Bill Addison

Just over a year after the COVID crisis disrupted the restaurant industry, tangible signs of hope are appearing. On March 1, residents of Los Angeles County designated in tier 1B were prioritized for coronavirus vaccinations. The group includes...

Banh mi are essential to Los Angeles, as embedded in the culinary landscape as tortas, shawarma, French dips, subs, hot chicken and Langer’s No. 19. The snap and sting of pickled carrots, daikon and chiles mingle with splintering bread, unctuous...

Banh Mi My Tho    Banh Oui    Banh Mi Saigon 168    Gjusta    The Los Angeles Banh Mi Company    Mr. Baguette    Saigon's Bakery / Banh Mi Saigon    Saigon's Bakery & Sandwiches   

Ototo, the tiny but mighty sake bar owned by Courtney Kaplan and Charles Namba, opened in Echo Park in May 2019. I’d moved to the neighborhood the month before it launched and had embraced the place as my local watering hole. And, like so many...

You may have seen El Gallo cruising the streets of Santa Monica. He’s a canary yellow 1973 Oldsmobile 98, with a rooster head bolted to the roof of the car and a curved feathery tail attached to the trunk. His deep red, wavy cockscomb adds an...

The migas breakfast taco from the Hot Taco truck parked in front of the Line hotel in Koreatown will arrive in your hands beautifully packaged. Its first layer of wrapping is paper printed with a neon pink logo — an etching of a folded taco...