The Oinkster – LA Eater

The Oinkster’s Annual Burger Week Goes Big With Seven Days of Meat Overload Massive burgers abound. The Oinkster’s now-annual Burger Week starts today, and brings with it a slew of meaty offerings across both locations in Eagle Rock and Hollywood. What started five years ago as a sorta quiet burger party out at the original location has […]

DeSano Pizza Bakery – LA Weekly

10 BEST PIZZA PLACES IN LOS ANGELES Have a favorite pizza? Nominate it for our Best of L.A. 2015 Readers’ Choice Award.  It’s been three years since we last put together our best pizza list, and in that time the landscape for pie lovers has changed dramatically. Fast-casual pizzeria 800 Degrees has grown from an […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]