Best thing I ate: Whole new attitude, same great pizza at 2145 in Costa Mesa

Takeout during the pandemic was a double-edged sword. While some foods are made to take to-go, others suffered in transit. Cold noodle dishes like naengmyeon were a tough sell. Korean barbecue became an impossibility. Fries got cold. Pasta lost...

I’m halfway into the “nacho” pizza at Kuro, a new counter-service pizzeria in Costa Mesa, when I realize I’m not going to finish it. And that makes me sad because this pizza is incredible. I’m ashamed to admit that I often leave portions of a good...

Every few minutes a waiter comes out of the kitchen with a pizza and floods the entire dining room with a perfume of pepperoni and garlic. Heads turn. Noses curiously crinkle. “That smells so good,” I say. Unfortunately, we didn’t order the pizza...

Is Los Angeles a pizza town? Forgive my zeal as a fresh convert, but Los Angeles is an everything town; search with any effort, it seems to me, and you’ll find most of the world’s cuisines rendered at least competently in a restaurant somewhere in...

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“I’ll have the poached chicken.” Hearing myself say this out loud makes me feel old. Poached chicken. That’s what my grandmothers ate. It’s what hospitals serve. I’m not ready for that. “I’ll have the poached fish.” What’s happening to me? It’s...