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This Torrance Brewery Turns 6,000 Pounds of The Juiciest Peaches in California To Wild-Fermented Beer

Cellador's fruited ales takes anywhere from six months to two years to make, and the painstaking process produces some of the wildest-tasting beer in Los Angeles, with more in common with a natural wine and sourdough bread than with an IPA. 

August 8, 2024

$7 Mini ‘Al Pastor Trompos’ Have Arrived In the San Fernando Valley

You can either tear into each mini trompo with your hand using a corn tortilla like a glove to eat it like a taco or bite into it like a kebob. It's the the first of its kind in the streets of L.A. 

August 7, 2024

These Neighboring Trucks Serve Juicy Kyrgyz Lamb and Tajik Plov in West L.A.’s Central Asian Corridor

On a short block of Butler Avenue, north of Santa Monica Boulevard, dueling generators rumble through the day from two new food trucks parked on opposite sides of the streets, showcasing the cooking and traditions of Central Asia, the vast, mostly landlocked region comprised of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. 

August 7, 2024

Holbox In South Central Just Became the First Mexican Marisquería In the U.S. to Get a Michelin Star

The genre-pushing Mexican seafood stall in Mercado La Paloma is also the only marisquería to use tortillas and tostadas made from nixtamalized heirloom corn grown in Oaxaca and the state of Mexico. Holbox also stands out among the rest of one-star recipients for not serving alcohol in its menu.

August 6, 2024

20-Year-Old Fatally Shot in The Back By LAPD Officer in Pacoima Projects

Aguilar-Larios was holding a gun during the foot pursuit, but the LAPD noticeably did not say he ever pointed the gun at the officers or anybody else.

August 5, 2024

What To Eat This Weekend In L.A.: Korean Tteokbokki Churros, Mushroom Dan Dan Noodles, and a Sushi Omakase That Only Uses Local Fish

Plus, a DM-only pie spot that calls itself "the best underground pizza in Los Angeles" in the San Fernando Valley and a new natural wine bar-butcher shop hybrid concept soft-opens in Echo Park.

August 2, 2024

Someone Illegally Painted a Curb Red In Highland Park, Allegedly To Kick Out One of The Neighborhood’s Oldest Taco Trucks

The local taquero behind Charlie's Tacos has fed his neighborhood of Highland Park for 13 years. Now his community has his back as a red curb spontaneously appeared where he parks.

August 1, 2024

Seven Incredible Dishes to Try In Compton’s Exciting Atlantic Avenue Street Food Market

From gorditas estilo Durango, machaca and sushi Sinaloense, mariscocos, and birria estilo Tijuana, here are seven places down Atlantic Avenue in Compton to satisfy your cravings.

July 31, 2024

Chicana-Led Pocha L.A. Announces Its Closure In Highland Park

Risoli cites a lease renewal issue as being the cause of the closure, and promises Pocha will still exist as a catering service while looking for a new location.

July 31, 2024