Review: Koreatown's Saint Martha restaurant is a shotgun marriage of opposites

When you walk into Erven, Nick Erven’s newish restaurant in Santa Monica, you may not immediately place it as vegan. There’s a kind of deli counter up front selling salads and sandwiches to go, and the guy at the host station may hand you a shot...

When SeaLegs Wine Bar opened in Huntington Beach four years ago, the menu was short and sweet. There were only a handful of dishes, including mac and cheese, braised-chicken tacos, and the obligatory cheese board. Though nothing cost more than...

The morning after my last meal at Hatchet Hall, I cooked steak hash with the remnants of the big rib-eye. I seared the soft, gingerbread-scented chunks of winter squash in a bit of olive oil. I let the slices of grilled sweet onion, zapped with...

In Search Of . . .The clandestine cuisine of Costa Mesa’s Hidden Kitchen My duty here is to shine a light on restaurants deserving of praise and publicity. But what if there were an eatery so special, so good, and whose virtue depended so much on...

Are you going to order the garlic shredded pork the first time you visit the Legendary Restaurant? You are probably going to order the garlic shredded pork. You may be expecting a stir-fry, but what is brought to the table looks like a tie rack...