Guides
L.A.’s 13 Best Bars With Games and Activities
The best L.A. bars for axe-throwing, cumbia nights, playing pool, doing graffiti, smoking, playing pinball, and other fun, possibly delinquent activities.
The 38 Best Books of 2024
Like listening to music, reading is an activity that recharges the spirit. It offers a chance to unplug for an hour to fill your soul and slow down. Here are 38 ways to free your attention span from doom scrolling and algorithms.
The Ultimate Guide to the 25 Best Soups, Chowders, and Stews in Long Beach
Soup is good food. From ramen and pozole, to clam chowder, these are the best 25 soups in Long Beach—just in time time for the first rains of the season. But real talk, these soups hit the spot year-round.
L.A.’s Best Pozoles Come In Red, Green, and White. And Sometimes With Shrimp, ‘Shrooms, and Jackfruit, Too
L.A. is a city of legendary pozoles, if you know where to look. Vegan, chicken, pork, pata, and even jackfruit. Each pozole on this list has its own distinct identity. All will warm your body and soul.
Here Are The 11 Tacos That Made The L.A. Times 101 List
Among the new school and classics featured in our hometown paper's prestigious annual list, there's a fine-dining chef who makes tacos in secret.
Nine Noodle Dishes From Nine Different Regions In Asia to Try in L.A.
You can probably eat a different noodle dish that represents a different region of Asia every day for a year in Los Angeles and still not get through our noodle universe. Here is a list that scratches the surface to get you started, from bone broth beef soups to sizzling lamb stir-fries.
L.A.’s Ten Best Indie Toy Shops And Gift Shops For Holiday Shopping
The perfect places for gift shopping for kids and kids-at-heart, and keep your holiday shopping local.
The 11 Best Swap Meets and Flea Markets for Holiday Shopping
Shopping at a swap meet this holiday season will have a more significant impact because you’ll be supporting people hustling to get by, you won’t be contributing to the backlog of cargo ships polluting the air at the ports, and you’ll find unique gifts that you can gently haggle for.
The Best Hot Chocolate, Champurrado, and Seasonal Warm Drinks in Los Angeles
Rounding up the best seasonal warm drinks across Los Angeles. From champurrado, frothy drinking chocolate, to a fermented hot drink named atol shuco, here's a list of spots to keep you warm as the cold trickles into the city.
The 23 Best Tamales In Los Angeles
Banana leaf ones, savory pudding-like ones, sweet ones...Los Angeles really is the best city in the U.S. for tamal season. Here are our best ones from all corners of the County.
