Kwang Uh and Mina Park, the couple at the heart of Baroo, have taken a different path than most restaurateurs. The pair met at the Jeollanamdo, Korea temple of Buddhist monk Jeong Kwan, who in addition to his Zen practice, is also an acclaimed chef (and is even featured on an episode of Chef’s Table) and […]
Michelin Will Rate L.A. Restaurants This Year–But Does Anybody Actually Want That?
Starting in June, L.A. restaurants will have their first chance to be awarded Michelin stars in more than a decade. Rather than bringing back the city-specific book, as Michelin published for 2008 and 2009, this time around it will be a California-wide book. The Old World fine dining authority will augment its existing guide to […]
The Husband-Wife Duo Behind Sandwich Fave Wax Paper Have Big Things in Store
In a restaurant scene increasingly dominated by million-dollar build-outs and deep-pocketed restaurateurs, the story of Peter and Lauren Lemos seems not only unusual but downright remarkable. The husband-and-wife duo opened the sandwich shop Wax Paper in 2015, scraping together their personal savings while working multiple jobs in the hospitality industry—he as a chef, she as […]
3 New Restaurants You Have to Try This March
From vegan German classics in Highland Park to a surprising strip-mall ramen in Koreatown, there are a lot of new restaurants to check out this month. Here are our picks for March’s buzziest new restaurants. Hinterhof The notion of a plant-based German restaurant might prompt a few eye rolls, but the crisp seitan schnitzel at […]
3 New Restaurants You Have to Try This February
From modern Chinese in Pasadena to a modern mezcal bar in Venice,there are a lot of new restaurants to check out this month. Here are our picks for December’s buzziest new restaurants. Dan With a tight menu of pork-filled xiao long bao and wok-cooked vegetables, this modern dumpling house from restaurateur James Kim ups the […]
Chef Christophe Émé Is Trying Something Way More Low Key with Kass
Christophe Émé wants to keep his food uncomplicated. When the Loire, France-born chef ran one of the city’s most ambitious (and expensive) French restaurants a decade ago, that would have seemed like an unusual goal for him. Before it unceremoniously closed in 2011, his haute supper club, Ortolan, garnered endless praise from critics and nabbed […]