Seafood and Fried Chicken Make Sirene a Never-Fail Dinner Option
Sirene, the sister restaurant to San Francisco’s the Morris, has shaped itself into a neighborhood hangout near Lake…
Kar Son Review: The New Chinese Restaurant at Row DTLA Might Have the Juice
Chinese restaurants on the greater eastside of Los Angeles are in conversation with the San Gabriel Valley whether…
Linden Is Hollywood’s Most Stylish Dining Destination
In 2023, Linden landed on Sunset Boulevard in the middle of Hollywood. The operators were mostly unknowns in…
Review: Perse Is the Most Ambitious New Persian Restaurant in Los Angeles
In 2016, brother-and-sister duo Farbod and Farinaz Pirshirazi opened a casual restaurant, Chicken Chick, in Gardena, eventually expanding…
Cheese-Showered Slices Make June’s Pizza in Oakland an East Bay Gem
The lore of June’s Pizza begins at the onset of the pandemic. Owner Craig Murli first began his…
Review: Prime Pizza Slings the Most Consistent New York Slice in Los Angeles
Prime Pizza opened in 2014 on Fairfax and now — more than a decade later — has 10…
Berkeley’s Korean Superette Serves Homey Korean Comfort Food on a Beautiful Patio
Korean Superette opened in 2022 as part-restaurant, part-grocery store, serving Korean comfort food and selling a selection of…
Goldburger Review: One of LA’s Micro Chains Makes the Best Smash Burgers
What initially began as a burger pop-up in 2018 has become a go-to burger joint for Los Angeles…
Angelini Osteria Review: The Enduring Pleasures of Los Angeles’s Timeless Italian Restaurant
Twenty-five years in and the energy inside chef Gino Angelini’s Italian stalwart Angelini Osteria still pulses like that…
Somni Review: The $1,000 Los Angeles Tasting Menu Restaurant You Can Feel Good About Going To
There may not be a more expensive — or ambitious — restaurant in Los Angeles than Somni, a…
Highland Park Brewery Review: The Best Beer in Los Angeles Lives in Chinatown
The quintessential Southern California brewery experience involves a long drive to a nondescript industrial park, followed by an…
Burritos La Palma Review: How These Zacatecan-Style Burritos Took Over LA
Burritos La Palma opened its first U.S.-based location in El Monte in 2012, but the Bañuelos Lugo family…