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Ranking the best new foods at Dodger Stadium — including the $40 forearm-long hot dog “Hey, where did you get that?” “Whoa, how much was that?” “Is it any good? Can I have a bite?” I couldn’t walk more than three feet at Wednesday’s Dodger game without someone stopping me to ask about my Slugger. … Read more

President Trump has called for a tariff of 20% for all wine and spirits. Inevitably, prices will rise; how much they rise will depend largely on whether sellers, distributors and producers of wine and spirits can cushion the cost increases. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) The threat of tariffs has been keeping Lou Amdur up at … Read more

Drinks from the new ChaTraMue OC in Westminster include, from left, a matcha green tea latte, rose milk tea, vegan assam milk tea and a bucket of Thai tea. (Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times) There’s a delicate art to brewing the Thai tea at ChaTraMue, the Thailand-based tea shop that’s been around since 1945. … Read more

(Hanna Carter / For The 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 every Friday Enter email address Sign Me Up You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Following … Read more

Genghis Cohen in its original location at 740 N. Fairfax Ave. (Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times) For decades, a raucous restaurant-cum-music venue along Fairfax Avenue has been a top destination for Angelenos seeking a taste of Chinese American cuisine. This spring, that restaurant is set to close, possibly to be demolished along with the … Read more

Chef Jon Yao of Kato is the only Los Angeles chef nominated in this year’s best chef: California category. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) On Wednesday morning the James Beard Foundation announced the chefs, beverage programs, restaurants and bars nominated for its 2025 culinary awards — vastly scaling back the number of Los Angeles-area … Read more

For 44 years, French bistro Le Petit Four anchored the Sunset Plaza in West Hollywood. (Alexandre Morgenthaler) After a swell of community support that ultimately couldn’t save Le Petit Four, the sunny French-Californian bistro in West Hollywood closed after 44 years of business. A celebrity-favorite fixture in the Sunset Plaza shopping center, the restaurant is … Read more

Review Jenn Harris Have menu fatigue? Enter another dimension at a Santa Ana industrial park The restaurant is situated in a Santa Ana industrial complex surrounded by sprawling concrete buildings, in the sort of center where you’d expect to find a post office, a cleaners and maybe a chain restaurant that pushes build-your-own poke bowls. … Read more

(Kirk McKoy / 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 every Friday Enter email address Sign Me Up You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. This … Read more

8 white (and pink) wines to go with Angelenos’ rites of spring For me it’s the poppies. They’re not the first harbinger of spring, but they’re certainly the most dazzling. My wife and I usually make annual sojourns to the Carrizo Plain (avoiding the Instagram hordes in the Antelope Valley) to wander among the poppies … Read more