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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 -
L.A.'s multicultural dining scene is redefining Thanksgiving with offerings that reflect how the city actually eats.Listen 0:46 -
Koreatown's Jook Hyang is currently serving a specific mushroom that's highly sought after in Korean cuisineListen 0:49
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Have you ever purchased an expensive bottle of wine just to be sorely and sourly disappointed? Trade the grapes of wrath for a bottle that won’t break your bottom dollar. You won’t even taste the difference — probably.
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Orange County, long overlooked as LA’s uninspired neighbor, is increasingly becoming a culinary destination of its own.
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III Mas — the popular Armenian barbecue pop-up — sets up shop in Koreatown this Friday.
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Several local bars and restaurants also make the list for this year's James Beard Awards.
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What do you think came in first in the snack category? Here is a hint: It leaves a trail of bright pinkish-red dust behind.
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"It's 8 square feet by 8 square feet," the owner of the new lil'East Coffee said. It's standing room only for patrons.
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Join Associate Editor of Food and Culture Gab Chabrán and How To LA host Brian De Los Santos to discuss burgers in Los Angeles.
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After people began complaining online that Sriracha they'd bought recently didn't taste like the old stuff, we set out to find the answer. It didn't go well.
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Was the burger with cheese really invented at a Pasadena roadside stand 100 years ago?
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Discover the delicious flavors of Laotian cuisine at Malina Syvoravong's pop-up, Lao-Lao, this weekend at Pearl River Deli in Chinatown.
It's the brainchild of El Sereno's favorite punk rock taco spot, Evil Cooks.
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A new crop of restaurants in L.A. and O.C. just earned the "recommended" nod from the biggest name in food and dining — the Michelin Guide.
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Do you have a favorite cheeseburger in Southern California? Don't keep it to yourself. Nominate your favorite cheeseburger in the LAist Tournament of Cheeseburgers, happening right now.
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The family-operated establishment on 1st Street has been serving up the Mexican dish of birria since the 1980s.
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For Tacos 5 y 10 co-owner Daniel Martinez, serving food and community is about more than just money — it connects him back home.
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We’re gearing up to crown L.A.’s favorite cheeseburger. But we need your help. What’s your favorite burger joint in Southern California?
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L.A. Pizza City Fest, now in its second year in Los Angeles, celebrates everything that makes pizza great in L.A. Here's what you need to know about getting tickets.
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I'm A Devoted Craft Beer Drinker. And This Beer Is More Important To Me Than Any Other Beer I've HadGab Chabrán's daughter is autistic with limited speech. So when he heard about Golden Road Brewery's Get on Board Hazy IPA, a craft beer made by autistic adults who are non-speaking, he knew he had to learn more.
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We've rounded up a few of our favorite Venice-adjacent bites just in time for this weekend's CicLAvia, including square pan pizzas to Oaxacan tlayudas and even ceviche by the beach.
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Everything you always wanted to know about the unleavened bread but were afraid to ask.
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Are you left wondering about tipping when you order takeout? We get it. Tipping fatigue is real. Here is one argument for tipping 20%, even on takeout.
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Folic acid reduces the risk of birth defects and the FDA requires that bakers include it in enriched bread. California could extend the mandate to tortillas and foods made with corn masa flour.
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“It was a downer,” said Agustin Ruelas, the co-owner at Brewjeria, the Latino and POC-owned craft brewery in Pico Rivera. “We just wanted to honor Selena.”
