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Meteora is an experimental fine dining spot that's a bad dream, jungle excursion, and frustrating dining experience rolled into one.

Nikko Duren

September 29, 2022

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Maude is a ticketed tasting menu restaurant, but one that’s actually fun.

Kat Hong

August 5, 2022

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Taco Maria is a fine dining Mexican spot in Costa Mesa—and one of the best restaurants in Southern California.

Nikko Duren

July 7, 2022

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Tokki, a Korean small plates restaurant in Koreatown, is trendy, with all the weird baggage that comes with that term—but still genuinely fun.

Kat Hong

June 16, 2022

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Baroo, a little Hollywood strip-mall experiment in fermentation, just became big time.

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Brant Cox

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Vespertine is dark, dreary, and lifeless restaurant in Culver City, and you’d be wise to stay far away.

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Brant Cox

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Dialogue is a 21-course tasting menu restaurant in a downtown Santa Monica food court.

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Jess Basser Sanders

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The food at Triniti in Echo Park is like what you’d find in a fancy restaurant. Except you’re eating it in a coffee shop.

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Jess Basser Sanders

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Le Comptoir is a tiny prix-fixe restaurant in Koreatown that feels like a dinner party with friends.

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Brant Cox

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Phenakite is a new fine-dining concept in Hollywood by the people behind Porridge + Puffs

Kat Hong

February 19, 2021

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Naemo is a fine dining Korean pop-up run by Ki Kim and Arnold Byun.

Kat Hong

February 19, 2021

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Yess Aquatic is a fantastic Japanese food truck in the Arts District specializing in local seafood.

Brett Keating

January 14, 2021

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Da Lat Rose is a Vietnamese tasting-menu experience above the legendary Crustacean in Beverly Hills.

Brant Cox

March 9, 2020

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Wolvesmouth is a prix fixe dinner party in the Los Feliz/East Hollywood that’s a truly unique LA experience.

Brett Keating

August 14, 2019