Krista Simmons

The owners are pretty tight-lipped about how chocolate might come into play, but we imagine there will be cocoa powder in the batter for the fried chicken. There could even be cocoa nibs in the dredging. Or even some sort of chocolate chipotle dipping sauce. The possibilities for a stoner's delight are endless.

The restaurant, which will be located at 8905 Melrose Avenue, just west of Robertson Blvd. Chef Chandra Gilbert will be overseeing the kitchen, and there'll also be an extensive bar program crafted by Beverage Director Jason Eisner, formerly of Drago Centro.

Between this recall and the recent news at Foster Farms, we're seriously considering our hot wings tray for the Super Bowl.

Champion competitive eater Jamie "The Bear" McDonald took home the glorious prize of $1000 in Dog Haus credits, which is sort of unfortunate considering McDonald owns a barbecue in Connecticut, and flew all the way out to sunny SoCal to compete in the challenge.

Here's what the stars feasted on at the annual awards show.

No need to hoard your bottles of the cock sauce. The company will begin shipping their fiery pepper concoction again at the end of the month

Angelenos, rejoice! The Ace has finally opened in Downtown L.A., further boosting the coolness creed of our city's CBD. And the property is a real beaut. Contributing to the Broadway and Historic Core revival, Atelier Ace has done the theater-turned-mega-church justice.

It will be interesting to see how local sushi restaurants adapt to the rule, or if they'll risk it for the sake of tradition.

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.

Originally opened in 1925 in a Red Car trolley, the restaurant became the Formosa Café in 1939. The folks from Red Medicine are bringing their concept in to bring it new life.