With so many great ice cream, frozen yogurt and gelato shops in Los Angeles, choosing which to dive into on a hot day can be trickier than settling on a flavor. Â So we polled several of our favorite pastry chefs in town to get the scoop on their favorites. 21 Choices Sona pastry chef Ramon [...]
It should be easy in one of the world’s great metropolises to find a proper meal after midnight, but it’s not. Oh, it’s not hard to find food — there are taco trucks, dive coffee shops and even Del Tacos all over — but something interesting and warming, with waiter service… that’s another matter. Here [...]
What’s in a pickle? Very little: vinegar, spices, maybe a touch of sugar. But pickles are like pizza, a very personal affair. Soft or crunchy, tangy or sweet, somewhere in between… here are some of our favorite retail and deli pickles. And if you’ve got a pickle to share, please let us know. Alpine: Russian-style [...]
We Angelenos are lucky to have our share of great dive bars, ex-pat pubs and neighborhood watering holes with good, affordable beer. But when it comes to ordering a first-rate pint (sorry, Sam Adams’ latest seasonal brew doesn’t count) at affordable prices in upscale haunts, Los Angeles has long been a few sips behind San [...]
Barbecue season is upon us, so we went on a quest for L.A.’s best house-made sausages for summer grilling. Herewith our favorites, in rough geographic order, from east to west: Roma Italian Deli, 918 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, 626.797.7748. Owner Rosario has an opinion on everything, and in his opinion, his is the greatest Italian [...]
With summer tempting us to get out of the house more often, yet penny pinching in high gear, we asked six of our favorite chefs — three sets of  husband-and-wife teams — what affordable local spots they like to hit when they have a rare day off together (the Travis and Hatfields are also new [...]
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