WHY A wee, charming spot with good, affordable wines, cheeses and charcuterie—just the place to transition from the work day to the evening. WHAT The smart folks behind one of our favorite wine bars, Bacaro, run this 600-square-foot spot in the heart of Downtown. Where Bacaro’s focus is Italian, here it’s French, with good, affordable [...]
January 29, 2012 | Posted in
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This summer, Cornerstone Theater Company went to Fowler, California, and grew a play. Organic peach farmer David Mas Masumoto, his farmer-artist daughter Nikiko, and his son Korio participated in Cornerstone’s A Man Came to Fowler and will also be performing at the final weekend of CTC’s Creative Seeds festival, which explores issues of hunger, food, and farming. Masumoto, who is [...]
November 17, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Starry Kitchen spices up the Downtown lunch scene with a modern, irreverent approach to Vietnamese-influenced cooking. WHAT California Plaza is a little less corporate with the success of freewheeling Starry Kitchen, which started as an underground restaurant in the owner’s apartment. You pick a protein (free-range lemongrass chicken, the famed crispy tofu balls, spicy [...]
November 10, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Because you need a rooftop bar Downtown that isn’t overpriced and played out (like The Standard). WHAT This multi-story bar and restaurant boasts wraparound patios with gorgeous views of Pershing Square on one side and Bunker Hill on the other. The décor is art deco, the food is French (coq au vin, onion soup), [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Takeout or eat-in sushi from the ‘Sushi Nazi’ Kazunori Nozawa of Sushi Nozawa in Studio City—without the high price tag or quite the same creative combinations. Perfect to pick up before you head home after work. WHAT Nozawa has traded his omakase at the flagship restaurant for pre-set ‘Trust Me’ combinations (hamachi nigiri, tuna [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY A multi-purpose, festive Mexican spot with killer tequila selections in Downtown’s cocktail gulch. WHAT Silver Lake favorite Malo has spawned a bigger Downtown sister location in a cavernous historic jewelry store. Hide out in the ’70s flashback basement lounge, or sip rare tequila in the tiny vault tasting room tucked away in back. Weekend [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Need we remind you of the importance of supporting a 58-year-old antiquarian bookstore that celebrates the printed page? WHAT Owner Leonard Bernstein (notthat Lenny) focuses on all aspects of western American history including culinary (he was the one to get MFK Fisher’s papers and books upon her death in 1992), with attention to the [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY One of most extensive cookery collections in the entire country is right in our backyard, and it’s free. WHAT More than 18,000 cookbooks, from 14th-century manuscripts, the first Spanish-language cookbook, and 1,000 California cookbooks to Nathan Myhrvold’s Modernist Cuisine. Plus a vintage menu collection, advertising ephemera, periodicals and photos. WHO Serious scholars to the [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY An eccentric Jewish-Scottish hipster spot that’s surprisingly affordable given the celebrity status of the chef—the most expensive dish is $15. WHAT Helmed by Top Chef winner Ilan Hall, the Gorbals is anything but flashy—an almost-barren candlelit room tucked into the aging Alexandria Hotel, now used for affordable housing. The small menu draws inspiration from [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Never the same old brown-bag lunch. WHAT When a former Lucques line cook moves to the sandwich line, quality ingredients follow. The roast chicken with herb-marinated goat cheese and ancho-cranberry chutney on Dolce Forno wheat is as good as it sounds; the albacore with citrus aioli and green apples on buckwheat you’ll want to [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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