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Recent Newsletters
Greekman’s $30 Monday nights, plus L.A.’s Villa’s Tacos at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, Valentine’s Day pizza toast and, for those with sensitive ‘cat tongues,’ a tiny cat robot to cool your hot tea. All in Tasting Notes.
Granada, a coffee shop operating out of a beautiful house, is the first viral sensation in Central Los Angeles that’s permitted by L.A. County’s Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO) program.
The lines are already long for Cheesesteaks by Matū in Pasadena. Plus, all the greens you desire, the price to eat at Noma LA, and what’s new at Smorgasburg.
In a troubled time for restaurants, the reopening of Little Tokyo’s Azay is especially significant. Plus, four other reopened, revamped and new restaurants that show creative vitality.
A review of Tamar Adler’s new book “Feast On Your Life,” plus the sobering state of the L.A. restaurant industry in 2025
Stories about the Eaton fires, tariffs, travels and cooking define the Food team’s year. Plus, we name the best cookbooks of 2025.
Critic Bill Addison and columnist Jenn Harris spent months researching, writing and ranking the 2025 edition of The Times’ annual 101 Best Restaurants in L.A.
At an L.A. edition of MAD Mondays, the public talk series, the conversation centered on the idea of borders and how the exchange of ingredients and cooking traditions shape the food we eat.
Why chef Daniel Patterson turned his home into a supper club. Plus, the return of Ray Garcia’s Broken Spanish, a Thanksgiving turkey with mole and a robot wok taste test in Tasting Notes.
The Tasting Notes Team
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Laurie Ochoa is general manager of Food at the Los Angeles Times.
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Bill Addison is the restaurant critic of the Los Angeles Times.