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Chef Alejandro Guzmán

Where Chef Alejandro Guzmán of Cha Cha Chá Eats on His Day Off

Start with “a delicious martini and polite conversation, finish with a beer and a spirited argument”

Rebecca Phillips

So What Wine Should I Pair With In-N-Out’s Crazy Animal-Style Fries?

Interior of Smoke City Char Bar, one of the best new restaurants to open in Los Angeles in April 2022

The 5 Best Restaurants That Opened in LA in April

Vermouth - on the Rocks w/ Olives & Orange

Get Started on Your Exquisite Summer Drinking With This New, Made-in-California Vermouth

Eats from Masters of Taste

This Weekend’s Your Chance to Sip Sake on the Rose Bowl Field

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Ribeye from Yangban Society

The 5 Best Restaurants That Opened in LA in March

Wherever you go, we vote for finishing up with a Provence martini at Camphor

Stoney Slice's margherita pizza.

Stoney Slice’s Dosed Pizza Is the Perfect Addition to Your Netflix and Chill

Head chef Kashka Hopkinson says they want to be your “go-to edible” for date nights, hard nights (or really anytime)

The Father's Office burger from Sang Yoon's Los Angeles restaurant

How to Make the Cheesy, Bacony, Baguette-Sandwiched Father’s Office Burger

Chef Sang Yoon accepts no substitutions at his LA restaurants. Will you abide in your own kitchen?

Plate of Octopus pasta.

The 5 Best Restaurants to Open in LA in 2022 (So Far)

Did someone say “weed concept”?

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Danny Grant Gave Us His Recipe for a Glorious, Easy-to-Make Pasta

A spread of various Brazilian dishes

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Jean Georges Vongerichten's butternut squash

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The entrance to roadside bar and restaurant Pappy and Harriet's in Joshua Tree

The 7 Best Roadside Bars in Southern California

Three beer cans from the brands Highwater Brewing, Full Circle Brewing, and Dokkaebier

The Best California Craft Brews from the LA Beer Festival

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk on the mound for the ceremonial first pitch at a San Diego Padres game

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Tony Hawk to Hawk Chicken Sandwiches at New Chick N' Hawk Restaurant

The meatball sub at Danny Boy's Famous Original

Here, Have the Recipe for the Best Meatball Sub in All of Los Angeles

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The 7 Best Restaurants That Opened in LA This Summer

The Lake Vineyard and Orange Grove in Los Angeles, c. 1876

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