One of L.A.’s most theatrical restaurants, the Bazaar by José Andrés at the SLS Hotel Beverly Hills, is set to open an elaborate new concept, Bazaar Flight at Gate Bar Centro. The bar will offer only one thing: a 12-course tasting menu of over-the-top cocktails, paired with small tapas snacks. Like barmini, an Andrés cocktail […]
3 New Restaurants You Have to Try in August
From wood-fired fare at the Beverly Center to a porchetta power house downtown, here are three new L.A. restaurants worth checking out this month. Birdie G’s James Beard award-winning chef Jeremy Fox gets personal with a sunny new spot dedicated to comfort food and named after his 3-year-old daughter. The high-low menu is full of […]
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Fuses Food and Music at this New L.A. Restaurant
People have been saying “chefs are the new rock stars” since the dawn of the celebrity chef era, but Jeremy Fall is taking that idea to a new, more literal level. Fall–the L.A. chef and restauranteur behind projects including Nighthawk Breakfast Bar, Easy’s, and the now-shuttered Tinfoil Liquor & Grocery–was the first food industry pro […]
A Visit to Echo Park’s Newest Cocktail Bar Might Remind You to Call Your Grandmother
Karla Flores-Mercado wants you to feel at home as soon as you arrive at Bar Flores, her new Echo Park cocktail concept set to open in early August. The project is a labor of love, and it shows in every detail, from the portrait of her own grandmother gracing the entrance to her carefully-considered menu. […]
A Brothless Ramen Chain Arrives in L.A. Just in Time for the Sweaty Part of Summer
The balmiest part of L.A. summer is about to be in full swing, which means sweating over a piping-hot bowl of ramen probably sounds less appealing, even to the most fervent Tonkatsu fiends. Japanese chain Menya Hanabi and its famous brothless ramen have arrived in Arcadia just in the nick of time. Founded by chef […]
This Itinerant Korean Pop-Up Tells the Story of Two Local Chefs
If there is a dish that embodies what it’s like to cook and eat in L.A. in 2019, it might be the beef tongue tostada at Dandi, a sporadic pop-up helmed by chefs and business partners Jihee Kim and Joshua Pressman. The presentation is minimal. Layers of Thai shallot kimchi and torched slices of kalbi […]