WHY You can change the mood of your tablescape by mixing and matching shapes and colors the same way you put together outfits from your closet. WHAT This venerable Venice pottery studio produces and sells its own handmade, collectible, durable dinnerware, bowls and serving pieces, which come in wonderful satin matte colors. Look for finds [...]
WHY Yamashiro’s view, fun prepared foods, and a bar. WHAT It’s not a certified market, and it’s more about the prepared foods and the fab views than the produce, but it’s worth knowing about for a festive Thursday-night outing, especially if you’re entertaining tourists and don’t want to eat at the overpriced restaurant. There’s an [...]
WHY A vast array of homemade sausages, Nancy Silverton’s hamburger blend and Wagyu (Kobe-style) beef. WHAT The Huntington sells Harris Ranch beef, American lamb and an impressive selection of pork cuts, hams, bacon, house-made sausages and such specialties as Moffett’s pot pies. The butchers give good advice on cooking and grilling techniques, too. Los Angeles [...]
WHY A selection of cheeses that is unmatched in Southern California. WHAT Since 1967, this tiny shop has purveyed the world’s finest cheeses to the world’s pickiest customers. An oasis of funky, cheesy aromas in the rarefied air of Beverly Hills, the Cheese Store is staffed with people who know their products and can discuss [...]
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 [...]
WHY One of the finest small markets around, tiny and personal and packed with good things to eat. WHAT Oh, how we love this wee little market in an old house! There’s the quality produce, of course, and the good meat and fish. And those amazing scones made by the French guy who sells them [...]
WHY Free backyard fruit, vegetables and herbs from thoughtful urban farmers. WHAT Actress Hynden Walch started this nonprofit co-op, through which residents from Glassell Park, Silver Lake, Los Feliz and Eagle Rock drop off their excess backyard crops at a pre-set time and place, and Walch and volunteers bag up assortments that are then delivered [...]
WHY From custom to corporate, baby shower to birthday, Fancifull has beautiful and thoroughly stuffed gift baskets for any occasion. WHAT For over 25 years, Terry and Wally August have procured first-rate ingredients from around the world and packaged them into gift baskets. While they have produced extravagant packages for mega corporations like the Food Network and the [...]
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 (not that 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 [...]
WHY Any herb, green or fruit you could ever imagine wanting, at great prices. WHAT With a focus on Persian, Middle Eastern and Indian foods, this produce and grocery market has bargain prices on avocados, stone fruits and lettuces, along with a vast selection of Mediterranean spices, Indian teas, Middle Eastern breads and discounted olive [...]
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