DeSano Pizza Bakery – LA Weekly

DESANO REVIEW: NEAPOLITAN PIZZA IN EAST HOLLYWOOD BY WAY OF ATLANTA To truly understand DeSano, the new Neapolitan pizza place in East Hollywood, you must first understand a different pizza restaurant in a different city. To truly understand DeSano, you must first understand Antico. Much of the magic of the pies is lost between first […]

The Stave – Long Beach

The 10 Best Whiskey Bars in LA Because apparently it’s “not cool” to drink whiskey “alone”, at “your house”, maybe start doing it “with other people”, at “the 10 best whiskey bars in LA”? The Stave (click here for address and deets) Long Beach This classy, wood-laden bar’s got three-whiskey flights every Wednesday, plus specials […]

Flintridge Proper & Seoul Sausage – Thrillist

LA’S 11 BEST UNDER-THE-RADAR BURGERS Ever notice how all of those “Best Burgers in LA” lists mention the same 20 hamburgers? While yes, Apple Pan, Father’s Office, Golden State, Umami, Hungry Cat, and Rustic Canyon all make really, really good burgers, this is actually a city with like a billion burgers — so there’s gotta be […]

Honeycut – TimeOut Los Angeles

Honeycut ho says you can’t break out your dance moves and enjoy a craft drink at the same time? The nightlife heavy hitters behind Seven Grand and The Varnish, together with NYC’s Death + Co. booze pioneers, have accomplished the near-impossible—a premium cocktail discobar. The 3,000-square-foot basement of the O Hotel downtown is split between […]

Gjelina – TimeOut LA

Best brunch restaurants in Los Angeles: Burgers Brunch restaurants in Los Angeles get meaty (and messy) with two-fisted burgers that are being served weekend mornings. It’s a widespread belief that brunch is the remedy to last night’s debauchery. We like to agree—and take it one indulgence further with our list of LA’s best brunch burgers. […]

Factory Kitchen – Zagat

Factory Kitchen Brings More Italian Food to DTLA A new Italian restaurant with a couple of big names behind it will debut at the Factory Place Lofts in the Arts District this week. Chef Angelo Auriana (Valentino) and Matteo Ferdinandi (Drago Centro) plan to soft open Factory Kitchen on Thursday, October 24, bringing rustic Italian […]

Dragon Herbs – Vogue Magazine Paris

The old Californian chic Angela Lindvall – also kundalini yoga teacher supermodel – is a fan of this Zen emporium with a health elixirs boosters bar.It was created by the renowned herbalist Ron Teeguarden and features over 1,000 formulas to strengthen the immune system. Consultations are free for all ills to cure by plants. But […]

Orsa & Winston – LA Times

Josef Centeno dishes on Orsa & Winston, his new 33-seat restaurant in downtown L.A. Josef Centeno is only a few inspections away from his return to fine dining withOrsa & Winston in downtown Los Angeles. The 33-seat restaurant is set to debut on Sept. 24 with an exclusive five-day run for a special MasterCard preview, […]

Plan Check, Nong LA Vietnamese Cafe & Seoul Sausage – TimeOut Los Angeles

LA city guide: Eating and drinking along Sawtelle Boulevard Check out the best eating and drinking on Sawtelle Boulevard with our LA city guide to the the area’s new wave of restaurants. Downtown’s Little Tokyo may have a 75-year headstart on Sawtelle Boulevard, the West LA enclave between Olympic and Santa Monica Boulevards known as […]

Bludso’s BBQ – LA Weekly

BLUDSO’S BBQ ON LA BREA OPENS TODAY: BRISKET, RIBS + MINT JULEPS ON TAP For all of you who make the regular trek down to Bludso’s in Compton for, perhaps, the sole purpose of eating Kevin Bludso’s justly celebrated barbecue, you can cut down on your carbon footprint (although maybe not that of Bludso himself; […]