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We know. While we love living in SoCal, it can take quite a toll out of your pocket book, time and energy. That’s why we created Cheap Fast Eats — to give you a friend-in-the-know shortcut to finding tasty food you can grab quickly for $10-$15.We’ve been scouting out places for a couple of years now, and have gone as far afield as Santa Ana and the Valley, from Culver City to Pico Union. So check out our new fall edition — a curated list of places we think you’ll like for cool temps.
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Down south, a group of bagel makers is quietly generating excitement in the bagel-verse.Listen 0:49 -
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Across SoCal, restaurants specializing in halal food offer large buffets for Muslims who fast during Ramadan. From Indian to Middle Eastern food, we’ve rounded up a few of our favorites.
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The beloved L.A. bakery chain shuttered the doors last year without warning. But now it's reopening all locations with a new owner. And yes, there will be triple berry cake.
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The state has matched fruit and vegetable purchases at farmers markets for low-income residents for seven years. That may soon end.
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Running from Long Beach to Azuza, there are plenty of Metro stops along the A Line that can lead to the right post-work food and libations.
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Jing Gao, the founder of Fly By Jing chili crisp, sets her sights high on breaking cultural barriers.
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Three days of food tasting includes everything from Peruvian-meets-Thai scallops flavors to bruja tacos made with flan.
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El Sereno residents used grants and their own money to open a store selling healthy foods at affordable prices.
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Some post-Soviet émigrés who once blanketed West Hollywood, Little Armenia, Glendale, and North Hollywood in the ‘90s have migrated farther north to the San Fernando Valley. A handful of Russian-speaking banquet halls are cherished, serving heaping helpings of home.
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WILD co-host Megan Tan explores the Hainan chicken scene of Los Angeles to get closer to her Chinese-Singaporean family.
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They made tasty breakfast burritos for downtown workers, but the women behind BurritoBreak can’t fight inflation and remote working.
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Jessica Lin teaches BIPOC Angelenos how to search for edible plants in the city.
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A bevy of new supper clubs lets you connect with strangers while eating a top-notch meal.
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Cruise off the highway and hit locally-known spots for some tasty bites.
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Food editor Gab Chabrán visits Silver Lake to try a diverse array of delicious offerings, including innovative Mexican seafood creations, Hong Kong-style French toast, and enough pizza, tacos and burgers to fill you up for another edition of Cheap Fast Eats.
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Los Angeles-based restaurant owners rejoice as a new ordinance makes its way to the city council.
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The new season of LAist Studios' WILD podcast is a fictional rom-com set in Southeast L.A. Diners play a big role in fostering conversation between the shows' two hosts this season. Here are host Erick Galindo's must-visit L.A. diners — whether you like breakfast or not.
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Business friendly changes to requirements for restaurants to open outdoor dining spaces were approved by the city planning commission. Now the city council needs to vote.
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Plant-based diets are as popular as ever, but restaurants in Los Angeles featuring all-vegan menus are struggling to make ends meet.
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The new season of LAist Studios' WILD podcast is a fictional rom-com set in Southeast L.A. Donuts play a big role in episode two of the show. Here are some of our favorite, wildly creative, and iconic donut shops in Los Angeles.
