Expect their smoked-mahi fish to be copied by other restaurants around the country. There's no script to follow. It's just two guys with two restaurants cooking food they want to eat.
Must Order: If the croque-madame (yellowtail sashimi, prosciutto, quail egg, brioche) were taken off the menu, customers would revolt. Read more.
The LA area has arguably the most diverse food scene in the country. Exemplary lobster roll - served on top a split brioche roll with a side of house-made sweet potato chips. Read more.
Charles and Mabel Ennis commissioned Frank Llyod Wright to design and build this house from 1923-24. It was used in Blade Runner, The House on Haunted Hill and Buffy the Vampire Slayer the TV series.
Angeleno foodies crowd this Sunday market for coconut milk from Dave's Korean Food, pupusas from Delmy Pupusa, and Carmela's ice cream. Read more.
Jon Shook & Vinny Dotolo were upstart caterers to the stars. Here they share the recipe for one of their most popular dishes: melted Petit Basque cheese & chorizo dip w/ grilled bread. (follow link) Read more.
Kogi Truck chef Roy Choi is a partner at this picnicky pan-Asian restaurant. Koreatown now has as many restaurants as Seoul—and as many valet stands as Beverly Hills. Read more.
Let's face it - this place is sexy. And the food remains stellar at brunch, lunch, and dinner. Get the fried egg sandwich or the pizza w/ guanciale and green olives or the insane butterscotch pudding. Read more.
Rick Bayless's West Hollywood hot-spot where the prices are justified by the provenance of the ingredients (i.e. suckling pig cochinita pibil). Read more.
At this downtown elegant hot-spot, chef John Rivera Sedlar curates Latin flavors as much as cooks them. There's an audio tour and dishes like duck confit with rioja sauce and cascabel chiles. Read more.
Upscale Mexican is what's really hot these days - Eva Longoria and Todd English team up and cater to the tourist set on Hollywood Boulevard. Read more.
Here, the city's best bartenders, including Eric Alperin & Marcos Tello, mix cocktails in a speakeasy-like space. Try the Holland Red Light, a cocktail made with Genever, the Dutch-style gin. Read more.
Rather than F-bomb-larded tirades, Gordon Ramsay West Hollywood turns out an eloquent take on modern European cuisine in dishes like smoked foie gras with crispy duck tongue. Read more.
On the 24th fl of the gleaming new glass tower is Wolfgang Puck's WP24, the refined 21st-century expression of modern Chinese cuisine that he started toying w/ nearly 30 yrs ago at Chinois on Main. Read more.
Check out the Bazaar by José Andrés. Settle into a Philippe Starck banquette, order a Philly cheesesteak w/ a side of acorn-fed Belotta ham and wash it all down w/ a Martini w/ sphericized olives. Read more.
New York's modern Italian master Scott Conant's brand-new Scarpetta is giving stiff competition to Thomas Keller's Bouchon right across the courtyard. Read more.
The city's hottest Italian restaurant where spotting a celeb is just another night. Try the classic goat cheese and bacon pizza! Read more.
Every neighborhood deserves a top-notch modern French bistro- this is it. Get a ham and cheese tart and a flinty Sancerre, and soak up the prettiest scene in the downtown revival. Read more.
Here you'll find some 20 Belgian, German, & domestic beers on tap & the same number of inventive sausages. Round out your order w/ a Filipino Maharlika-it's sweet & savory w/ a snappy natural casing. Read more.
This Asian-Mediterranean gastropub is a carnivore's delight: super-casual and extremely hospitable. Don't miss the pig ear chicharrón with radish salad and lime. Read more.
