Lesley Bargar Suter
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Here's Where to Find Great Matcha Drinks and Desserts in L.A.
Here’s Where to Find Great Matcha Drinks and Desserts in L.A. You can never have too much Golden Latte This New York import offers a slew of iced and hot bevvies mixed with matcha. Our favorite is the subtly sweet Golden version that also stars turmeric, ginger, and black pepper. Matcha Napoleon Organic ceremonial-grade matcha is whipped into a cream and dolloped between three layers of flaky… → Read More
Here's Where to Find Great Matcha Drinks and Desserts in L.A.
Golden Latte This New York import offers a slew of iced and hot bevvies mixed with matcha. Our favorite is the subtly sweet Golden version that also stars turmeric, ginger, and black pepper. Matcha Napoleon Organic ceremonial-grade matcha is whipped into a cream and dolloped between three layers of flaky pastry. Try the matcha buns, cakes, and ice cream, too. Matcha Doughnut In a Silver Lake… → Read More
4 New Restaurants You Need to Check Out Right Now
4 New Restaurants You Need to Check Out Right Now From Beverly Grove to Arcadia Tsubaki Echo Park When drinking sake at one of L.A.’s more highfalutin Japanese restaurants, you might be offered a selection of small sipping cups to choose from. It always reminds me of that scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, where Jones has to pick the Holy Grail from a dusty menagerie of cups. “Choose… → Read More
Mankind Does Not Deserve This Cocktail Made with Lucky Charms
Mankind Does Not Deserve This Cocktail Made with Lucky Charms Get it at Nighthawk Breakfast Bar The hierarchy of elements that go into a bowl of Lucky Charms breakfast cereal is as follows: * The marshmallows * The milk * The cat food-like cereal bits that honestly you should probably just skip if you have any shred of self-respect. The after-milk is the prized part of the whole Lucky Charms… → Read More
Pok Pok L.A. Is No More, but There Is Glory in Its Passing
We’re gonna miss the hell out of those Thai chicken wings, tho → Read More
Mast Brothers Is Closing Its Massive Arts District Chocolate Factory
Mast Brothers Is Closing Its Massive Arts District Chocolate Factory And right before Easter, too… Let me preface this story by noting that, in the grand scheme of things to be upset about today—travel bans, women’s rights, etc.—not having a place to buy goat’s milk chocolate bars is probably low on the “wah wah” list. But still, we’re a little sad to learn that the Mast Brother’s 6,000… → Read More
Our 16 Favorite BIG Salads in L.A.
Our 16 Favorite BIG Salads in L.A. Because, crunch The Byrds sang about it (though Pete Seeger wrote it, and whoever wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes before him): for everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die, a time to eat your weight in nachos and mac and cheese, and a time to shovel an entire Whole Foods’ worth of produce directly into your pie hole. For the latter, there… → Read More
Our 16 Favorite BIG Salads in L.A.
Tired of the same old salad joint? We've got 16 of our favorite BIG salads in LA. → Read More
There’s A New Fried Chicken Locator App for L.A. Because We're There Now
For when you need crunchy batter-fried poultry STAT! → Read More
Here Are the 10 Best Places to Eat During dineL.A. Restaurant Week
But more importantly, here's exactly what you should be eating → Read More
Inside Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson's Quest to Transform Fast Food, and Maybe the Entire Restaurant Business
Can healthier fast food make a poor neighborhood a better place? Chefs Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson hoped so when they launched LocoL in Watts last January. After a year of hard lessons, they’re still hoping. → Read More
Best of L.A.: The 24 Food and Drink Winners for 2016
We scoured the city and can say it with confidence—this is the best L.A. has to offer → Read More
How Patric Kuh’s New Book Forced Him to Rethink American Food, Criticism, and His Own Anonymity
It’s show and tell with our longtime restaurant critic → Read More
Where to Eat Now: Hot 'N' Fresh L.A. Restaurants, 5/27
Where to Eat Now: Hot ‘N’ Fresh L.A. Restaurants, 5/27 Get your fill of this week’s dining buzz Each Friday, the Digest surveys the burgeoning L.A. restaurant scene and compiles a list of the newest, most hyped and heralded restaurants in town this instant. Whether big or small, near or far, these are the restaurants that have people talking—us among them. Snag a seat at these hotspots while you… → Read More
Why We (Mostly) Love the New 365 By Whole Foods Market
Robots, coupons, and oat-based cupcakes for dogs—what’s not to like? → Read More
These 10 Patio Restaurants Will Make You Rethink ever Eating Indoors Again
These 10 Patio Restaurants Will Make You Rethink ever Eating Indoors Again Don’t say we didn’t warn you Maré 7465 Melrose Ave., Beverly Grove Walk through Greenspan’s Grilled Cheese—as in behind the counter and past the kitchen—to find this hideaway, where Beyoncé has been known to nibble beneath twinkle lights. Eric Greenspan feeds Bey, as well as the rest of us, simple rustic California fare:… → Read More
5 Irresistible Sidewalk Restaurants That Will Never Fail to Lure You In
Delicious things tend to happen when pedestrian pathways double as restaurant real estate → Read More
The Ultimate Guide to Eating Outside in L.A.
As if in defiance of our luxurious climate, Angelenos have long preferred a restaurant’s most shrouded seating: the deep booths, the windowless corner banquette, the bar—anywhere but that sun-dappled two-top. In the ’80s, staff at the original Spago referred to its patio as “Siberia.” But outdoor eating is no longer a big chill. You can now loll beside a pool, atop a skyscraper, near a fire… → Read More
All of the Cool Things You Need to Do Next Time You’re in Sacramento
Long a crossroads for travelers, the state capital is becoming a quiet destination all its own → Read More
The Most Deadly Thing In My Family’s Fridge, and Why I Keep Buying It
In the wake of killer lettuce and pre-peeled orange outrage, the true confessions of an efficiency food fan → Read More