Stephanie Breijo is a reporter for the Food section and the author of its weekly news column. Previously, she served as the restaurants and bars editor for Time Out Los Angeles, and prior to that, the award-winning food editor of Richmond magazine in Richmond, Va. Born and primarily raised in Los Angeles, she believes L.A. to be the finest food city in the country and might be biased on that count but doesn’t believe she’s wrong.
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On Wednesday the company behind the global dining compendium added 13 restaurants to its California guide, with three in the L.A. area.
Plus: a Wagyu steakhouse expands (with one of the city’s best cheesesteaks), a trendy Chicago sandwich shop lands in L.A., Dine Latino Restaurant Week kicks off, and more.
From smoky Jalisco-style goat birria to Hidalgo-influenced lamb barbacoa, here are eight of our favorite birra and barbacoa tacos from the 101 Best Tacos guide.
After nearly a decade in operation, owner Lien Ta decides to close the lauded restaurant co-founded by late chef Jonathan Whitener.
Joshua Gil, the chef behind Tacos Punta Cabras, Mírame and others, continues to open new restaurants — including a combination taqueria and Mongolian grill — in the face of medical and legal battles.
Downtown Dough opens in L.A.’s Historic Core, featuring a spritz bar and 1970s funk. Wine shop Buvons in Long Beach expands, Jaime Taqueria opens, and some of the country’s favorite doughnuts take over a busy corner.
For cooks who lost their homes in the Eaton and Palisades fires, the shop Now Serving has launched an initiative to help replace their most-loved cookbooks through raffles, donations and special events.