Jonathan Gold finds surprisingly good food at an Arts District bar

Flamboyant cocktails and old-school cool Hollywood bars. Cold-brew fuel and relaxing teas. And mezcal. Lots of mezcal. When it comes to options to wet your whistle, Angelenos have a full bar of options for any occasion. Here are some of our...

The most expedient way to describe Hippo in Highland Park is to call it a pasta restaurant. That shorthand doesn’t do justice to the place, but it does drop diners into the center of the action. We’re all here to gorge on the pastas. The menu’s...

Have you been to ERB? You really should go to ERB. Because it is the beer garden Los Angeles has always needed, a modest expanse of lawn furniture and twinkling lights deep in the Arts District. Chris Ojeda’s cocktails are just on the modest side...

“Call 213-995-6090 for a good time,” reads the strip of paper affixed to a glass wall with blue painter’s tape. It’s the smallest in a series of directive signs posted outside Tilda, a wine bar and shop in Echo Park, where employees strive to...

[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...