It’s the end of an era for one of LA’s most prominent restaurant names Thomas Keller will close his iconic Beverly Hills restaurant Bouchon by the end of the year, leaving a gaping finer dining hole in the middle of Los Angeles. Eater heard days ago that Keller would be letting go of the giant multi-floor lease at the Beverly Hills property,...

The Disney-adjacent restaurant does breakfast, lunch, dinner, wine, and takeout Burbank locals and Disney types have been long looking to Sotta for an opening date. The squat Alameda Avenue restaurant space has been under construction for a bit but comes to life today, working a nearly around-the-clock menu of Mediterranean-leaning specialities,...

Eating healthy doesn’t have to be boring Angelenos love to eat big, fulfilling bowls of rice, farro, oats, and more as a way to eat healthy. These bowls are completely versatile, and they’re easy to enjoy for breakfast, lunch or dinner. They often boast seasonal veggies, whole grains, and some kind of protein make for a well-balanced meal. For...

Plus Esquire’s best new restaurants, and an Angelini offshoot does pasta The best new restaurants around Esquire’s annual list of best new restaurants is out, and of course there are a few Los Angeles hotspots on the rundown. Chief among them is Felix, Evan Funke’s massively popular Italian trattoria on Abbot Kinney in Venice. Downtown’s PYT,...

A pros and cons look at Travis Lett’s newest Venice restaurant Welcome to the Good News/Bad News on Travis Lett’s izakaya restaurant, MTN, which opened in late July after taking years to open. The standalone Abbot Kinney spot is Lett’s fourth Venice restaurant, the others being Gjelina, Gjelina Take Away, and Gjusta. MTN’s determined focus, menu,...

A top-to-bottom look at this huge Los Angeles neighborhood The San Fernando Valley is the largest geographic subsection of the city of Los Angeles. It’s also a fabled, expansive jungle of wide boulevards, freeways, restaurants, bars, and single family homes cradled between mountains to the north and south. The lower Valley contains the biggest...