Reviewed in this guide:
—West LA’s Grand (But Hip) Dame: Melisse
—From 2 Michelin Spanish Chef, Somni is Reborn
—World’s 50 Best Modern Taiwanese Game-Changer: Kato
—Live-Fire Cooking Like No Other: Meteora
—Rare Modern Levantine food with Syrian-Italian Flair: Carmel
—Top Mexican Seafood Anywhere: Holbox…
and many more Read more →
Back again in my old stomping grounds of Los Angeles, I ate sipped and feasted well, as always. Fueled by coffee from special Silver Lake cafes like Coffee Memes and Dayglow (with their creative coffee cocktail-esque drinks), I dug into multiple spots. Highlights from eight LA restaurants, covering the gamut from handroll bar to seafood haven: Read more →
Published in the Spring 2023 print issue of Maze Row’s VOICES Magazine out of London, Vol. 3:
Including my interviews with the chefs and sommeliers of Los Angeles’ 2 Michelin-starred n/naka (Niki Nakayama) and San Francisco’s 1 Michelin-starred Nisei (David Yoshimura). Read more →
My first print feature in Rum Magazine where I cover 8 U.S. rum bars spreading the rum gospel across the States. Some are tiki bars, some are not, but all know their r(h)ums.
In the Winter 2021-2022 print issue (Issue 19) of Distiller Magazine:
—My interview with Redbird bar manager Tobin Shea
—My interview with The Spirit Guild owner/distiller Miller Duvall Read more →
My fall 2021 return to Los Angeles, the region I partly grew up in and spent over 12 years of my youth and, later, young adulthood living in was a busy one. I visited over 35 places, from cafes and coffee roasters, to restaurants and eateries — like pre-pandemic times. While the bar scene was clearly struggling on the service end even more than restaurants were, restaurants were coming back to life.
Here’s the good, the bad and the damn delicious: Read more →
My fall 2021 return to Los Angeles, the region I partly grew up in and spent over 12 years of my youth and, later, young adulthood living in was a busy one. I visited over 35 places, from cafes and coffee roasters, to restaurants and eateries — like pre-pandemic times. While the bar scene was clearly struggling on the service end even more than restaurants were, restaurants were coming back to life.
Here’s the good, the bad and the damn delicious: Read more →
—My article on 10 of LA’s best bars below (online here)
—My interview with Redwood bar manager Tobin Shea here
—My interview with The Spirit Guild owner/distiller Miller Duvall here
BARS FEATURED:
— Redbird, Bar Calo, Bar Jackalope, Neat, The Musso & Frank Grill, Genever, Thunderbolt, Bar Flores, Agnes, Tiki-Ti Read more →
My latest print feature in Gin Magazine, issue 16/December 2021-February 2022. This issue I cover three bartenders and global bars, featuring their cocktail recipes inspired by film and TV:
My latest 2020 print feature in American Whiskey Magazine, issue 10.
This issue I cover Los Angeles a distillery and top DTLA bars, including: