At the Benjamin’s Sleek New Upstairs Bar, Find Fesenjoon- and Tom Kha-Inspired Cocktails

Eater LA 5/12 10:25A Rebecca Roland

Bar Benjamin. The Benjamin’s upstairs bar, which opens May 13, serves inventive cocktails alongside a menu of bar bites Less than a year after Melrose hotspot, the Benjamin, opened in June 2024 , the...

Step Into a Caviar-Filled Sea Cave Dream at This New West Adams Raw Bar

Eater LA 5/9 6:00A Rebecca Roland

Cento Raw Bar. | Kort Havens From the team behind Cento Pasta Bar comes Cento Raw Bar, a new seafood-focused restaurant right next door A new otherworldly dining destination has washed ashore in Los...

A Michelin-Starred LA French Restaurant Comes Back to Life for One Week Only

Eater LA 4/25 7:15A Rebecca Roland

Trois Mec. | Wonho Frank Lee Plus, Marimekko collaborates with Blue Bottle, and more Chef Ludo Lefebvre’s Michelin-starred French restaurant Trois Mec will reopen for one week in its original location...

A Classic LA Chinese Restaurant Founded by Cecilia Chiang Suddenly Closes After 40 Years

Eater LA 4/15 9:41A Rebecca Roland

Mandarette Cafe. | Rebecca Roland Mandarette Chinese Cafe first opened on Beverly Boulevard in 1984 Beverly Boulevard Chinese restaurant Mandarette Chinese Cafe suddenly closed on April 14 after 40...

An Eater’s Guide to Los Angeles

Eater LA 4/14 9:15A Eater Staff

Korean barbecue and more from Yangmani in LA’s Koreatown. | Wonho Frank Lee An unofficial, highly opinionated LA dining guide Hollywood, the beaches, the Hills, the Valleys, and the wide boulevards...

4 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: April 11

Eater LA 4/11 6:00A Eater Staff

For the best meatballs outside an Italian restaurant in LA: Matū Kai. | Matthew Kang Your handy guide on where to eat from the editors at Eater LA Every Friday, our editors compile a trusty list of...

'Top Chef' Winner Mei Lin’s 88 Club Is the Most Exciting New Restaurant in Beverly Hills

Eater LA 4/4 8:00A Matthew Kang

Five years after closing Nightshade, chef Mei Lin starts her next chapter with a Chinese fine dining restaurant One of Los Angeles’s most talented chefs, Mei Lin, will open her third restaurant,...

17 Phenomenal Places for Pasta in Los Angeles

Eater LA 4/3 7:12A Matthew Kang

Mafaldine with shrimp and garlic at Marea in Beverly Hills. | Wonho Frank Lee LA has always had a love affair with all things Italian Pasta has been a beloved part of LA’s dining scene since the...

The House That Barbecue Chicken Pizza Built

Eater LA 3/26 12:15P Oren Peleg

The 40-year-old, barbecue chicken-flavored legacy of California Pizza Kitchen On Wednesday, March 27, 1985, just before 5 p.m., attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax felt terrified. After taking...

The Dream of the Normcore 2000s Reigns at Culver City’s Hottest Restaurant

Eater LA 3/19 8:40A Rebecca Roland

Dining room at Laurel Grill. Swanky banquettes, modern art, sleek wood paneling, and well-done basics at Laurel Grill in Culver City Dean McKillen, the restaurateur behind celebrity favorite...

The Best Pizza Festival on the West Coast Is Coming Back to Downtown LA

Eater LA 3/18 7:05A Matthew Kang

Wood-fired pizzas at Pizza City Festival | Bailey Holiver/L.A. LIVE/Bernstein Associates, Inc. Plus, a four-star review of Vin Folk in Hermosa Beach, a big new expansion of Toca Madera, and more The...

The 9 Most Anticipated Los Angeles Restaurant Openings, Spring 2025

Eater LA 3/12 7:35A Rebecca Roland

Saba mackerel with pesto spaghetti at Corridor 109, an upcoming restaurant with Korean and Japanese influences opening in Melrose Hill. | Matthew Kang A fine dining destination goes to Melrose Hill, a...