It was a sunny morning when I decided to stop by Jamaica Cakes on Pico. I’d heard good things, and I was ready for something sweet. They had some great looking chocolate espresso cupcakes, looking almost like muffins, with just a dollop of cream cheese frosting, and red velvet, but no others. Still, there was a pleasing assortment of cookies and a number of breakfast pastries. I wanted that chocolate espresso cupcake, but went against... more ›

We don't tend to eat a heck of a lot of meat, chiefly because we don't crave it all that often, and are quite content in the land of fish and vegetables. But that's us, and even we break our own rules every now and then, especially when the reward is tender meat that slides off a bone oozing with spicy-sweet sauce and comes with a side of slaw. And we take our coleslaw seriously, and it helps if we're in to what it comes with. At Mr. Cecil's California Ribs in Sherman Oaks it would seem criminal not to order ribs! more ›

The building, portions of which collapsed, was empty when the fire began, he said. more ›

Let's face it -- LAist knows that getting your caffiene-buzz on a Monday morning is tough enough simply because it's a Monday morning. But having to decide where to go, if there's enough parking, how quickly you can do it and which route to take are all legitimate and complicated decisions. But when competition becomes so crazy that the same unnamed beanery puts one of their stores directly across the street from another one of their stores...well, it's time for a bean-battle the likes of which no mere mortal has ever seen. more ›