A Burger For Breakfast at the Brite Spot/ Photo by Valentina Silva By Valentina Silva Drunk, ravenous and too late for anything else. For years, all three conditions had to be met for me to brave The Brite Spot. But, it’s a new day, and the ... Read More »

The Do It Best Hardware store in Highland Park has opened up  a garden center in its own backyard. Well, it’s actually a former storage area behind the York Boulevard store that has been cleaned up and now stocks  a variety of plants and fertilizer as ... Read More »

Time to hit the mall – the vintage mall.  That’s the term being used to describe a group of vintage dealers and vendors who have taken over three storefronts at the corner of Sunset and Hollywood boulevards in Los Feliz.  The Vintage Vortex is carved up ... Read More »

Before opening Garage Pizza in Silver Lake and downtown, Jay Batten was a long-time bartender, working the bars at 4100 and Edendale Grill. On Valentine’s Day, Batten fullfilled the dream of many bartenders by opening his own place, Jay’s Bar in Silver Lake. The bar and ... Read More »

What happened to Cru? The small vegan Silver Lake restaurant overlooking Polka Dot plaza closed abruptly last fall, with its furniture and equipment still packed into the storefront. As former Cru patrons remain in the dark about the closure, the Griffith Park Boulevard space has been ... Read More »

The former Larkin’s  restaurant in Eagle Rock (top photo) and Delilah Bakery (bottom) in Echo Park have been covered up in recent days by fumigation tents as both eateries prepare for new owners.  Little Beast, which will be serving up “‘progressive American comfort food,” is moving ... Read More »

Brian Girgus, owner of New California Barbershop | Photo by Tricia Noble Coachella Valley native Brian Girgus had worked in numerous barbershops before opening the New California Barbershop in Echo Park earlier this month. But the 36-year-old wants his barber shop to be more than just ... Read More »

View Larger Map Eater L.A. notes that CitySip, the Echo Park wine bar that announced it would be closing at the end of January, is now up for sale, with the owner asking $250,000 in key money, which includes furniture, fixtures, equipment, beer and wine licenses ... Read More »

Photo by Valentina Silva By Valentina Silva When Ba Restaurant opened on York Boulevard almost a year ago, it gave a decided yank to Highland Park’s gentrification tightrope. Part of the new wave of restaurants and shops on the neighborhood’s trendiest street, the French restaurant came on the scene ... Read More »

Little Beast, a pop up restaurant serving “progressive American comfort food,” is going to open a permanent Eagle Rock location in the former Larkin’s restaurant. Eagle Rock Patch Another Pop Up Goes Permanent: Twenty-four-year-old chef Miles Thompson returns to Echo Park with the Thursday grand opening ... Read More »