I’m just back from meeting my college girl at the Breed Street food fair, an ad-hoc, parking-lot, street-food fiesta that’s been getting a lot of attention in the last several months. I’m sorry to report that the attention seems to have done it harm, for just after we dug into our deep-fried quesadillas from Nina’s [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In the second half of the 1980s, when America’s yuppie-driven restaurant craze hit its zenith, I went to every single hot new L.A. restaurant on behalf of my employer, L.A. Style, a quintessential ’80s style magazine. I often think back with longing to those days, when the magazine paid for me and three friends to [...]
You can find some steals on peak-of-season produce this time of year — say, $14 for a ten-pound flat of white and yellow peaches from See Canyon Ranch at Saturday’s Santa Monica Farmers’ Market. While you’re there, check out some of the satisfying, affordable bites from the restaurants that set up shop at the market, [...]
If you’re a lobster fan, you probably already know that prices on live Maine lobsters have dropped dramatically this summer as a result of both a spiny arthropod glut and the economy’s oceanic toll. As we hit the high season, the Bristol Farms, Gelson’s and Ralph’s with water tanks tend to keep them in stock, [...]
It’s no secret that the taco is L.A.’s great cheap dish, often served at trucks, stands and street carts for as little as $1. So it may not seem like such a bargain when Loteria Grill offers 12 mini tacos for $14. But when you consider the depth and skill of Jimmy Shaw’s cooking — [...]
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