Food

To see how Koreatown has changed over the years, look at its restaurant menus

From European restaurants serving pasta to Korean restaurants inscribing menus on gourds, food can provide a lens to see Koreatown’s development over time.

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A gourd with Korean hangul lettering painted on.

You can eat tons of pie in Griffith Park on Pi Day. Here’s how

Our friends at KCRW are bringing together a lot of pie-makers for their annual PieFest & Contest. It’s all going down this weekend in Griffith Park.

A close up of pies on a table. They have crispy crustes that are brown on the edges. The center is cut out in a star shape, which reveals the bright red strawberries inside the pie.

World-famous Noma chef, about to start $1,500-a-plate residency in LA, faces past allegations again

An investigation from the New York Times published Saturday detailed troubling incidents of past abuse by Noma's star chef, René Redzepi.

A man with short brown hair wearing an apron staring at the camera with his arms crossed.

Iconic Mexican churreria El Moro to expand in LA

A new location is set to open on the Westside later this year.

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A large stack of plates with a pile of churros on the very top one. They sit atop a white counter. To the right of the churros is a smaller stack of plates that read "Churreria El Moro."

The LA Marathon brunch guide — where to get a good meal along the 2026 route

From Nick’s Cafe in Chinatown to patio brunch on the Sunset Strip, here’s where to grab breakfast and still catch the runners on the “Stadium to the Stars” course.

An arial view of a cup of foamy coffee and a hand reaching out to a plate with dessert across from another set of hands.

I did something bananas: I mapped out the entire contents of my freezer. Here's why

I had plenty of food in my two freezers. So why did my credit card bill point to so much takeout? I had to make a change.

The freezer of a side-by-side fridge is jam packed with all manner of kitchen items, including hot dogs, bags of spinach and many ice cube trays.

Rev up your mornings: 9 great breakfast plates in the 818

Chilaquiles parlors, creative pancake houses and damn good bagels hit the spot in the San Fernando Valley

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A close up of a bagel with many seeds on it, with a yellow omelette with melted orange cheese and slices of canadian bacon inside

The Original Pantry Cafe is reopening under a new partnership with a homelessness nonprofit

All profits will go toward Hope the Mission’s shelters and services.

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People stand in line under a mural reading: Original Pantry Cafe

Koreatown’s Intercrew, ‘essential spot’ for Asian American creatives, will close after 5 years

The supper club and live music venue is victim to a tough economy that thinned event budgets and has fewer people are heading out to live venues, say Intercrew’s owners.

Building with mural of two women on its side, located at a street corner

The Serving Spoon in Inglewood wins James Beard Foundation America’s Classics Award

The breakfast and lunch spot on Centinela Avenue is one of six winners of the award, an honor the foundation says goes to “timeless” local institutions.