after his style behind the bar. Now interested parties [...]
Chef Kazunori Nozawa is an LA sushi legend, an artist with a “Trust me” philosophy that aficionados never questioned. (Though some detractors did.) After closing his beloved Sushi Nozawa in early 2012, the chef put his expertise to work at Sugarfish, a small local chain modeled after his style behind the bar. Now interested parties [...]
For artisanal charcuterie in a contemporary setting, Chowhounds recommend Gorge, a small space on a bustling strip of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Sausages, head cheese, terrines, and more are made on-site under the watchful eye of chef/co-owner and Season 2 Top Chef contestant Elia Aboumrad, and the fare is fantastic in TonyC’s opinion: “The [...]
Chinatown’s Phoenix Bakery has been family owned and operated since 1938, and according to local Chowhounds the shop is still producing one of the city’s best and more well-known desserts: a strawberry whipped cream cake that’s light, ever so slightly sweet, and definitely nostalgic. “One of my old favorites,” says latindancer, who visited the bakery [...]
The seasonal small plates at Chef David LeFevre’s M.B. Post have drawn crowds to Manhattan Beach since opening. Now word on Chowhound is that the chef’s newest kitchen, Fishing with Dynamite, is another reason to visit the South Bay beach city. The seafood shack’s menu is heavily influenced by the chef’s childhood summers, many of [...]
People drive long distances to taste exceptional wines—why not for olives? For more than a hundred years, Graber Olive House has been producing tree-ripened olives in Ontario, San Bernardino County, 35 miles east of downtown LA. Turns out the historic ranch house and canning plant are still operational, and visitors can take a tour of [...]
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