Heather Platt
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Angelenos Love Their Brekkie — So Australians Are Opening Restaurants Here
This guy says he invented avocado toast. Cue outrage. → Read More
Best Girl Brings Michael Cimarusti to Downtown L.A.'s Ace Hotel
The new restaurant aims to be part of your night on the town. → Read More
Tsujita Ramen Launches a Spicy Tantanmen Noodle Concept, and It's Killer
The restaurant warns diners up front that it's going to be a wild ride. → Read More
Caterer to the Stars Kathleen Schaffer Describes What Celebrities Eat
Catering for wealthy Angelenos can be tricky: They don't always eat much. Unless marijuana is also provided. → Read More
Hello Kitty Cosplay Meets Sustainable Farming at Tanaka Farms
Whatever it takes to get kids to eat vegetables. → Read More
Breakfast Queen Jessica Koslow Partners with Kellogg's to Host “Brinner” Pop Up at Sqirl
Plus, progress on her new westside restaurant. → Read More
Hey, Restaurants — Stop Making Your Servers Say These 10 Annoying Phrases
Please, no, we understand what a menu is. → Read More
Joan's on Third Owner Joan McNamara Started as a Catering Company 20 Years Ago
Sometimes whimsy can lead to success. → Read More
A Mystery of the Food World — Do Restaurants Need to Campaign to Win a James Beard Award?
For all the camaraderie the James Beard Foundation engenders, it is the subject of constant food-world gossip. → Read More
Celebrity-Owned Alcohol Brands Are a Growing Segment of the Liquor Industry
A growing number of celebrities aren't just campaigning for liquor brands — they're starting their own labels. → Read More
Pizzana in Brentwood Is the New Pizza Restaurant From the Sprinkles Cupcakes Company
Seems like a delicious life. → Read More
Hotel Indigo and Cartwheel Art Offer Tours of Downtown L.A.'s Underground Tunnels and Speakeasies
Downtown L.A.'s newest hotel, Hotel Indigo, is offering tours of downtown's network of prohibition-era underground tunnels. → Read More
Evan Funke's Long-Awaited Felix Opens Tomorrow on Abbot Kinney in Venice
There's a whole room dedicated just to pasta-making tools. → Read More
Bar Angeles, the Restaurant That Tore Up the Elliott Smith Mural, Explains Itself
The space had been essentially empty for years. → Read More
Same Same, a Wine Bar With Thai Food, Takes Over Silver Lake’s Rambutan Thai
Same Same is primarily a bar meant to showcase Holly Zack's curated yet affordable wine list. → Read More
First Look: Spring, Tony Esnault's Downtown Bistro, Is Very French and Very Charming
It feels as though you are staring at a French post-impressionist painting — Vincent Van Gogh’s Café Terrace at Night comes to mind. → Read More
Letter Press Chocolate Produces Some of L.A.'s Best Candy Bars in a Living Room in Beverlywood
“We want to bring this back to being where we live,” says David Menkes, referring to what used to be his dining room and is now home to four chocolate grinders on a plastic folding table. Here in their second-story apartment on a quiet residential street in Beverlywood, Menkes and... → Read More
First Look: Marcel Vigneron's Wolf Brings "Zero Waste" Cooking to Melrose Avenue
When chef Marcel Vigneron announced he would be opening his first restaurant, it seemed a bit cliché (and confusing) for the Top Chef alum, a guy who made a name for himself as a molecular gastronomer, to describe the food at his new place as "rustic," "farm fresh" and "made... → Read More
Mast Brothers Brings L.A.'s First Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Factory to Downtown
Two tall, bearded men dip their hands into a pile of cocoa beans, lifting them up as if to wash their faces with them. “All beans come from a pod, inside fruit the size of a football,” explains Rick Mast, who with his brother Michael started making artisanal bean-to-bar chocolate at... → Read More
Cape Seafood, Michael Cimarusti’s High-End, Sustainable Fish Market, Debuts on Fairfax
Angelenos in search of a high-end seafood market have a new option as of this week, when Michael Cimarusti’s Cape Seafood and Provisions opened on North Fairfax Avenue, inside the former Lindy & Grundy butcher shop space. Cimarusti, an outspoken proponent of sustainable seafood, has been showcasing wild-caught fish at both... → Read More