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Just made my best lunch this week: tacos with halibut straight from Alaska, cooked 2 nights ago and reheated in garlic and butter on corn tortillas with a July best-by date with melted cheese. So don't tell me leftovers aren't good.
The 90s were amazing! Who remembers The Olive on Fairfax? "The dress mode is straight from the mind of David Lynch--dyed black hair, hoop earrings and black leather motorcycle jackets on both sexes. Smoking is de rigueur."
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"Barton Fink might have hung out here, had he been a bit trendier and had a sublet on Melrose. The bar is populated with screenwriters straight off the plane from New York, writer/actors, producer/writers, director/actors and just plain actors..."
Happy to see Burrito King coming back from the dead! A new operator is nearly ready to reopen in Echo Park. instagram.com/burritoking196…
Among the places I ate constantly during high school/UCLA: Las Palmas (now Campo's), El Sombrero, Arlene's Donuts, Falafel King, Rae's, Da Vita Pizza, the Hot Dog Show, Chao Praya Thai in Hollywood, Pinocchio's
Is there a dish from the '70s called a Chewie? Found my high school diary and I was making them for dinner. Was it some sort of hippy health food burrito?
Save the chocolate!
Businesses across parts of Echo Park have been coping with outages since Saturday as a heat wave bears down on Los Angeles. Some have closed, thrown out food or scrambled to protect inventory, while others worry about how long the disruptions will last. theeastsiderla.com/neighborh…
Nice story from @eaterla about how much Dolly Parton loved El Chavo restaurant in Silver Lake! la.eater.com/obituaries-trib…?
Fun story taken from a Reddit thread about old LA cocktail napkins. But the California Post decided to substitute a photo from Maine for Silver Lake's long-gone Thistle Inn, where Rockway is now. nypost.com/2026/08/21/lifest…
The New Orleans-themed Thistle Inn featured live music in its Mardi Gras room, and was later the Latin club Cache. Here's a good article about it and other Silver Lake venues. medium.com/@ericbrightwell/a…
For over 5 days we've been out of butter, half and half, garlic and onions. Proud to have made at least 3 edible dinners but I'll be happy to stop putting olive oil on toast in the morning.
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Katsuya Uechi, the famed master sushi chef behind Los Angeles' Katsuya restaurants, has died. He was 67.
His restaurant group announced his death in an Instagram post late Thursday, but no cause was given.
Read more at abc7ne.ws/VtMxOv
Sean Brock is turning out some serious Southern food at Darling in West Hollywood -- paired with vintage country-flavored vinyl selections. Read about the time he almost froze Dolly Parton's mouth with nitrogen. variety.com/2026/music/featu…
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My suspicions that I’ve had for months about World Famous Oki-Dog have been confirmed!
Punk Rock Nancy Drew Ace Reporter over and out! #okidog
Can someone explain why the city is hurting restaurants by making them remove roofs from outdoor dining structures? In this economy?
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'Mr. Tempo' caught heat back in 2022 when L.A. preservationists came after him for gutting the 94-year-old Hollywood legend Pig ‘N Whistle restaurant without permits.
The full story: lataco.com/mr-tempo-mocks-pi…
By Hadley Tomicki
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You love LA.
We love LA.
Here is the @latimesfood team's Top 50 Dining Experiences that define our culture.
It's not a "best of" list, it's a collection of moments, flavors, that we all love and share 🌟latimes.com/food/list/essent…
