Nong LA Cafe’ – Thrillist

LA’S 16 HOTTEST NEW BAR & RESTAURANT OPENINGS FROM APRIL What LA lacked in water this April *sad face*, we made up for in awesome new bars and restaurants *still sad face… but less sad*, from a beer garden at The Grove, to a new spot from the Animal guys, to a VW bus serving […]

Animal & Plan Check – Thrillist

LA’S 19 BEST SPOTS FOR 4/20 MUNCHIES It’s 4/20 today, and you know what that means: it’s the 89th anniversary of the discovery of the process to add sound to film!!!!!!! And since talking about silent movies always makes you chronic…ally hungry, here’s a ton of crazy food p*rn, and where to get it. YAY […]

Animal, Ledlow & Plan Check – LA Eater

The Hottest Burgers in Los Angeles, 2015 While Los Angeles watches food trends come and go, there will always be an eternal respect for the classic burger. Inherent in the burger is a sense of nostalgia and tradition that holds true even in the city marked by fast-changing fads. The City of Angels has seen […]

Orsa & Winston – LA Eater

Orsa & Winston Gets Into the Lunch Game Tomorrow With Healthy Grain Bowls Done with a Josef Centeno twist, of course. Beginning tomorrow, Orsa & Winston is rolling out a new kind of downtown lunch option. Josef Centeno’s tasting menu restaurant offered a more casual yakitori-ya experience in recent months, which got the chef to thinking […]

Animal, Osteria Mozza & Providence – The Daily Meal

101 Best Restaurants in America for 2015 It feels truer with each year that passes: It becomes more and more difficult to rank America’s best restaurants — and we say that having done it for half a decade. As interest in dining out increases, and more great chefs train younger good ones, fantastic food continues […]

Nong La – LA Weekly

NONG LA BRINGS VIETNAMESE FLAVOR TO LA BREA When you think of the stretch of La Brea Ave. near the corner of Beverly Blvd., it’s likely furniture and design stores come to mind. When you consider food in this part of town, you might think of the upscale restaurants nearby on Beverly, such as Angelini […]

Lobsta Shack – DT News

  Lobsta Shack DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Opened late last year just outside Chinatown, the Lobsta Shack restaurant marks the brick and mortar debut for founder Justin Mi’s widely popular Lobsta Truck, which truck chasers have been following around Downtown (and other locales) religiously since it hit the road in 2010. The truck’s signature Lobsta Roll […]

Wurstkuche – The Denver Post

Wurstküche, a hit in California, seeks to woo Denver diners Wurstküche, a Californian twist on the traditional German sausage grill and beer hall, plans to open Monday at the edge of Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. “There’s no polka, but there will be DJs on Friday and Saturday nights,” said Tyler Wilson, who launched the first […]

Ledlow – LA Weekly

LEDLOW REVIEW: CLASSIC AMERICAN COOKERY IS KING AT JOSEF CENTENO’S LATEST At this rate, chef Josef Centeno will one day have a restaurant in every storefront in downtown L.A. The rapid creep of his closely grouped restaurant empire now includes Bäco Mercat, plus his mezcal-and-queso–fueled Tex-Mex spot Bar Amá around the corner, his tasting menu–only […]

Ledlow – LA Weekly

AT LEDLOW, CLASSIC AMERICANA GETS A MODERN EDGE An underlying guiding principle of Americana is detectable, and some dishes on the menu are unequivocally classic: There are Parker House rolls that arrive in a cast iron skillet, golden on the outside and gorgeously fluffy on the inside, served with a side of pimento cheese made […]