4055 Mercantile Drive, Suite 180, 503-305-5298, tastylakeoswego.com. 5 pm-10pm Thursday-Friday, 9 am-2pm Saturday-Sunday. The Tasty brand is revived. The latest iteration of Tasty opened earlier this month in the new Mercato Grove development on Lake Oswego, run by two Toro Bravo alumni. If you’ve ever treated yourself to a steak …
Read More »Looking for the best uni pasta? Head to Chinatown Las Vegas
Pasta comes last, after Scottish salmon with yuzu ponzu, karaage and bluefin tuna belly with shiitake salsa. It comes 45 minutes after the tsukune, baked over natural oak charcoal. Our waiter informs us that every component of uni pasta is made from scratch. âWorth it,â he says. âYou will have …
Read More »Westchester’s popular Destination Court Cafe brunch has reopened
Court Cafe, âfoodminatiâ members Jermelle Henderson of Taco Mell and Calvin Johnson of Bleu Kitchen, has reopened its daily brunch restaurant Court Cafe, serving breakfast and lunch inspired by their upbringing in South LA. The Westchester restaurant had been closed for over a year, but are now ready to bring …
Read More »Beverly Hills New Matu Restaurant Offers Wagyu Beef Tasting Menu
Here’s something that doesn’t show up every day: A restaurant with a tasting menu focused on 100% grass-fed Wagyu beef. The meaty dream becomes a reality from Thursday with Matu (stylized as carpetÅ«) in Beverly Hills, thanks to co-founder Jerry Greenberg and his team’s new five courses tasting menu. Let’s …
Read More »Maximillian Petty takes over historic Whitehouse-Crawford restaurant from Walla Walla
Like many couples Trying to buy a home in Seattle, Maximillan and Jennifer Petty dramatically expanded their reach last year, looking for homes they could actually afford. Then the pandemic destabilized their two Queen Anne restaurants, Eden Hill and Eden Hill Provisions. Unlike most residential real estate searches, the result …
Read More »Wendy’s has opened a Rick and Morty pop-up restaurant in Los Angeles
It was the only Wendy’s serving the limited edition Pickle Rick Pickle Frosty. Wendy’s Rick and Morty LA pop-up. Warner Media Every detail reflected the theme, including all packaging. Wendy’s Rick and Morty LA pop-up. Warner Media Even the employee uniforms were updated for the event. Wendy’s Rick and Morty …
Read More »CicLAvia returns to Los Angeles County
CicLAvia, the open street bike festival, returns to Los Angeles County after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first events will take place on August 15 in Wilmington, on October 10 in downtown Los Angeles and on December 5 in South Los Angeles, the non-profit organization that hosts …
Read More »Mark Peel reached culinary heights, then endured frustrations
At the start of the 2008-09 recession, Mark Peel was a culinary star who had helped remove the smothering food industry. He had worked with such influential chefs as Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, and Wolfgang Puck at Spago in Los Angeles. In 1989, he and Nancy …
Read More »Serving hot meals, dignity for OC’s most needy residents
As Orange County entered the long run of the COVID-19 pandemic last summer, a contingent of nonprofits, restaurants, philanthropists and volunteers teamed up to provide fresh meals and warm to residents whose food options were scarce. Deliver with dignity Orange County created a framework in which donors raised money to …
Read More »Phoenix area restaurants showing tasty support for the Suns
Valley restaurants show ‘tasty’ support for the Phoenix Suns Bars, restaurants and bakeries are trying to “Rally The Valley” for a victory for the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals. FOX 10’s Matt Galka reports. PHOENIX – As the Phoenix Suns take on the Los Angeles …
Read More »Militia, 2 other people indicted in attack on BLM activist
Three people, including a high-profile member of the Northern California militia, have been charged with an attack on a Black Lives Matter activist at his workplace, the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office said this week. Carlos Zapata, an outspoken member of the Cottonwood militia, was charged with assault and battery …
Read More »Botrista raises $ 10 million for its beverage mixer robot
Photograph courtesy of Botrista Botrista, a startup that makes a beverage mixer robot, has raised $ 10 million to expand its technology nationwide. The Series A funding round was led by Pure Stone Capital and La Kaffa International, with contributions from the Sony Innovation Fund and catering equipment giant Middleby. …
Read More »As indoor dining is back in full swing, LA restaurants face 5 big challenges – The Hollywood Reporter
Los Angeles restaurants have been able to revert to a full-capacity indoor dining room, and vaccinated customers aren’t required to wear masks even at check-in (although some businesses may choose to require masks). But this June 15 milestone did not mean the automatic end of the many blows the food …
Read More »Newport Beach hosts career fair amid pandemic-induced labor shortages
Newport Beach businesses are now hiring. But, along with other businesses nationwide, are struggling to hire and retain staff as California emerges from a pandemic that has caused the loss of nearly 2.7 million jobs across the state. That’s why Newport Beach and Co., the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, …
Read More »Cuban restaurant Bar La Rampa will open on the former Sweet Chick site
MJMK will launch Bar La Rampa with a menu developed by TÄtÄ Eatery and a range of cocktail-based drinks developed by London bartender Marcis Dzelzainis. Named after Calle 23, one of the most well-known streets in Havana’s Vedado region, La Rampa is described as a celebration of Cuba’s long-standing traditions, …
Read More »Former line cook sues Spago, alleging discrimination
A former Spago cook filed a lawsuit against his former employer in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging unfair dismissal, retaliation, a hostile work environment and non-payment of overtime. Kevin Peralta said he was hired in 2013 and worked as a line cook for over six years. In the lawsuit filed …
Read More »Where to eat after lockdown – WWD
PARIS – After being closed for seven months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Parisian restaurant scene is back in full force. Great chefs took advantage of the confinement period to work on new street food concepts intended to appeal to local customers, in the absence of many of the …
Read More »Studio City’s new taqueria and bar is sure to be a hot hangout in the summer
The new hotspot in the San Fernando Valley is a taqueria, bar, and nighttime hangout called Taco by the side of the road. Roadside opened last Thursday in the former Xen Lounge club with an expansive patio, tacos and cocktails right in the heart of Studio City. Roadside is the …
Read More »In the aftermath of Middle East clashes, rabbi calls for peace
LOS ANGELES – Fridays are usually a time of celebration in Beth Shir Shalom, when Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels hosts the Sabbath with his Santa Monica congregation. But last week his sermon took on a somber tone because of events in the Middle East. By the time a ceasefire was declared …
Read More »Montreal food critic Marie-Claude Lortie leaves La Presse
Longtime Montreal restaurant critic Marie-Claude Lortie wrote her latest piece for Press over the long weekend, before assuming her new position as editor-in-chief of the Ottawa newspaper The right May 25. News of Lortie’s departure broke earlier this month with an article published by his new employer. On May 22, …
Read More »California says there will be no more restaurant capacity or physical distance limits starting June 15
California is approaching a pivotal moment since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic over a year ago. On May 21, California officials announced that the state would reopen completely without restrictions on June 15. As the first state to officially shelter-in-place, California will revert to zero restrictions on indoor and …
Read More »Warby Parker and La La Land arrive at Addison’s Prestonwood Place update
One mall in Addison has drawn eyewear retailer Warby Parker and socially responsible cafe La La Land to its recently revamped mix of retail and dining. Prestonwood Place, a 133,000 square foot center located on the southeast corner of Belt Line Road and Montfort Drive, has updated its offering with …
Read More »A first look at Comedor in Laguna Beach which offers a menu by Marcel Vigneron – Orange County Register
Last summer, La Casa Del Camino, a boutique hotel in Laguna Beach, refreshed its ever-full ocean-view bar, the Rooftop Lounge. The dining room is now getting a facelift with a gentle refurbishment of the decor and a new tapas menu created by Marcel Vigneron, vice-champion of season 2 of âTop …
Read More »Restaurant owners face labor shortage issues as COVID-19 capacity limits lifted – CBS San Francisco
WALNUT CREEK (CBS SF) – As California plans to reopen the economy on June 15 by removing nearly all health restrictions related to COVID-19, businesses that have survived the pandemic face a new challenge: shortage labor. Many companies have complained that they do not have enough staff at the moment …
Read More »Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins says he was fired from Atlanta restaurant because of ‘the color of my skin’
Dominique Wilkins said he was proud to have been embraced and loved by the city of Atlanta throughout his professional career and life after playing, but Saturday was probably not one of his moments. favorites in the city. The Professional Basketball Hall of Fame tweeted Buckhead restaurant La Bibloquet firing …
Read More »How and why we chose our restaurant of the year
Last Sunday, in print and online, The Times announced Minh Phan’s new Phenakite Project as this year’s Restaurant of the Year. It started as a trial pop-up last September at Second Home, a Hollywood property originally designed by famed architect Paul R. Williams; it currently operates as a âco-working complexâ, …
Read More »Los Angeles City Council delays vote to designate Taix restaurant as a historic landmark
The fight for the future of Taix – the old-school French restaurant and bar in Echo Park – reached a new milestone this week. Los Angeles City Council delayed a vote to add the restaurant to the city on Wednesday historical and cultural monuments program. The challenge is the demolition …
Read More »Waymakers OC Works in Huntington Beach to Reduce Impaired Driving
Dan Gleason remembers a time when there was another downtown area of ââHuntington Beach. The area along and around Main Street has always been known for its multitude of bars and restaurants, but it hasn’t always been known as a family environment. “It was a destination to go to party”, …
Read More »The 17 best Sinaloan restaurants in Los Angeles
Among the Pobladores, or founding families of Los Angeles, who arrived in 1781, four of the eleven families were from Sinaloa, including black, Afro-Mexican, mestizo and indigenous origins. It is not hyperbole to say that the Sinaloenses have a long history of immigration to Los Angeles, accelerated in the late …
Read More »CicLAvia works with Los Angeles to expand outdoor dining program
Share this article: Nonprofit CicLAvia said on Wednesday it would continue to work with Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to help the city expand its COVID-19 Al Fresco outdoor dining program, which officials are taking steps to make it permanent. The program, which began in …
Read More »Tensions in the Middle East lead to a fight in Los Angeles involving pro-Palestinian protesters, Jewish diners; LAPD launches hate crimes investigation
BEVERLY GROVE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) – A disturbing video shows an apparent group of pro-Palestinian protesters attacking diners outside a restaurant in the West Hollywood area on Tuesday evening. The incident appears to be an anti-Semitic attack amid renewed conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The footage is part of …
Read More »McDonald’s cooks, cashiers strike for higher wages, protest alleged lack of guarantees – Pasadena Star News
McDonald’s cooks and cashiers staged a day-long strike in Los Angeles on Wednesday to demand a minimum wage of $ 15 an hour in all locations and to protest the company’s alleged failure to protect workers from sexual harassment, violence in the workplace and exposure to COVID-19. The workers, who …
Read More »Best authentic Cuban restaurants to try in Miami
Calle Ocho runs through the heart of Little Havana and is home to generation-run Cuban establishments that feature classic recipes, lively music, and an ambiance that will take you back to 1950s Cuba. Installed by Cuban transplant recipients who thought they were would soon be returning home, Little Havana was …
Read More »The future of the famous French restaurant Taix in limbo
Los Angeles City Council postponed Wednesday to June 2 its vote to add French restaurant Taix in Echo Park to the city’s list of historic and cultural landmarks, which the restaurant owner fought against as a new development is planned around it. Councilor Mitch O’Farrell – who represents Echo Park, …
Read More »LA County keeps coronavirus infection plummeting, death toll – Daily News
Los Angeles County continued to show progress in containing COVID-19 today, with fewer than 300 new cases confirmed, but officials continued to advocate the need for more people to get vaccinated to avoid a new spread. âAlmost everyone infected, hospitalized or dying from COVID-19 in recent weeks is not fully …
Read More »Almost a third of restaurants in California have closed permanently due to the pandemic
Almost a third of California restaurants have closed permanently and two-thirds of workers have at least temporarily lost their jobs as the pandemic struck over a year ago and Governor Gavin Newsom imposed the first statewide lockdown, a legislative committee reported on Tuesday. According to the California Restaurant Association, few …
Read More »LA Sushi restaurant attack could be anti-Semitic hate crime, police say
A disturbing video quickly spread to social media overnight, showing a large group, dressed in black and driving a vehicle broadcasting a Palestinian flag, attacking diners at a sushi restaurant in the West Hollywood area. The disturbing incident, capture from multiple videos angles, shows an all out brawl in and …
Read More »High praise for al fresco dining at NELA
The Nativo patio in Highland Park | Photo by Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times By Mary Lynch Two new restaurants in northeast Los Angeles have received accolades from LA Times food critics: Nativo in Highland Park ($$, Mexican / Guadalajaran) and Chifa at Eagle Rock ($$, Peruvian / Cantonese …
Read More »Power Dining Spot Oval Room transforms into French-themed La Bise next month
DC’s king of restaurants, Ashok Bajaj, will soon slip a modern French restaurant into the space that once housed The Oval Room, the glitzy white tablecloth magnet for celebrities and politicians that he retired on. last fall after 26 years of racing. La Bise is aiming for a Monday, June …
Read More »Brazil’s biggest and best Acai restaurant expands to Los Angeles
Acai bowls are certainly nothing new to Los Angeles, with chains like Ubatuba, Açai Republic, Harvest Bar, and Amazebowls serving the berry of South American superfoods in colorful bowls across the county. A new chainlet from Brazil called Oakberry, which has more than 220 locations around the world, plans to …
Read More »Ambrogio15 owners Open Semola, a modern Italian restaurant in La Jolla
The team behind Pacific Beach’s Ambrogio15 Pizzeria, which recently opened Pearl Street Ciao Ciao Piadina aperitif bar, will open its second restaurant in La Jolla this Saturday, May 22 when Semola opens on Fay Avenue in the former Prepkitchen space. Although it was originally meant to be a stand-alone location …
Read More »Expanded outdoor dining won’t go away anytime soon, San Diego council decides
San Diego’s grand experiment to temporarily allow restaurants and other businesses to take over streets and sidewalks during the pandemic will be extended by one year, as city planners consider how to do restoration outdoors a permanent feature of the city. On Tuesday, May 18, the city council agreed in …
Read More »Orange County restaurants pass biggest reopening milestone to date
After weeks of waiting, Orange County fully qualified for the state yellow level, the least restrictive level in California’s coronavirus reopening system. The move, which was made official this morning, comes after weeks of (slowly) declining rates of COVID-19 cases, and means businesses can reopen more for things like indoor …
Read More »New Los Angeles-style Street Tacos Restaurant opens in Windham
If there is a booming restaurant style Maine in recent years, it’s Mexican style. New stores have sprung up across the state, food trucks have been launched, and established restaurants have opened or are in the process of opening additional locations. This includes Luchador Tacos, which operated a very popular …
Read More »What to do with your dog in Los Angeles
It’s good to be a dog in Southern California. Aviel kanter The City of Angels is truly a magical place to live with your four-legged cherub – ahem, dog. Los Angeles offers a real playground for dogs and their humans, with landscapes that range from bustling city streets to beautiful …
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