On the heels of one of the biggest nights in Hollywood comes much anticipated news from the James Beard Foundation. The 2013 first-round nominations for the Beard Awards, the highest honor bestowed upon the culinary industry, have just been announced and Los Angeles has plenty reasons to toast. Competing in the National category we have … Read more

There’s no shortage of great places to go and things to do this February for Angelenos. Below are a few of our picks to make the most of your February. GO HERE:  Jet to → London for Fashion Week (Feb. 15 – 19) at the Somerset House, and be one of the first to see what will be … Read more

National Pizza Week kicks off January 6 – 12, and there are plenty of ways to celebrate right here in Los Angeles. Not only has our city experienced a pizza culinary explosion as of late, with many still taking a well-deserved victory lap — 800 Degrees, Milo & Olive — we also harbor family-owned businesses … Read more

The essence of the “California Club” is making a comeback with the anticipated arrival of 41 Ocean, a members only dining club, slated to open on the Westside on January 25, 2013. Co-developers Jeremy Umland and Max Russo have enlisted Top Chef star Chris Crary (Season 9) to create the seasonal SoCal menu as Executive … Read more

Is Los Angeles chef Craig Thornton’s once secret and frequent pop-up supper club in Downtown L.A., Wolvesmouth, taking over a more permanent–dare we say, actual–restaurant? It sure looks that way. According to The New Yorker, Thornton could be hosting his widely popular dinner parties (which have been repeatedly shut down by local authorities) as soon as … Read more

Whether your foodie trend of choice comes topped with sprinkles or served with a straw, you’ll have your fix this week with the opening of two new shops in Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. Proving that the Los Angeles cupcake craze is still alive and kicking, Georgetown Cupcakes, from the D.C.-based sisters Katherine Kallinis Berman … Read more

As if you needed another reason to get excited about the slate of new restaurant openings in Los Angeles, here are two new ones. New York City’s Rao’s and Miami’s Barton G. The Restaurant, both landmark restaurants in their respective cities, are set to open Los Angeles locations. Owned by Frank Pelligrino and Ron Straci, … Read more

It’s opening night every night for the rotating roster of chefs who are breaking in the kitchen of the newly completed Arts District restaurant Bestia as a part of the pop-up chef movement known as Test Kitchen.The concept, first popularized in 2010, allows chefs with an experimental stage for which to test new ideas before their … Read more

Is bigger better? Downtown Los Angeles restaurateurs seem to think so as more and more are opening up restaurants in massive spaces; some more than triple the size of the average establishment in other parts of the city. The “go big” mentality shows that restauranteurs and investors are betting big on the ever-increasing traffic in … Read more