Entries from LAist tagged with 'bakery'
June 25, 2008
Is it lunchtime yet? We'll give you a moment to check a clock. You back? Okay, now let's talk turkey. Like, this turkey sandwich lunch snapped by LAist Featured Photos contributor kristi.nicole. Like for many of you, lunch is often born of convenience--whatever time you get and whatever place is handy. And although our photog doesn't say much about her turkey sandwich, she does have some thoughts on where it came from:I don't frequent......
Continue Reading "Eye Nosh: Gobble, Gobble, Gobble"May 31, 2008
Krust is less...crusty for some | Photo by Elise Thompson/LAist Like many of us hungry Valleyites, our first review of Krust left me disappointed. In a part of town that sorely lacks delicious mealtime options, it could have been the perfect fit. As an unofficial red-velvet-cupcake-tester, I knew I'd probably have to make the trip, but ... Well, East Coaster that I am, I decided to go to Krust just to be abused! In......
Continue Reading "Krust: Kranky, Kantankerous and Krude? NOT!"May 29, 2008
"If we sell it, we made it!" proclaims Doughboy's, a bakery and restaurant in Hollywood and near Fairfax Village. Above, LAist Featured Photos contributor hinducow tempts us with this beautiful looking breakfast treat. the "Hot Creamy Polenta" ($6.50) comes with mission figs, dates, toasted pine nuts and honey. Looking for more breakfast options? Check out LAist's Wake Up LA breakfast series. Submit your Eye Nosh food 'porn' photos and mini-reviews to LAist via LAist......
Continue Reading "Eye Nosh: A Sweet Polenta Wake Me Up"May 9, 2008
The first annual Cupcake Challenge on May 18th will put the lip-smacking in a foodie smackdown. In this event sponsored by CozmoDeck, Fiji Water, and K and L Wine Merchants, 13 of the best local cupcake bakeries--cupcakeries, if you will--are putting on their oven mitts and throwing down the best they have to offer in the hopes of determining whose cupcake is the tops in town. The event is open to the public, because you......
Continue Reading "Whose Cupcakes Will Take the Cake? "April 3, 2008
This post was written by Lindsay William-Ross and Elise Thompson. Here at LAist, we consider our restaurant reviews to be recommendations, not critiques. We only slam a place when our hand is forced. There are just some people who should not go into any industry where dealing with the public is a chief priority. It truly pains us to do this. We so wanted to love Krust. We so wanted to write a glowing review......
Continue Reading "Krust: Kranky, Kantankerous and Krude"February 25, 2008
Enjoying a latte at Toast means getting there early. Early. Here's what you know about Toast whether you've been there or not: it can get insane. Insane. The late breakfast/long lunch crowd swells in proportions that are greater than the restaruant's ability to contain them. If you've never eaten at Toast but have driven by at, well, most hours of the day, you know what we mean. Nuts.The photo at the top of Toast's......
Continue Reading "WakeUp LA: Toast"February 17, 2008
I fell in love with Porto's Bakery long before I ever actually visited one of their Glendale or Burbank bakeries -- they've always been our go-to place for catered meals at work. It only took one bite of one of their famous potato balls to convince me that this was a place I HAD to visit. But even though I drive by the Burbank location almost every weekend on my way to Costco or......
Continue Reading "Wake Up LA: Porto's Bakery"April 28, 2007
My roommate wanted something sweet to eat. I suggested Natas Pastries next to Casa Vega on Ventura Blvd. Later that day he told me that was the best éclair he had in his life. "Wow," he said, "where did this place come from?" Nearly four years ago, Fatima Marques, a native of Lisbon, Portugal, searched Los Angeles for pasteis de nata, the most famous of Portuguese pastries. She discovered a void in the city’s......
Continue Reading "The Only Portuguese Bakery in Los Angeles"October 6, 2006
We'd meant to give you a weekly offering of storefront art, but it's been a tough couple of weeks for us. First, we noticed that the bakery on Glendale Blvd. -- who had already painted over their wonderful rendition of the Cream of Wheat man with a plain white wall, only to replace it with a more freeform, swarthy, eerie version even better than the original -- had once again painted over their wonderful......
Continue Reading "Storefront Art: In Memoriam, Apeboy"