Park Mesa Heights is a neighborhood just south of Leimert Park. Park Mesa Heights locals now have a new charmer with Peckish Snack Bar. The fast casual cafe from chef Angela White, sister Natasha...
If Hanalei has a community hub, it’s probably Hanalei Bread Company, a bustling bakery, breakfast, and coffee destination for locals and tourists in a brown and green complex called The Hanalei Center. Chef Jim...
Nuoc Mia Vien Tay is a rebranded Little Saigon sugar cane juice bar that dates to 1996, when Chuyen Nguyen and wife Thuy opened in a Westminster strip mall. I first wrote about Nuoc...
A logo depicts a plant rising from the earth, symbolic of Root of Life Juicery‘s mission in Huntington Park. This ray of hope from Maria Pacheco and Robert Valdez sprouted at the city’s Wednesday...
FurnSaj Bakery has been one of my favorite L.A. options for falafel, shawarma, and savory Lebanese flatbreads. Charlie Succar and brother Mel opened a sister project in the same Granada Hills strip mall called...
For a juice bar, Greenhouse is fairly ambitious. The Original Farmers Market stall from vaunted bartender Jason Bran and business partner John Chae sells a variety of juices, smoothies, açaí bowls, and produce. For...