WHY Warm-hearted tours for people who like to wander, explore and nosh. WHAT Sisters Lisa and Diane Scalia are friendly, energetic and hungry, so it’s no surprise that they’ve gone into the walking-tour business. Their repertoire centers around three three-hour tours: the original, which explores the Original Farmers Market and ventures onto 3rd Street, one [...]
For the last three nights in February, specifically Feb. 26 through Feb. 28, a host of Pasadena’s finest restaurants will be participating in Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services’ annual fundraiser—Dinners From the Heart. This event is truly a win-win, as it enables caring members of the community to enjoy an outstanding meal while simultaneously raising money to help [...]
WHY Taco trucks hit the big time when this Korean/Mexican fusion coach arrived on the scene. WHAT The icon of the nouveau food truck scene, Kogi has a legion of imitators but still makes the best Korean taco in LA, and the hungry masses are eating it up. Wherever one of the five Kogi trucks parks, [...]
WHY A sharp knife is a thing of beauty. WHAT Few things frustrate a cook more than a dull knife. Gary understands. Westsiders will find him and his sharpening tools at several farmers’ markets, including Torrance, Culver City, Mar Vista and Beverly Hills; check his website for the schedule. If you don’t live on the [...]
WHAT The Vizzi Truck goes beyond the usual food-truck haute junk food, with flatbread sandwiches, skillfully seasoned grilled chicken and beef and garlicky chickpea sliders. House-made mango salsa or powerful chimichurri tops the fresh, healthy dishes. On the side, there’s pimento-spiced popcorn—an unusual yet inspired touch. , @VizziTruck, vizzitruck.com. Cash only. Region: Citywide Features: Dinner, [...]
WHY You never know where it’ll pop up or what’s on the menu, and that’s the fun of it. WHAT Good luck getting a reservation at L.A.’s (and now the nation’s) premiere pop-up restaurant. (So many people want in, the online reservation system usually crashes soon after it opens.) Ludovic Lefebvre is a classically trained [...]
WHY Enthusiastic tours of some of L.A.’s best ethnic-food enclaves, including Thai Town, Little Tokyo and the Chinese neighborhoods of the San Gabriel Valley. WHAT Jeff Okita and Alex Tao love L.A. and love to eat, and they’ve channeled those passions into seven tasting tours: Little Tokyo, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Thai Town, Downtown L.A. and [...]
WHAT Welcome to the cuisine of gluttony, which can be hard to resist, especially when it rolls up to your doorstop smelling of smoky Nueske bacon. Everything on this truck is bacon-based: breakfast burritos, sandwiches, French toast, even the brownies. The signature item is the baco (pronounced bock-oh), a reverse taco with strips of bacon [...]
WHAT Comfort food doesn’t get any more comfortable than on the Buttermilk Truck, where the mobile kitchen dishes out breakfast sliders, fantastic homemade cake doughnut balls, bite-size buttermilk pancake balls, red velvet cupcakes and Hawaiian-bread cinnamon french toast sticks. It all tastes just as good, if not better, at 9 p.m. as it does at [...]
WHAT Devoutly organic, this truck (an offshoot of a catering company) brings a farm-to-plate aesthetic to the mobile cuisine scene, serving classy California fare—with prices to match: market-fresh green peas atop a brisket hash, waffles in real blueberry sauce. They’re famous for their lasagne cupcake, sheets of pasta that are dexterously layered in a cupcake [...]
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