While there are plenty of bars and restaurants that will have their TVs on and airing the game, a few Los Angeles-area places have come up with some specials to add some cheer to the day, and we've got our picks for seven spots where watching the Super Bowl is bound to be delicious. more ›

Native Foods Café fans are proving that you've gotta fight for your right for a good vegan sandwich. While we recently brought you the good news of the vegan restaurant chain coming to the Westside (and 14 other locations this year!), today we're hitting you with some somber information: The Classic Deli Reuben, one of our favorite Native Foods offerings, has been banished from the menu. But famished fans are fighting back via Facebook. more ›

Vegan and vegan-curious beer lovahs, mark your calendars for May 12, 2012. That's the date set for the 3rd annual LA Vegan Beer & Food Festival, and organizers promise "it’s going to be the biggest and best one yet. more ›

A few months ago, the news of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi opening a vegan restaurant in L.A. had fans of the funnywoman and cuisine dancing in the streets. The details on the project have been scarce, but we learned a new juicy bit today. As it turns out, the duo will be investing in the revamp of an existing Studio City eatery. more ›

Westsiders, rejoice. Native Foods Café, the popular vegan restaurant chain headed by the acclaimed Chef Tanya Petrovna, is coming to Santa Monica. With Los Angeles locations already in Culver City and Westwood, the mind-blowing eatery has announced plans to open 15 new locations in 2012. more ›

Los Angeles writer and vegan Ari Solomon decided to take the successful formula of "Shit Girls Say" and create a video poking fun at vegans. more ›

PETA's president has written a letter to Damon Vix, one of the atheism advocates who is seeking equity in the Santa Monica's annual holiday display event, asking if he will relinquish a vacant "nativity scene" spot for a PETA sign. more ›

Three area food spots--a cart, a truck, and a restaurant--have been named finalists for the 6th annual Libby Awards, given by the youth division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The Libby Awards (short for "liberation") honor animal-friendly people and products. more ›

There are some great lunches to be had in this town, and we want to celebrate the midday meal. So, let's do lunch, shall we? Today we consider the sandwich thanks to Mendocino Farms. more ›

The Space 15 Twenty weekly flea market is getting a unique spin this Sunday, thanks to the cooking duo Hot Knives and a celebration of their cookbook "Salad Daze." Vegetarian chefs Evan George and Alex Brown are bringing together a tasty hodgepodge of their Eastsider pals to sell wares and entertain. more ›

What's going on lately in the L.A food scene? Chew on this! How about a "pocket restaurant" with a crazy name, gluten-free Bouchons, a fan favorite menu item returns to Ammo, a Filipino Food Event and more. more ›

What's going on lately in the L.A food scene? Chew on this! There's a Vegas import Japanese style burger spot now open in Hollywood, a year of dining for a cause at a Venice favorite, a Halloween inspired taco, and more. more ›

Vegans, vegetarians, pescetarians and curious omnivores, we’ve discovered a new local vegan joint that will knock your socks off, even if they are made of wool. Serving up an imaginative menu of organic, vegan and macrobiotic fare, Seed Bistro in West L.A. opened just three weeks ago. more ›

With over 70 craft beers on tap, a former movie theatre as a space, and plenty of veggie and vegan dishes on their largely locally-sourced menu, Mohawk Bend earned its rep as Echo Park's food/drink scene and be seen spot before they even opened. When it comes to light bites and beer (beer, beer!) Mohawk Bend really delivers. more ›

Feta fetishists and mozzarella maniacs, this could be your day! Go ahead, have a slice. Have two. Have a whole dang pie. It's National Cheese Pizza Day, and you don't need to fight for your right to partake in all its gooey goodness. more ›

Vegans and vegetarians, and their veg-curious and veg-loving carnivore friends, will have a new upscale dining destination to call their own in West Los Angeles. Venice's Seed Kitchen's chef and owner, Eric Lechasseur, will soon open Seed Bistro, where he aims to provide diners with a high-end fine dining experience serving vegan and macrobiotic fare. more ›

Your afternoon snack has just found its raison d'etre: Today is National Chocolate Chip Day, and the way the cookie crumbles around here is, well...we're talking chocolate chip cookies. Sweeeeeet, right? more ›

July is National Ice Cream Month. To celebrate, we'll be reviewing some of our favorite ice cream spots -- and some new ones, too -- all this week. more ›

July is National Ice Cream Month. To celebrate, we'll be reviewing some of our favorite ice cream spots -- and some new ones, too -- all this week. more ›

Vegans who love sweet, chilly treats, have you KindKreme's Brownie Sundae? The animal-free concoction has just been been named by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as the best vegan frozen dessert in America. more ›

What could be more refreshing than an ice cold beer on a Saturday afternoon in mid-June? An ice cold vegan beer! On Saturday June 25 the 2011 Vegan Beer Fest takes place at The Roxy on the Sunset Strip from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. more ›

Ah, Los Angeles, home of the abundant drive-through window. From Starbucks lattes, super-sized burger combos, we can eat plenty--if not well--without leaving the comfort of our cars. This week, QuarryGirl tipped readers off to something pretty exciting for the meat-free eaters: An all-vegan drive-through restaurant is opening in Highland Park. more ›

Vegan blogger Quarrygirl calls Tarzana's Madeleine Bistro her "favorite vegan restaurant in all the land," and we've loved their lively brunches (and our last Editor hailed it as one of his 7 favorite veggie restaurants in L.A), and now we've learned the restaurant will close down in early May. more ›

There are a number of reasons that I'm not vegan. One is that I like meat. Another is that I like cheese. Still another is that I'm not sure I grasp how one person laying off dairy saves a world full of doomed cows. But among those explanations also has to be the number of vegans that I have heard, after a little while of self-righteous soap-boxing, make some variation of the following proclamation, when they finally abandon the endeavor: "I was listening to my body to have eggs and dairy and that sort of stuff." more ›

To draw attention to World Water Day yesterday, and to raise awareness about how meat production and consumption affects water usage, models from PETA stripped down and lathered up in a stunt that was situated on the sidewalk in Hollywood. The sight of the unusual scene was so distracting for one motorist, however, reports CBS2, that he "plowed into the car in front of him."* more ›

Devotees of organic and vegan cuisine will have a new temple at which to worship starting tomorrow, when the long-awaited San Francisco export Café Gratitude opens up its doors on Larchmont to welcome conscious eaters into their fold. more ›

It was a good try, but Mooi, the raw vegan restaurant in Echo Park, closed up shop last month. Now a quick change-over is taking place at the Sunset Boulevard spot, in preparation for a new vegan bistro and dessert spot, says Echo Park Now. "The owners of Millie’s are teaming up with vegan ice cream company KindKreme to open a combo restaurant, Sage Vegan Organic Bistro and KindKreme desserts," which means you can chow down on "vegan comfort food," and finish it off with dessert. more ›

According to the U.S. Census 23.6% of Los Angeles County are known as "some other race." There's no question that Los Angeles is a melting pot of cultures from all over the world. Each culture staking claim to certain areas of Los Angeles, and eventually making it their own. K-town, Chinatown, and Little Ethiopia are just some examples of Los Angeles' colorful identity. Along with the people, of course, comes their food. more ›