For a spicy bowl of Thai noodles: Mae Malai. | Rebecca Roland Your handy guide on where to eat from the editors at Eater LA Every Friday our editors compile a trusty list of recommendations to answer the most pressing of questions: “Where should I eat?“ Here now are four places to check out this weekend in Los Angeles. And if you need some ideas on where to drink, here’s our list of the hottest places to get cocktails in town. For a spicy bowl of Thai noodles: Mae Malai Rebecca Roland For a spicy bowl of Thai noodles: Mae Malai. Whenever the temperature rises outside, I always crave either a r ..read more

Bar Sinizki brings a distinct slice of Northeastern European cuisine and culture to Atwater Village. Northeast LA meets Northeast Europe at Bar Sinizki in Atwater Village Scott Zwiezen, the musician-turned-chef-restauranteur behind Elf Cafe in Echo Park and falafel slinger Dune in Atwater Village and Downtown, has been plotting to open an all-day European restaurant for three decades. When the long and narrow space located two doors down from the original Dune on Glendale Boulevard became available in 2021, Zwiezen and his partners Anne O’Malley and Alexander Mirecki Tavitian teamed up to brin ..read more

Chef Richard Blais preparing a dish in the kitchen at Kestrel. | Kestrel Plus, the Yamashiro property hits the market, Snibbs’ new chef clog, and more Celebrity restaurateur and chef Richard Blais, who appeared on an early season of Top Chef and has frequently appeared on food television, including as a co-host of Next Level Chef with Gordon Ramsay and Nyesha Arrington, is opening his first restaurant in the Palm Springs area. Named Kestrel, the restaurant opens at the Indian Wells Golf Resort with classic American dishes spiked with Blais’s signature molecular cooking techniques, such as liqu ..read more

Otoño in Highland Park. | Wonho Frank Lee Chef Teresa Montaño’s neighborhood spot greatly influenced Los Angeles’s Spanish restaurant scene Otoño, the modern Spanish restaurant in Highland Park, closed in June. Chef and owner Teresa Montaño confirmed the closure to Eater and attributes her decision to post-pandemic operational challenges and a slower marketplace. “I’m embracing the change and excited for a new chapter,” says Montaño, who will be relocating to her native New Mexico. “To be honest, I’m most excited to get some rest,” she says. Workers were formally notified of the closure on Jul ..read more

Roman pinsas at All Roads in Brentwood. All Roads Pinseria + Enoteca in Brentwood serves up traditional flatbreads, fried risotto balls, and whipped cream-filled sweet buns The latest project from the 35-year-old Toscana Restaurant Group is a charming ode to Roman cuisine called All Roads. Opening Friday, July 26, at 145 South Barrington Avenue in Brentwood, All Roads serves traditional Roman pinsas in a wine bar setting with an attached bottle shop. Toscana Restaurant Group’s collection of Italian restaurants includes Toscana and Bar Toscana in Brentwood, Beverly Hill’s Nerano, and ..read more

The Chef Conference in Philadelphia. | Neal Santos Plus, a grocery store tour with a water sommelier, a retrospective on the last decade in food, and more Philadelphia’s Chef Conference is headed to Los Angeles this fall. The conference founded by Mike Traud, the director of hospitality management at Drexel University, gathers hospitality professionals from across the country to connect over industry issues through events and panels. It will continue to be bicoastal with another event in Philadelphia later this year. The Los Angeles conference takes place on October 21 at ChowNow’s headquarter ..read more

Nat Belkov The twirling trompos of Los Angeles yield some of the tastiest adobo-marinated pork out there Welcome back to Highly Opinionated, an ongoing series where Eater’s editors delve into one specific, oft-debated food favorite in Los Angeles. Previously, we discussed the city’s best New York-style pizza, Italian deli sandwiches, Korean barbecue, beef phở, breakfast burritos, bánh mì đặc biệt, burritos, ham steaks, tuna sandwiches, and pad thai. This edition takes a closer look at tacos al pastor. The history of al pastor in Los Angeles likely began with Raul Martínez, who founded the King ..read more

A rendering of the forthcoming Jade Rabbit restaurant in Santa Monica. | Jade Rabbit Jade Rabbit is chef Bryant Ng’s ode to the creativity, perseverance, and entrepreneurship of Chinese American immigrants Celebrated Cassia chef Bryant Ng is opening a fast-casual Chinese American restaurant called Jade Rabbit in late September. Located in a 3,400-square-foot space at 2301 Santa Monica Boulevard in Santa Monica, the restaurant will seat 50 diners, with 40 seats in the dining room and 10 more on an outdoor patio. Whereas Ng’s acclaimed restaurant Cassia is under the Rustic Canyon collection of r ..read more

Tonkotsu ramen at Tsujita. | Wonho Frank Lee Plus, Skee-Ball and smash burgers in Koreatown, French-style hot dogs, and more Tsujita Artisan Noodle, a Japan-based noodle shop that debuted in Los Angeles in 2011 on Sawtelle Boulevard, quietly opened its fourth location at 10 South De Lacey Avenue in Old Pasadena. While there is no shortage of excellent ramen across the Southland, Tsujita’s tonkotsu ramen and tsukemen are considered among the best versions available in LA. The new Pasadena outpost is located a stone’s throw away from competing restaurant Ramen Tatsunoya, which also specializes i ..read more

Slices from Danny Boy’s Famous Original pizzeria, now open in Westwood. | Stan Lee Daniel Holzman of Danny Boy’s Famous Original pizzeria takes over the former 800 Degrees in Westwood Since August 2021, chef and pizzaiolo Daniel Holzman, who co-founded the Meatball Shop in New York City, has served New York City-style pizza at Danny Boy’s Famous Original pizzeria in an office building food court in Downtown Los Angeles. On Wednesday, July 17, Holzman debuted Danny Boy’s Pizza in Westwood at the former 800 Degrees on the corner of Lindrook and Westwood. The Westwood expansion will offer 56 seat ..read more