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Food Friday
L.A., we know you love food. So do we. From the best fried chicken to internet-breaking arguments, come to us to find out what's happening where across our beloved city (and beyond).
Come for the birria, stay for the exquisite mushroom tacos in El Sereno
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Meet the DTLA chefs making mouthwatering, boundary-breaking Indian cuisine
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OC’s most captivating new restaurant is hidden in a business park
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The man behind the viral Ramen Burger quietly returns to a ghost kitchen in Irvine
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