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Guerrilla Tacos, one of L.A.’s most influential taquerias, is set to close later this month in the Arts District. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Genre-bending Guerrilla Tacos and farm-focused Sage are among some of the city’s most influential restaurants of the last decade to announce their closures in the first days of 2025. A … Read more

Apple fritters from Mr. Goods Donuts Shop in Pasadena. (Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times) In many ways, 2025 already feels like a dumpster fire. Not like the first few sparks of a blaze that’s about to ignite, but a raging fire fast engulfing anything and everything in its path. Maybe a few well-intentioned resolutions … Read more

Soccoro Herrera in 2016 taking orders from her chair by the window at Yuca’s Hut in Los Feliz. Herrera died Dec. 23 at 89. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) When Socorro Herrera saw the former shoeshine booth in a Los Feliz liquor store parking lot back in 1976, she said she thought … Read more

The chef-founder of Fountain Grains & Greens serves grain bowls, salads and seasonal sides all inspired by local farmers markets. (Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times) Newsletter You are reading our Cooking newsletter Sign up to get a taste of Los Angeles — and the world — in your own home and in your inbox … Read more

Restaurants throughout Los Angeles suffered a brutal 2024 with more than 100 notable closures tracked by the L.A. Times tally. (Bill Addison) Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend: More than 100 notable L.A. restaurants … Read more

Shoppers examine bottles of wine at Psychic Wines in Los Angeles. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times) Alcoholic drinks are a leading cause of cancer and should carry a warning about that risk on their label, the U.S. Surgeon General said Friday. Alcohol is a factor in nearly 100,000 newly diagnosed cancers each year and roughly 20,000 … Read more

Pho dac biet, a rice noodle soup with rib-eye, brisket, tendon and tripe, served at Golden Deli. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)

Notable L.A. restaurant closures spiked in 2024. Here’s the grim tally 2023 proved untenable for dozens of Los Angeles restaurants that shut their doors forever. 2024 was worse, with over 100 notable closures, according to an ongoing L.A. Times tally. In 2023 some of the city’s most celebrated new restaurants as well as decades-old neighborhood … Read more

How to create the ultimate cheese board. Here are 15 expert-level tips Cheese makes Lydia Clarke cry. The co-founder of DTLA Cheese Superette is cutting into a French-style goat cheese called Shabby Shoe, and tears well in her eyes as soon as she starts talking about its creamline (the extra gooey layer along the bloomy … Read more

Terrific sparkling wine is produced across the globe, especially right here in California. But it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that we are in the midst of a golden era for Champagne. A movement that began a few decades ago, when droves of small grape farmers stopped selling their precious bounty to the big … Read more