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JapaDog Bringing Seaweed-Topped Hot Dogs to LA
By Lesley BallaLA has a love affair with hot dogs, and we love wacky toppings on anything, so Vancouver's JapaDog should fit in perfectly. Grub Street deciphers the growing chain's blog to find out...
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Chefs From Around the U.S. Come Together at City Grit for Food & Wine...
By Kelly DobkinNine chefs from across the U.S. came together last night at Nolita's City Grit to launch the release of a new Food & Wine cookbook featuring their recipes called America's Greatest...
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First Bite: Sen, A Sexy Hamptons Import, Brings Sushi to Flatiron
By James MulcahyIf you're a regular rider of The Jitney during the summer months, chances are you've wielded a pair of chopsticks at Sen, a Sag Harbor favorite that's always packed to the gills during...
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Jacques Pépin on His New Cookbook, Food TV and America's Food Obsessed-Culture
Image via KQEDBy Kelly DobkinThe OG of both food TV and culinary technique (and infamous for his on-camera banter with the late Julia Child), Jacques Pépin, has just released a new cookbook called The...
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First Look: Suite 25, a Sports Bar With A Peruvian Twist in Logan Square
By Sarah FreemanA sports bar is opening in Logan Square on Monday, so there has to be a twist. There is nothing ironic or hipster about this Milwaukee Avenue location, rather the twist is more exotic....
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Best Thing We Ate Last Night: Chicken Cracklins at Hart and the Hunter
By Lesley BallaThe Southern-fried California bistro Hart and the Hunter is one of the buzziest spots in town right now. There isn't much to the space, a shoebox of a room on the ground floor of the...
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McDonald's France Rolls Out Bagel Burgers
By Kelly DobkinSure, why not? McDonald's France is rolling out a new line of burgers with bagels for buns. Yes, you heard that correctly. Why are these sandwiches appearing only in France of all...
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Immaculate Infatuation Guys Talk Expansion Plans, Staying Fit
By Amanda SpurlockMusic industry hotshots by day, restaurant reviewers by night, Chris Stang and Andrew Steinhal of NYC-based Immaculate Infatuation dropped by the New York City Google office to chat...
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Early Christmas Dinners: Scandinavian and French Style
By Meesha HalmChristmas is still almost a month away, but several restaurants are getting into the spirit early with special regional-inspired Yuletide dinners during the month of December.Réveillon de...
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EVR Set to Open Late December in Midtown
By Jacqueline WasilczykCompared to Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, Midtown remains deserted on the weekends, but could the arrival of gastrolounge/club EVR help change the scene? Come late...
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800 Degrees Sells 250k Pies, Giving Away $25 Every Day to Celebrate
By Lesley BallaIt's not quite the umpteenth billion hamburgers sold of McDonald's, but hey, it's only been about 11 months. Chef Anthony Carron and co-owners Adam Fleishman and Allen Ravert are so...
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Puritan & Company Opens Tonight in Brighton
By Naomi KookerPuritan & Company, Will Gilson's New American restaurant, is debuting tonight, November 30, earlier than the projected date of this coming Monday. The setting is that of an “urban...
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Cinquecento Opens Tonight in the South End
Cinquecento opens tonight. Photo by Izzy BerdanBy Naomi KookerFrom the Soho Grand-esque staircase leading to the second floor, to the brick walls and dark wood accents, Cinquecento straddles the line...
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Eric Ripert Leaves 10 Arts
By Jacqueline WasilczykHot off the heels of ending his affiliation with Westend Bistro in DC comes news that Eric Ripert will no longer be involved at 10 Arts, both of which are Ritz-Carlton...
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Local Spotlight: Chef Brandon McGlamery's Favorite Eats Around the U.S.
By Kelly DobkinWelcome to Local Spotlight, a series in which we show you where food-world heavy hitters and other celebs spend their oh-so-precious off-hours. Today we're spotlighting Florida chef...
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Jake’s and Cooper’s Wine Bar Gets a Makeover at 25
Story and Photos by Danya HenningerWhen Bruce Cooper first opened Jake’s Restaurant on Manayunk’s Main Street 25 years ago, white tablecloths were hip, sushi was exotic and “farm to table” was...
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Beacon Restaurant Closing After 14 Years in Midtown
By James MulcahySome news out of Midtown before we head out for the weekend. We just got word that Beacon, chef Waldy Malouf's large New American on 56th Street, is closing on December 22 after 14...
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Preview Ricardo Zarate's Paiche at Ceviche Nights Downtown
Zarate's ceviche mixtoBy Lesley BallaPaiche ins't just a Peruvian fish Ricardo Zarate serves at Mo-Chica in Downtown LA, it's the name of his forthcoming Marina del Rey seafood restaurant that's set to...
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Quote of the Day: Michael Pollan on the Pork Industry
"How the pork industry thinks: food safety is on the consumer, and the outdoors is a dangerous place for a pig."-Michael Pollan in a recent tweet referring to an article about the pork industry. [Twitter]
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7 Decadent Hot Chocolates to Sip Around LA
By Lesley BallaDetractors complain that it's always sunny and warm here, as if that's a bad thing, but we know it gets down to a chilly 65 degrees often enough in LA. It even gets down to, brrr, 60...
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