Tender Greens – LA Eater

Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group Invests in California Chain Tender Greens The chain currently has 22 locations. Restaurateur Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) is spreading its New York City-based wings and has invested in Tender Greens, an up-and-coming California chain. According to a press release, Tender Greens — which serves a menu […]

Officine BRERA – LA Eater

Officine BRERA Promises to Be the Meatiest Italian Restaurant in Downtown Opening this fall. Remember when Republique, Walter and Margarita Manzke’s eye-catching La Brea restaurant in the former Campanile space, almost actually became an Arts District staple? It seems forever ago, but there were definite plans for the Manzke team to put down roots inside of […]

Nick & Stef’s – LA Eater

15-Year Old Steakhouse Nick & Stef’s Goes Dark For Months-Long Overhaul It’s a complete redo Downtown on Bunker Hill, inside and out. Downtown steakhouse Nick & Stef’s is closing up in anticipation of a complete summer overhaul. The well-heeled house of dry-aged meats on cushy Bunker Hill has occupied prime real estate near the city’s financial […]

Honeycut – LA Eater

Wine Rave Returns to Honeycut Tomorrow May 14, Crawfest at The Brig And free Grilled Cheese Truck and Lobsta Truck meals around LA! DOWNTOWN— Haven’t made it to Wine Rave yet? The blacklight fest by Maxwell Leer and Adam Varvoulis will return to Honeycut tomorrow night, May 14. Wine Rave starts at 10 p.m. with doors […]

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 […]

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 […]

Animal, Gjelina, Orsa & Winston, Providence & Bar Ama – LA Eater

The 38 Essential Los Angeles Restaurants, January 2015 Spanning Westside to Eastside, with eateries clustered around the best dining neighborhoods, this collection of elite restaurants aims to answer the question, “Can you recommend a place?” Eater will continue to update restaurants every few months, adding in eligible places that have been open for at least […]

Ledlow – Los Angeles Times

Review: At Ledlow, Josef Centeno is serious about American cuisine When people ask about the modern way of eating in Los Angeles, the succession of wildly variant small plates followed perhaps by a big, shared platter of meat, I sometimes refer them to Josef Centeno, who got the style started here when he was chef […]