Food Voices

Critic Bill Addison reviews Azizam, a new Persian restaurant in Silver Lake that delves further into the cuisine than kebabs and piles of rice.

There was immediate civic buy-in when Mercado González opened in November. Half a year in, how do the stalls stack up? Is fine-dining Maizano its own magnet?

Dominican pop-ups and a food truck represent the cuisine, but when members of a family immigrated to North Hollywood (by way of Alaska), they envisioned a bricks-and-mortar that honors their country’s cooking.

Southern chef Sammy Monsour returns to downtown at Joyce, where he channels his imagination toward seafood and other coastal-inspired dishes.

A chef pours a Beijing-style spirit over the roast duck, then aims a butane torch gun … and whoosh. You’re here for the flaming duck at Array 36 in Temple City.