Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Notable Openings and Closings of 2011
The restaurants we loved to see come and go in 2011.
The restaurants we loved to see come and go in 2011.
A Kosher Mexican restaurant run by a Mexican-Japanese chef? Only in L.A., kids.
Gold leaf and champagne help boost the price of Andy Bates' ultra-luxe Middle Eastern offering.
Yep, the restaurant was apparently just lying to our faces when they promised a summer reopening.
The shutter is intended for yet another reinvention, but is not meant to be permanent.
The ban has been considered for some time, but will allow LAUSD a little breathing room.
If he spends as much time on the food as he does on his goatee, he might actually make it more than the usual handful of months.
The restaurant's announcement makes them sound ever more like Bastide.
Former Bin8945 owner David Haskell will be on drink duty, while former recent Bastide exile Joseph Mahon cooks a five-course dinner.
Is Brown running from bad reviews? is Mahon running from Joe Pytka?
Angeleno thinks a little work could turn Malibu's Savory into a citywide dining destination, while L.A. Weekly nails down the elusive Gary Robins.
The former Bastide and Anisette chef is looking for prospective investors with $25,000 to spare.
The restaurant has become more casual, with young things in place of old fogies and fried chicken and burgers hitting the menu.
"I'm just making some changes to their menu...I'm not the chef and will never be the chef there," Manzke asserts.
Jane Gilman urges the truck trend out of her backyard and Alex Chen will represent Canada in the culinary competition.
A famous ear-biter goes meatless, while a famous socialite ditches fast-food.
Former Water Grill and Bastide pastry chef Koa Duncan might take her place.
Joseph Mahon satisfies the Times critic, while Angeleno thinks Quinn Hatfield goes a little far sometimes.