Dining
Short Order
Share The new burger spot near the original Farmers Market offers well-executed comfort food and a full bar in a relaxed, rustic setting, and it’s open late to boot. The sign is easily visible as you drive north on Fairfa...
Counter Intelligence: 800 Degrees in Westwood
Share A soda machine like a sports car. Pizzas on an assembly line. Prices like an off-campus hot spot. Pininfarina designs Ferraris. Pininfarina designs Maseratis. But on a sleepy Wednesday afternoon in Westwood, the Pininfari...
“Music for Hoarders”: Dawn Kasper
Share Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from February 11 until June 10 @ Armory Center for the Arts 145 N. Raymond Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103 Three months ago, L.A. artist Dawn Kasper moved her studio to the Whitney Museum ...
Wolfgang Puck at Hotel Bel-Air
Share Wolfgang Puck at Hotel Bel-Air gives the hotel a serious restaurant and the chef an ideal California spot. With the new Wolfgang Puck at Hotel Bel-Air, the Austrian chef who, along with Alice Waters, begat California cuis...
Bäco Mercat makes it easy to get carried away
Share At Bäco Mercat in downtown Los Angeles, Josef Centeno’s ever-changing, quirky menu makes it easy to get carried away. Navigating downtown is — there’s no getting around it — tough. Even though I work ther...
Crazy Tips: 12 Tales of Unusual Gratuities
Share Everyone who’s worked in a restaurant has at least one story about a crazy tip. There are customers who leave no extra money even though you’ve done nothing wrong, folks who leave way too much on a small che...
