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Dip Your Chip With Our Favorite Nachos Joints Around LA

With the big game approaching, whether you support either team or even watch football, we know it all comes down to the snacks.

A top a red plastic tray there's a white, round paper plate full of chunks of brown carne asada meet, grilled shrimp, shredded chicken, all drizzled with yellow nacho cheese. The plate also features a pico de gallo mixture of red tomato chunks, purple onions, and green cilantro. On the right side of the plate there's pieces of jalapeno peppers and in the middle dollops of sour cream and guacamole. In the top right corner of the frame there are two small plastic cups with red and green salsas.

Slurpable Asian Noodles, Rustic Empanadas And Sexy Beans — Welcome To Cheap Fast Eats: Culver City

We visit Culver City for another round of Cheap Fast Eats, scoping out Hawaiian, Argentine, and Jamaican gems

A white bowl containing an dark orange broth containing noodles, cilantro, whole cooked shallots, a hard-boiled egg and other various fixings.

Wanna Avoid Stale Sandwiches At LAX? You Could Try These Locally Inspired Eateries

If you find yourself with some free time (ahem, maybe a canceled flight), keep yourself fed with these budget-friendly and locally-inspired restaurants.

A view of Reilly's Irish Pub in LAX. It's an open restaruant area with a gold lining along the roof. In green letters it reads Reilly's as people sit and walk by.

Cheap Fast Eats, DTLA Edition: Iconic Pupusas, Mesquite Smoked Tacos And Vegan Skinny Burritos

Another round of stellar eats for every tastebud that go easy on your budget.

A white plate sitting on a table top that contains chicken over a bed of rice, a small cup of yellow soup, a paper cup of cookies, and green salad with small sliced tomatoes covered in dressing. To the left is a green plant vine.

Don't Celebrate Thanksgiving? Yeah, My Family Doesn't Either

Gab Chabrán reflects on growing up in L.A. in a Latino home that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving and the traditions they formed instead.

An old color photograph of five people standing outdoors. On the left is a man with brown skin wearing glasses, a beard, and a mustache. He's wearing a red shirt and white shorts. Next to him is an older woman with brown skin and glasses wearing a pink hat. A younger woman with brown skin holds a white-skinned child in overalls. There is a younger girl on the right with brown hair pulled back.

Soup Dumplings, Kimchi Burritos And More Fast, Cheap Eats In Glendale

Oklahoma-style smash burgers and Georgian dumplings make for some excellent cheap bites in Glendale

At Masarap Cafe, West African and Filipino Cuisines Find Their Pairing

Husband and wife Felix Agyei and Hazel Rojas combine food from their heritages, creating a marriage of West African and Filipino cooking

A black man, wearing a white shirt with printed yellow and orange leaves stands next to a woman of Asian descent wearing a striped blouse over a black shirt. The two of them are smiling with their arm wrapped around each other.

LAist's Guide To Snacking In the City: My Favorite Little Tokyo Treats

Our snacking tour of L.A. returns with a new batch of snacks, this time from Little Tokyo.

A variety of snacks are all arranged with their snack bags facing up surrounded by a large ceramic container in the center of different-shaped chips. There is also an open beverage can next to the container. There is also a small bowl of purple gummy candy next to the yellow takoyaki ball snacks.

Cheap Fast Eats: Long Beach Edition Tucks Into Breakfast Burgers, Maharaja Burritos And Of Course, Fish Tacos

Continuing LAist’s guide to chowing down cheaply, but happily. This time we're right next to the Pacific (to be specific).

Food Experts Have Some Surprising Suggestions For Dishes To Break The Yom Kippur Fast

From bagels to honey cake, these are a few suggestions from cooks and food enthusiasts for breaking the fast after the most solemn Jewish holiday. Also, read tips for preparing for the fast.

Bagels, quiche, fish platters, honey cake and sweet kugel are just a few of the dishes people indulge in after completing their Yom Kippur fast.

LA Food Vendors Who Lacked Permits Will Find Relief With California's New Law

The state's SB972 was signed by Gov. Newsom into law, providing relief for many who haven't been able to get the proper permits to sell certain foods on the street.

A Brown woman with short curly hair wearing a pink and black apron stand in front of a cart with an umbrella. On the cart, there are lollipops, an assortment of candies and chopped mangoes in plastic containers.

On Rosh Hashanah, An Appreciation Of Challah, The Bread That ‘Wove A Community’ For One LA Baker

"The process of making the bread feels like a holy act to me."

A braided loaf of challah bread served on a platter with apples, pomegranates and honey, on top of a floral tablecloth.

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