Dining | Five New Downtown Los Angeles Restaurants

As its renaissance continues, downtown Los Angeles is continues to explode with new restaurants. Here are highlights from five recent openings at the top of our list.
Events | Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival 2012 In Photos

Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival took over Los Angeles Aug. 9-12 and brought more than 100 celebrity chefs, 250 acclaimed wineries and winemakers and a few Hollywood stars converge for four days of cooking demos, tastings, lunches, dinners and wine seminars.
Dining | Top 10 Los Angeles Chefs Under 30

In Los Angeles restaurants, many of LA’s top chefs have yet to celebrate their 30th birthdays.
Guy Stuff | Blind Barber Los Angeles Outpost Offers Cocktails & Cuts

Cocktails and haircuts make a classy combination at the new barbershop / speak-easy mash-up Blind Barber in Los Angeles.
Nightlife | Dock for Crafted Cocktails at Shorebar in Santa Monica

Tucked in a bungalow off the Santa Monica coast, Shorebar is a new handcrafted-cocktail bar from John Terzian, Brian Toll, Adam Koral, and celebrated local mixologist Vincenzo Marianella of Copa d’Oro.
Restaurants | Savor Contemporary Mexican Cuisine at Mercado

Food, atmosphere and tradition make a flavorful combination at Santa Monica’s new restaurant Mercado.
Restaurants | Vic Casanova Opens Gusto on West 3rd Street

Vic Casanova, former executive chef of Culina at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills, debuts Gusto, a rustic Italian eatery that showcases the chef’s passion for robust Italian flavors.
Events | 4th Of July Events In Los Angeles
Looking for the best Los Angeles things to do to celebrate Independence Day? We’ve lined up the best Los Angeles 4th of July events, dining, drinks and more.
Events | Los Angeles Dinner Series Explores Art, Cuisine at LACMA

Ray’s & Stark Bar, Maite Gomez-Rejon of Artbites, and LACMA are joining forces as they announce the new dinner series, Cur-ATE, that aims to bridge the gap between culinary and fine arts.
Restaurants | Taste of the Outdoors: Dining Outside in Los Angeles

For the capital of urban sprawl, Los Angeles offers a surprising wealth of rustic dining in restaurants that make the most of the great outdoors.