Gandalf Hollywood, you’re slipping. All the juicy celebrity dining news went down in other cities this week. Lindsay Lohan punched a chick in the face while stalking a member of a boy band outside of a New York bar, Halle Berry’s baby daddy, Oliver Martinez, pulled a Donald Trump, having his new restaurant cited for [...]
“The Armageddon” If you’re dead-set on December being the end of days, Slater’s 50/50 has a fairly appetizing apocalypse on the horizon. Next month the chain will release its “Armageddon Burger,” featuring a 1/3-pound meatloaf patty made from a blend of 50% ground beef and 50% ground bacon with rendered pancetta. The burger is then [...]
Reverie Natasha Subramaniam and Alisa Lapidus, the film-making duo known as Chayka Sofia, are paying tribute to the visually striking plates and grassroots sourcing of Red Medicine chef Jordan Kahn in a new film called Reverie. The movie was recently screened at New York’s Star Chef Conference and will be shown on the indie film [...]
Babalu Santa Monica’s 25-year-old Babalu Bakery will undergo aesthetic upgrades this winter to veer from its South Pacific vibe to a more Western Pacific look of seaside-friendly blue and whites. As the owner of this institution, as well as nearby Cafe Montana, Eddie Silkaitis has seen dramatic changes hit Montana Avenue in the last two-and-a-half [...]
Disick Threatening the credibility L.A.’s food scene has built up over the years, Kardashian accessory Scott Disick promised to open a local location of his celebrity sushi spot, Ryu, following its debut in New York last spring. Today brings a big breath of sweet relief, as Grub Street learns that Ryu is now formally closed [...]
Craig Thornton This week The New Yorker takes a look at Craig Thornton, chef and big chief of the underground dinner-party Wolvesmouth, currently “the toughest reservation in the city.” Noting this 30-year-old’s “playful, semi-wild bearing of a stray animal that half-remembers life at the hearth,” the story lays out his impoverished childhood and rather ascetic [...]
Selena Gomez If you’re dying to know the latest on Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez’s stormy relationship (and we know you are), look no further than to L.A.’s restaurants, where all the ups and downs of this topsy-turvy love story were played out this week. On Friday, the two kiddie stars tried to solder their [...]
Berlin Currywurst Hardeep and Lena Manak are opening a second location of their Berlin Currywurst on Cahuenga Boulevard next week. First opened in Silver Lake in 2011, the authentic German street-sausage stop will serve its menu of various wursts, spicy sausages, tofu brats, and fries made from family recipes, and will also serve twelve German [...]
Nobu Malibu Brad A. Johnson’s experiences at Laurel Hardware sound much more like our own than Jonathan Gold’s did, as the Time Out critic calls out the vintage signage and tree-lined patio as the restaurant’s best features. “Like the stereotypical blonde bombshell who looks good in a bikini, there unfortunately isn’t much going on upstairs,” [...]
Icy Aniston Last night, the opening of Georgetown Cupcakes in Beverly Hills brought Hollywood T.V. stars in to flirt with frosting, including Alex Newell from Glee and The Lying Games‘ Alexandra Chando, just as the debut of Kimberly Snyder’s Glow juice bar and smoothie shop drew attention from Drew Barrymore on Wednesday. With red carpets [...]
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