Food
Something about small restaurants occupies a particular place in a cityscape, especially in sprawling Los Angeles. Stir Crazy on Melrose feels like a respite from the world.
Sept. 19, 2024
Get to know L.A.’s best Latin American restaurants from the 2023 101 Best Restaurant guide, featuring Mexican, Colombian, Salvadoran and Brazilian cuisines, among others.
Sept. 12, 2024
Chef Josiah Citrin opened Mélisse in Santa Monica in 1999, blazing a trail for a new way to look at French cooking in California.
Sept. 16, 2024
In 2025, Swedish chef Marcus Jernmark hopes to open a restaurant with ingredients from California but that maintains a “Nordic backbone and DNA.”
Kwang Uh and Mina Park’s reinvention of Baroo, one of L.A.’
Sept. 3, 2024
Letters to the Editor
His family owned Edward’s Steak House near MacArthur Park for 44 years. He says the problems plaguing Langer’s today sound sadly familiar.
Sept. 6, 2024
Looking for new dining options over Labor Day weekend? Critic Bill Addison has three recommendations.
Aug. 31, 2024
In a tough restaurant economy, L.A. chefs are opening ambitious restaurants. Are we seeing the start of a turnaround?
Sept. 7, 2024
California
A mislabeled container of cooking wine was served to a toddler as apple juice. The family spent the night in the emergency room, where the toddler’s blood alcohol content was 0.12%.
Aug. 23, 2024
Round out your weekend with a Southern-style brunch from one of L.A.’s staple soul food restaurants.