Krista Simmons

Some may mark the beginning of summer with the solstice, but for us, the season hasnt started until we make our first trip the Hollywood Bowl. Patina Restaurant Group has some new offerings for picnics this year, including vegan options and soju cocktails.

Bridgeton, New Jersey-based company Bueno Vita, Inc. is recalling over 300,000 pounds of meatballs due a detected risk of listeria. The food-borne bacterial illness was also responsible for the recent cantaloupe outbreak, where 30 people in the U.S. died from contamination.

The Downtown space that's now home to the One Eyed Gypsy has been run as a bar since 1899. Since the opening, it's operated as a brothel, a speakeasy, a bootlegging operation, and a biker bar. Many believe it's haunted.

It's hard to remember a time when DTLA was sketched out and skeevy. It seems like every time we turn around (on a one-way street), there's another bar or restaurant opening. Here's what's happening in the Downtown dining scene this week.

We're convinced working after the Fourth of July is some sort of corporal punishment, so since you've so valiantly made it through the past 48 hours of drudgery, you deserve a decent cocktail -- something that really speaks to the summertime, like Sotto's prosciutto and melon cocktail.

Former Intelli employees Charles Babinski (2nd in the 2012 U.S. Barista Championship) and Kyle Glanville (2008 U.S. Barista Champion) are about to embark on a new project on the Eastside. True to the third wave, there will be no paper cups.

It's National Fried Chicken Day, ya'll. Take a peek at our gallery of some of the city's best deep-fried delights.

And here Jamie Oliver was saying that LAUSD was crazy for calling pizza a vegetable. Turns out, scientists in Scotland have devised a pizza that provides a third of the body’s daily requirements of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients.

This Saturday from 2 p.m.-10 p.m., Brooklyn's famous indie street fair will be coming to Hollywood. There will be over 100 alternative apparel, accessory, and lifestyle vendors in attendance, with heaps of food vendors and a craft cocktail/biergarten

A suit was brought to the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday, arguing that it's unclear what constitutes force feeding under the law. It aims to have the ban be temporarily lifted while its legality is being debated.