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Wes Avila, chef-owner of Mexican steakhouse MXO. (Jakob N. Layman / sbe) MXO One of L.A.’s most celebrated chefs is playing with fire. Wes Avila, founder of Guerrilla Tacos and the now-shuttered Angry Egret Dinette, just opened Mexican steakhouse MXO in Beverly Grove, where steaks and seafood are singed over mesquite and peach wood, salsas … Read more

Chef That! Recipes and tips from your favorite chefs What’s the difference between a chef and a home cook? That’s a question that is obvious on one level but more complicated when you give it more than a passing thought. Over the past few months we’ve had several Los Angeles chefs in our Times Test … Read more

Owen Han didn’t know how much the internet loves sandwiches when he posted a TikTok video of grilled chicken, bacon, smashed avocado and chipotle mayo between two slices of sourdough bread one day in the summer of 2021. But he soon found out. “It was my first video to break a million views,” says Han … Read more

The “Autocado” cuts, cores and peels avocados before they are hand-mashed by a human to make Chipotle’s guacamole. (Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.) Robots that fully flesh out avocados and build burrito bowls are now making food for customers at two Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants in Southern California, as automation and artificial intelligence continue to enter … Read more

Review: Aren’t tiny restaurants the best restaurants? A former Melrose coffee shop makes the case For decades Stir Crazy was a coffee shop, a business squeezed among Melrose Avenue’s endless buildings of connected restaurants and shops and offices interrupted only by cross streets. Dino Trucco took over the place in 1994, tore out the Formica-tile … Read more

Smith says she now realizes there are simply too many people coming to Alberta too quickly Premier Danielle Smith.David Bloom/Postmedia Premier Danielle Smith insists she gets it. She sure as hell knows Albertans get it. They’ve been telling her. You don’t go on prime-time TV unless you know there is something that needs saying and … Read more

The UCP will pump $8.6 billion over three years into the construction of new schools Premier Danielle Smith speaks at a press conference at the McDougall Centre in Calgary on Monday, July 29, 2024.Brent Calver/Postmedia file Premier Danielle Smith is uncorking the Alberta treasury for one of the biggest capital project announcements in Alberta’s history. … Read more

After officers attempted to de-escalate, a taser was deployed, followed by pepper spray when he continued to be “combative” toward police. The Carriage House Inn in Acadia.Google Streetview Image A man has died in police custody early Tuesday morning, prompting an Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) investigation. Around 12:55 a.m., Calgary police responded to … Read more

‘My husband told me to count the zeroes’ Josephine Leduc of Calgary won $1 million on the July 17 Lotto 6/49 Golden Ball draw. WCLC photo For one Calgary woman, a gas station pit stop out of town has turned into an extremely profitable visit, netting her a winning Lotto 6/49 draw. Josephine Leduc purchased … Read more

David Eby announced the change Sunday after nearly a decade of the overdose epidemic and street violence Ambulance paramedics help a man suffering a drug overdose on Columbia Street in Vancouver.Photo by Jason Payne /PNG B.C. Premier David Eby has decided the escalating toxic drug crisis warrants forcing those who are severely addicted and mentally … Read more