Westwood Village Food + Drink Worth Seeking
My history with Westwood Village dates to high school, when I took classes at UCLA through Summer Discovery before my senior year. UCLA accepted me and I even put down a deposit, but decided...
Fundamental LA Cheese Burger [CLOSED]
We’re living in a hamburger golden age, with plenty of L.A.’s leading culinary heavyweights rolling out deluxe hamburgers. Fundamental LA, the five-year-old Westwood restaurant from childhood buddies (and fellow Cal Bears) Woogene Lee and...
Fundamental LA Carrot Risotto [CLOSED]
Fundamental LA, the dual-purpose restaurant in Westwood from Woogene Lee and Jeff Faust, features sandwiches on house-baked bread at lunch and more ambitious fare at dinner. They duo recently brought in SoCal native Philip...
Attari Grill: Stepping Up Persian Culinary Efforts in Westwood
Attari Grill is the snazzier spinoff of Attari Sandwich Shop from Ayla Sadaghiani, husband Mike Sadaghiani and mother in law Parvin Sadaghiani. The sandwich shop has a tree-lined patio and specializes in sandwiches and...
Fundamental LA: Moving Beyond Basics in Westwood [CLOSED]
For the past few years, we’ve bemoaned the lack of next-level sandwich shops in Los Angeles. Mendocino Farms has been the most ambitious (and consistent) of the bunch, along with stand-bys like Langer’s and...
NINETHIRTY: Setting Seasonal Standard in Westwood Village [CLOSED]
I always enjoyed my meals at South Pasadena’s Firefly Bistro, where Los Angeles native Monique King cooked with husband Paul Rosenbluh for years. He runs the entire Firefly kitchen since King decamped to NINETHIRTY....
