Sponsored message
Logged in as
Audience-funded nonprofit news
radio tower icon laist logo
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
 — 
See All Episodes
Subscribe

Hey, LA listener!

Download our app for the optimal streaming experience

Apple Store logo Google play logo
  • Listen Now Playing Listen

Food

A close up of a glistening hot pepperoniz pizza. A curved large knife is cutting into it.
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).
The joy of donabe, the Japanese clay cooking pot, at our next Cookbook Live
Overhead view of a donabe hot pot meal, with a hand adding cabbage to a clay pot of broth on a tabletop burner, surrounded by sliced beef, vegetables, steamed fish and mixed rice.
Come for the birria, stay for the exquisite mushroom tacos in El Sereno
Overhead view of a white paper plate holding three tacos on crisp, griddled tortillas: one folded with melted cheese along the edges, one topped with mushrooms, refried beans, red onion, and cilantro, and one topped with grilled chicken, onion, and cilantro. Carrot sticks, pickled red onions, and lime wedges sit alongside.
Meet the DTLA chefs making mouthwatering, boundary-breaking Indian cuisine
A green-and-white striped dessert drizzled with sauce, topped with edible pink and purple flowers, served over dollops of
OC’s most captivating new restaurant is hidden in a business park
A pair of light skinned hands with several tattoos spoons a brown liquid over a series of white plates which each hold a piece of beef.
Watch
A woman with blonde hair, sunglasses and red earrings stands outdoors on a sunny day with a drink and a basket of loaded disco fries from Tony's Darts Away and a Lockheed jet aircraft on display in a park behind her.
3 spots in Burbank you must try! | Ask a Local
A person with glasses and brown hair eats dry egg noodles with chopsticks at a restaurant table. In front of them are three bowls, including a plate of dumplings in sauce and a small bowl of broth.
Cheap Fast Eats: How far can $15 get you in Little Saigon?
A Kogi marinade and sauce bottle held up in front of a restaurant called Sam Woo BBQ.
Why the Kogi x Sam Woo collab this weekend is a love letter to the SGV
Sauce is drizzled over a burrito being held with two hands.
The lomo saltado burrito that broke the internet
A person dancing in a grocery store aisle with food overlayed on top of the image. A cast iron skillet with chopped up bits of pork, onions, peppers and calamansi on the left. On the right, a cardboard basket with lumpia cheese and longaniza on top.
Seafood City Late Night Madness: What you need to know
A woman's image superimposed on a photo of a building with a big blue fin on top are images of plates with meals on them overlayed, chicken and fish.
Must-try food in Mar Vista | Ask a Local
Two men stand next to each other in front of a menu that reads Mario's Peruvian Restaurant.
Is Mario’s Peruvian in LA worth the wait?
Pasties displayed on some wooden treys with light peeking through.
Trying the viral bagels from Miopane
Sponsored message
Cheap Fast Eats

Support local food coverage

Your donation helps LAist highlight neighborhood gems and bring you the latest discoveries, guides, and flavors that make Southern California unique.
More LA spots to try
  • peeps-partying.jpg
    Yes, You Can: Make Your Own Peeps!
    Peeps are sort of fetishist candy; kids like 'em, sure, but some grown ups really love 'em. If posing your Peeps as strippers, partiers, zombies, and whatnot, has lost its gloss this year, you may want to try your hand at making your own.
  • coke_bottle.png
    No Kosher for Passover Coca-Cola in CA
    If you were planning on enjoying a delicious Coke with your Passover seder this year and you live in California, just know that you will likely be breaking your keeping-kosher-for-the-week plans by doing so.
  • truorganicvodka.jpg
    Local Distilleries Rally to Change Laws on Tasting and Bottle Sales
    Craft distillers looking to change the laws have run up against a powerful liquor lobby in Sacramento, but that hasn't dampened their spirits. A legislative hearing is set for next month.
  • Matzah.jpg
    How to Make Chocolate Covered Matzo for Passover
    If you're feeling inspired, you could make your own special twist on the traditional wafer, which symbolizes the stuff that Moses' Israelites had to eat after they fled their homes in Egypt so quickly that they didn't have time to bake bread.
  • abigailebrunch.jpg
    Weekend Eats: Free Brunch, Fried Chicken, and Food as Craft
    The weekend is so close you can practically taste it. Here are the edible events going on in the next few days to keep you occupied -- and sated, for that matter.
  • tacomadness.jpg
    Tip-Off Time For L.A. TACO's Taco Madness
    While sports fans relish the arrival of March Madness, we here in the food world are cheering for one of our favorite annual throwdowns: L.A. TACO's Taco Madness.