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New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in July 2026

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in July 2026

Published by Sam Flores

Summer has just begun, but there’s a certain magic in the air in Los Angeles right now. On the heels of Juneteenth and Pride Month, the city is fully immersed in World Cup, which continues through July 19, with some of the matches being played at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium. There are plenty of places to eat and drink near the stadium if you’re heading there for a game and plenty of watch parties at local restaurants and bars for those looking to cheer alongside other soccer fans. If you’re staying close to home this summer, keep your taste buds entertained with Food’s guide to the 50 essential dining experiences that define living here, from an East L.A. taco truck crawl to pastries in Chinatown and Iranian cafes in Westwood’s Persian Square. There are also plenty of new bars to explore, including rooftop destinations with sparkling views of the city. And if your summer plans involve travel abroad, bookmark Food’s international dining guides. Far from exhaustive, these food and drink recommendations encompass memorable highlights from past …

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in June 2026

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in June 2026

Published by Sam Flores

Daniel Patterson, the chef behind San Francisco’s Coi, who once helmed Alta Adams alongside chef Keith Corbin, has opened a new tasting restaurant in Hollywood, alongside his wife and former music journalist and producer Sarah Lewitinn. Jacaranda challenges stereotypes of stuffy or restrained fine dining restaurants with a Gen X playlist, casual service and lively conversations among guests. This approach, as Patterson told reporter Stephanie Breijo, better reflects the ethos of Los Angeles, where your next great meal is just as likely to come from a street vendor as it is from a 10-course dinner. The restaurant holds only one seating per night, to allow diners the opportunity to linger as you would at a friend’s dinner party, as well as a multi-course lunch on Sunday. Source link

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in May 2026

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in May 2026

Published by Sam Flores

Los Angeles didn’t get many April showers, but May flowers are blooming just the same, leaving a lingering scent of jasmine as the star-shaped flower blossoms across the city. Jacaranda trees will soon follow suit, turning the skyline of entire neighborhoods lavender as spring stretches into summer. Marine layer aside, this season invites us to get outside and make the most of living in L.A. The Metro will soon open the expansion of its D Line, making it convenient to peruse Museum Row, the Grove and bars and restaurants along Fairfax and in Beverly Hills without a car. Local farmers markets are more abundant than ever, with rainbow assortments of stone fruits and tomatoes. And there are plenty of patios and rooftops for enjoying sunny evenings and taking in city views. Keep reading if you need dining inspiration this month, like exploring a new hand roll counter in downtown L.A., a buzzy Larchmont diner that lives up to the hype and a pan-African destination for customizable “slop bowls” in Gardena. Source link

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in April 2026

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in April 2026

Published by Sam Flores

Spring has sprung in Los Angeles. In just a couple weeks, thousands of music lovers will make the trek to Indio’s Empire Polo Club for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, with dozens of L.A. chefs joining them. While in the desert, many festival goers take a detour through neighboring Palm Springs to explore museums, restaurants and bars before the dry climate climbs into the triple digits. Closer to home, Los Angeles’ food scene is mourning the loss of two legendary haunts forced to permanently close their doors. After months of extensions, Cole’s French Dip closed at the end of March, though owner Cedd Moses said he was still hopeful that the city’s longest-running public house and rumored creator of the French dip sandwich would sell to a new owner. In Echo Park, Taix restaurant closed after 99 years of operation to make way for a six-story housing complex. But it’s not all bad news for local restaurants. In Melrose Hill, a Bangladeshi chef has returned to the kitchen after a two-decade-long break from …

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in March 2026

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in March 2026

Published by Sam Flores

February was a short but busy month, with holidays Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras, Iftar and Lent all overlapping this year. It also marked Black History Month, offering an opportunity to celebrate the culinary contributions of Black communities near and far, including resilient restaurants in Pasadena and Altadena, a 250-acre ranch in Acton that represents the largest Black-owned farm in L.A. County, and the legacy of the ‘Dean of Southern cuisine’ chef Joe Randall, who died at 79 after spending a half-century of amplifying African American culinary traditions. In Inglewood, Serving Spoon won the America’s Classic in California award from the James Beard Foundation, and will receive a medal at the ceremony this June. With summer temperatures and clear skies this weekend, it’s hard to believe that just weeks ago, the city was hit with a week of heavy rainstorms. Several restaurants across the region were forced to temporarily close due to flooding, resulting in revenue loss and expensive repairs. March brings the start of spring, which means we’re already seeing seasonal produce such as …

This extension automatically says ‘No’ to those annoying pop-ups

This extension automatically says ‘No’ to those annoying pop-ups

Published by skeptic

Cookie consent banners have nearly broken me. Every website I visit presents the same exhausting ritual — a pop-up that demands I make choices about tracking, analytics, personalization, and a dozen other categories I barely understand. I used to dutifully click through each one, carefully rejecting what I didn’t want. This is mostly because I understood the answer to the question whether you really need to accept all cookies while browsing is a firm no. Then I started just hitting “Accept All” out of sheer fatigue. That surrender felt wrong, but what else could I do? Turns out I don’t have to do anything. Consent-O-Matic, a browser extension developed by privacy researchers at Denmark’s Aarhus University, handles these consent forms automatically. It’s the equivalent of having someone stand between you and every door-to-door salesperson, politely declining on your behalf. OS Chrome, Firefox, Safari Developer CAVI, Aarhus University Price model Free Consent-O-Matic is a browser extension that groups cookie pop-ups into five categories. It allows users to use the open-source software and customize the interaction themselves. …

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in February 2026

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in February 2026

Published by Sam Flores

Josef Centeno, who once dominated the corner of 4th and Main streets in downtown L.A. with his “Centenoplex” of restaurants, all centered around cozy Bäco Mercat, closed his Tex-Mex-ish restaurant Bar Amá in December to open Le Dräq, which brings the most popular dishes from the two restaurants onto one menu, including cheesy bäco bread, a mushroom coca made with vegan dough and green chicken enchiladas. Expect the menu to rotate often but to consistently feature eight dishes from Bäco Mercat, eight from Bar Amá and eight from Takoria, a new market-driven concept. The house burger is a standout, with pillowy milk bread from Centeno’s Orsa & Winston restaurant next door, a thick beef patty, Havarti cheese, and iceberg lettuce and raw red onion for crunch. Source link

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in December 2025

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in December 2025

Published by Sam Flores

A new destination for craft cocktails has emerged in Long Beach with Tokyo Noir, a speakeasy located down an alley behind El Barrio Cantina restaurant, with a glowing red lantern hung above its green door to help lead the way. Here, cocktails are created with the complexity and thoughtfulness of a multicourse tasting menu, including the umami-forward Dirty Soba that’s served in a soup bowl with a spoon, with bonito dashi, Iichiko shochu, buckwheat shochu, gin, sake vermouth and yuzu swirling inside and grated daikon as a garnish. Opened by co-owners Kevin Lee and Jesse Duron in late 2024, the bar pays homage to Japanese cocktail bars with whiskey, shochu, gin and umeshu all sourced from Japan. Even the crystal-clear blocks of ice bobbing in the cocktails are sourced from the Japanese city of Kanazawa. Source link

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in November 2025

New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles in November 2025

Published by Sam Flores

After years of cooking at the Spanish restaurants of humanitarian-chef José Andrés in L.A. and D.C., including Minibar, the Bazaar, Café Atlántico and Zaytinya, chef-owner Joshua Whigham has opened Casa Leo, a sun-drenched restaurant in Los Feliz dedicated to celebrating Iberian cuisine with gambas al ajillo, seasonal gazpacho, boquerones with potato chips and pan con manchego. Weekend brunch brings Catalan flatbreads topped with tuna conserva and fire-roasted eggplant, along with scones and a Spanish tortilla. Source link