The best bagel shops in Los Angeles

On the weekends they line up early on Highland Park’s York Boulevard. By the time the window opens at 8 a.m., there’s a half-hour wait—but it’s worth it. For the past few years, Belle’s Bagels has served up some of the city’s best lox sandwiches...

Here’s where to eat — and what to order — right now. The entire bakery case at the Dutchess Just after 7 a.m. on a recent Sunday morning, a line wrapped around the bakery counter at the Dutchess. On display at the Ojai restaurant and bakery were...

The first thing you might want to try as soon as you land in Montreal is the poutine. And there’s certainly a lot of it to go around. After all, the city is the most populous municipality in Quebec, where poutine was invented. But I would argue...

As a born-and-raised Angeleno, I often judge the success of a meal (or a date) by how long I'm willing to sit in traffic for it. Was that sandwich worth an hour on the 405 Freeway? Should I really contemplate dating someone who lives 58 minutes...

To the faithful, Courage Bagels is much more than a bagel place. It opened quietly and sporadically in October in Virgil Village, a rapidly gentrifying Eastside pocket. In March, it was featured in a barn burner of a New York Times article...