At San Damián, Enrique Olvera makes al pastor with kanpachi
The Pujol chef's mariscos restaurant takes the old Atla site on Abbot Kinney, with an uni-topped rockfish ceviche and a Sunday dinner that starts at three.
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First Look · LAA Silver Lake church, once a horror-show set, is now Hotel Lucile
Casetta keeps the stained glass and the lit rooftop cross, puts the rooms in the old church school and sends a martini cart round the halls each evening.
First Look · LAAt Lynx, Josh Skenes brings fine-dining precision to the pizza bar
The Saison chef and his bar director Brandyn Tepper won a Bib Gourmand two months into this Arts District bar, where the Sudachi daiquiri uses no lime.
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Spacca Tutto · Pacific Palisades · 15 October 2026Nancy Silverton opens a steakhouse in the Palisades, and the focaccia comes stuffed with cheese
Spacca Tutto, her first Westside restaurant, opened in Palisades Village on 15 October with Dal Rae-style picanha, a central bar and a patio on the green.
Rumi's Kitchen · Century City · 23 September 2026Rumi's Kitchen brings Atlanta's Persian cooking to Tehrangeles
Chef Ali Mesghali, who first cooked in LA, opens at Westfield Century City with charcoal kabobs, duck fesenjoon and a rooftop pomegranate garden.
Sous Sous · Silver Lake · September 2026At Sous Sous, the stained-glass apostles watch you order a Sazerac
In the 1931 nave of Hotel Lucile, Patrick Costa pairs Marseille with New Orleans, from blackened-polenta trout to a green tomato margarita.
Friendship Bar · Santa Monica Canyon · August 2026Friendship Bar is back in the ship-shaped building where Isherwood drank, with soul on Thursdays
Golden Bull bartender Daniel Baker revives Santa Monica Canyon's S.S. Friendship with lantern-lit booths, martinis and a new stage.
ANIMAL · Arts District · July 2026ANIMAL brings a Brooklyn queer bar to the Arts District, with an Airstream and a disco banana
In the old Resident beer garden, a frozen watermelon margarita, free house and disco, and a forest patio that is the point.
Mish · La Brea · June 2026On La Brea, Mish carves its pastrami by hand and lets the records play to the end
Eric Greenspan's new-school deli sits under hangar-high beams south of Hancock Park, with honey-water bagels, a serious fish platter and a vinyl lounge upstairs.
Bad Roman · Beverly Hills · 26 May 2026Bad Roman puts a neon-collared boar at the door on Canon Drive
Quality Branded's maximalist Italian-American party moves into The Palm's old room, with a flambéed lobster, a raviolo on the steak and a tiramisu ice cream cake.
Brick Lane · Arts District · 22 May 2026Brick Lane serves a biryani under a naan lid in an Arts District warehouse that used to be Italian
Sanjay Rawat, formerly of Kahani, cooks in a wood-fired tandoor on Sixth Street, with a bar built around jaggery, chyawanprash and cardamom.
Sushi Nakazawa · Beverly Hills · 13 May 2026The sushi counter that began with a Facebook message and Google Translate lands on Robertson
Daisuke Nakazawa, Jiro's apprentice, brings Edomae nigiri, bouncy tamago and a charcoal grill to a sea-cave of a room on the Beverly Hills border.
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Stay · Silver LakeHotel LucileCasetta keeps the stained glass and the lit rooftop cross, puts the rooms in the old church school and sends a martini cart round the halls each evening.
Eat · VeniceSan DamiánThe Pujol chef's mariscos restaurant takes the old Atla site on Abbot Kinney, with an uni-topped rockfish ceviche and a Sunday dinner that starts at three.Drink · Arts DistrictLynxThe Saison chef and his bar director Brandyn Tepper won a Bib Gourmand two months into this Arts District bar, where the Sudachi daiquiri uses no lime.
See · 48 Hours48 Hours, Slowly: Los Angeles, a church, a pizza bar and a canal walkSilver Lake, the Arts District and the beach, with as little driving as possible.
Shop · Stay InRega ReplayThe Replay is Rega's new entry-level deck, a skeletal belt-drive turntable with the cartridge fitted and the setup reduced to one weight.Read · OpinionLos Angeles is learning to walk, one neighbourhood at a timeHotel Lucile, a Silver Lake church without a car park, Lynx in the Arts District and San Damián in Venice make the case for walkable villages.Lists
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Lists · LA8 new LA hotels, including a Silver Lake church and the old Mondrian
A Presbyterian church of 1931, the Sunset Strip landmark that Starck once remade, a Beverly Hills house behind the Peninsula and a Santa Monica beach hotel that used to be a Loews.
Lists · LA15 new Los Angeles restaurants, from a Silver Lake nave to a Chinatown corner
From Aitor Zabala's three-star counter on Nemo Street to Fátima Juárez's masa stall in Mercado La Paloma, by way of a former Pok Pok, a church nave and a Sean Brock listening lounge.
Lists · LALos Angeles's new bars include a ship, a classroom and a pizza bar
From Josh Skenes's pizza and cocktail bar in the Arts District to the bar Christopher Isherwood put into A Single Man, by way of a margarita bar with a centrifuge.
48 Hours, Slowly: Los Angeles, a church, a pizza bar and a canal walk
An east side, a downtown and a beach, a day each, built to be walked once you arrive.
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