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Iconic Neighborhood Restaurants: San Gabriel and East San Gabriel
San Gabriel has strong sociocultural roots woven mostly by descendants of descendants from Central America, East and Southeast Asia, Western Europe, and those native to California. These inhabitants have informed the city’s culinary DNA. → Read More
Iconic Neighborhood Restaurants: Gardena
Whether it’s an organic tofu factory or Hawaiian shaved ice emporium, the diversity of Japanese American culture is more prominent in Gardena than in many other cities in California. → Read More
With Love Market & Cafe Brings More Options for Healthy Food and Fresh Produce to Pico-Union
During a recent cooking class at With Love Market & Café, Karla Vasquez prepared what she described as a healthier version of a grilled cheese sandwich, using pepper Jack and pesto. "We can use less cheese with a more flavorful kind," says Vasquez, the store's director of community programs... → Read More
Don't Call It a Pizza When It's a Tlayuda
Tlayuda L.A. in East Hollywood is gaining fans for its modern version of the Oaxacan favorite. → Read More
You Can Now Find Yaka Mein, a Creole Hangover Cure From New Orleans, in L.A.
At Louie's of Mar Vista, there's a rare version of an African-American/Asian-American noodle soup that originated in New Orleans called yaka mein. All but non-existent in L.A., it's lovingly known as "Old Sober" to many who have stumbled out of a bar in NOLA's Bywater district after midnight. The curative bowl... → Read More
Iconic Neighborhood Restaurants: Artesia
The city's dairy legacy may not be as apparent as Artesia's dining profile continues to grow. → Read More
Iconic Neighborhood Restaurants: Artesia
The city's dairy legacy may not be as apparent as Artesia's dining profile continues to grow. → Read More
LASA Filipino Pop-Up Headed to Chinatown
The pop-up will be the first residency at incubator Unit 120, Eggslut chef Alvin Cailan’s test kitchen and restaurant in Chinatown. → Read More
Iconic Neighborhood Restaurants: Arts District
Our list features some of the restaurants that helped situate the neighborhood's latest major shift. → Read More
Iconic Neighborhood Restaurants: Arts District
Our list features some of the restaurants that helped situate the neighborhood's latest major shift. → Read More
SCI-Arc's Adorable Campus Cafe Is No College Cafeteria (And It's Open to the Public)
The Black Fig is one of the best lunch spots in the Arts District. Being that it's a cafe built inside the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), it's also one of the most hidden. The modest school café isn't visible from either Third Street or Santa Fe Avenue. And... → Read More
Iconic Neighborhood Restaurants: Highland Park
To this day, some of the better, and more memorable, Highland Park eats stay affordable. → Read More
Iconic Neighborhood Restaurants: Highland Park
To this day, some of the better, and more memorable, Highland Park eats stay affordable. → Read More
Iconic Neighborhood Restaurants: Manhattan Beach
If the prevalence of breakfast-mostly joints is any indication, there's a particular appreciation for breakfast in this coastal community. → Read More
Iconic Neighborhood Restaurants: Long Beach
To dismiss the state's 7th largest city as another L.A. suburb would be missing out on what it offers Southern California culture (and German chocolate cake aficionados). → Read More
Are You Ready for Ring Baked Tofu Donuts?
Tofu does not immediately come to mind when considering the long list of donut possibilities in Los Angeles. L.A. is hope to doughnuts strewn with maple bacon, stuffed with fresh strawberries and cross-bred with a croissant. You can find doughnuts made to order to accommodate vegan and gluten-free predilections. There's a fun savory one inspired... → Read More
10 Best Restaurants for Brunch in Los Angeles
See also: 10 Best Breakfast Spots in Los Angeles Brunch is one thing that's done well in Los Angeles, a town that's very well-versed in mashups -- Carmeggedons I and II, for starters -- that grab more attention than should be necessary. And while it may not be the favorite... → Read More
Meet the Patron Saint of Boyle Heights
Cabildo played a key role in maintaining Boyle Heights and East L.A. as thriving working-class communities that hope to stand up against gentrification. → Read More
New Wave of L.A. Chefs Give Filipino Food A Modern Spin
Despite L.A.'s sizable Filipino community, the city hasn't been home to nearly as much experimentation with Filipino cuisine as it has to next-generation Korean and Mexican food. L.A.'s Filipino restaurants serve comfort food that typically centers on a rainbow of braises, which are often vinegar- or calamansi-based. Brothers Chad and... → Read More
Undergrind Cafe Is The Only Flavored Latte Cafe in Beverlywood
Undergrind Cafe on Robertson is not quite the third-wave coffee shop that showcases caffeinated craft from bean to brew. Instead, flavored lattes are co... → Read More