A Look Back at How 101 Coffee Shop Became Part of Movie History

Local restaurants and bars are what give our neighborhoods their distinct character. As the months pass, we’re seeing numerous restaurants closed permanently, watching as the pandemic decimates the hospitality industry, and wondering what Los...

Swingers, the venerable coffee shop in Beverly Grove, shuttered this week after 27 years in its iconic space, Eater reports. The restaurant originally opened in 1964 as part of the Beverly Plaza Motor Hotel but was largely off the radar until...

On a recent afternoon, in the corner of a red leather booth at the Serving Spoon in Inglewood, owners Angela and JC Johnson counted their blessings. “After all that’s happened, we realize we have zero control over everything,” Angela says. “We are...

[It's here: The Los Angeles Times' 101 restaurants, dishes, people and ideas that define how we eat in 2020.] Care for a drink? Even in a pandemic, when so much of life has slowed to a crawl, Angelenos are caffeinating on the go with cold brews...

On Nov. 1, Ashley and Tyler Wells were deep in rural Northern California, driving south, about 10 hours outside of Los Angeles. They were returning from a camping trip in the wilderness. Although the cell service was spotty, a call from one of the...