So many Irish bars, so little time — particularly on St. Patrick’s Day. Some are more “bare bones,” as one of our editors refers to them (that’s code for dive bar), while others can all too quickly cross the line into Riverdance territory. Here are a few that will be pulling out the green carpet [...]
I remember very few childhood outings in the 1960s with my rather sickly grandfather Charlie, but I do remember Norms. For a rare treat he’d take a few of his many grandkids to the now-gone Norm’s in Los Feliz, and we thought it was just swell. Today 17 branches remain, most notably the parent in [...]
On Thursday, Food Fare, one of the mothers of all L.A. tasting events, makes its annual return to Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. When Planned Parenthood L.A. Guild held its first Food Fare fundraiser 30 years ago, times were different. Julia Child was the event’s demo chef and there were probably fewer “gourmet restaurants” in all [...]
WHY The sort of intelligent modern American bistro that towns like Santa Monica have in spades but Pasadena has mysteriously lacked. WHAT The opening of chef Job Carder’s new side-street bistro instantly ramped up Old Pasadena’s culinary status — between Dish, Green Street Tavern and the even-newer Quadrupel, there’s hope away from the dull chains. [...]
You’ve seen the quarantine signs, the netting draped over fruits and vegetables-that-are-really-fruits, such as tomatoes and avocados, and the fans propelling streams of air over some produce displays. What does it all mean? First of all, there is nothing wrong with the fruit that growers bring into Los Angeles, so don’t stop buying. The problem [...]
I’m an habitué of used bookstores. Cliff’s in Pasadena, the late Acres of Books in Long Beach, Brand Bookstore in Glendale. I buy books at these stores and usually read them, and am always looking for cookbooks, as our kitchen bookshelf attests. For years, I’d seen the two-volume “The Gourmet Cookbook” for sale at these [...]
With the countdown to Meryl Streep’s possible Oscar (fingers crossed!) win for Julie & Julia only days away, we’ve been thinking of Julia Child every time we grab a quick bite for lunch or pop open the Burgundy to go with a weeknight roast. Were Julia still alive, we can only imagine she’d be chatting [...]
My not-so-secret vice is a plate of baby back ribs and an order of the neon-orange garlic cheese bread at Burbank’s Smoke House Restaurant, but the price of that dinner has crept up in recent years. Happily, this Toluca Lake mainstay, founded in 1946, is currently offering some specials that make dinner out much more [...]
Food Truck Block Party in Silver Lake! On Sunday (rain canceled today) the Silver Lake Art, Craft and Vintage Market is hosting the first of a once-monthly lineup of food trucks at Micheltorena Elementary School. Starting February 27 and 28, food trucks will be arriving on the last Saturday and Sunday of every month, vending [...]
Like a famous film director, L.A. Weekly’s star food critic gets his name above the title these days. “Jonathan Gold Presents” is what it says on the paper’s announcement of this Sunday’s tasting event at the Petersen Automotive Museum. And why not? The party coincides with Gold’s annual round-up of restaurant recommendations, a list that legions of L.A. [...]
