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By Bryan Tsunoda • October 16th, 2012

The owners of Sassafras spared no expense in creating a Southern townhouse from the 1940’s.  Authentic decor, barrel aged cocktails — and the deli next door — are highlighted in this review

Like any other Labor Day in Southern California, there will be hundreds of events going on with more to do than can be done. There’s one thing that must be on your calendar, though: THE TASTE presented by The Los Angeles Times.

In this Street Food Review, Bryan has a private lunch with a chef that has worked in various Michelin rated restaurants, Charles Slonaker of the Go Chew Gourmet Food Truck.

The Tripel in Playa Del Rey may only have a license for beer and wine, but cocktails are not a problem.

It’s back to school time for fans of stouts, porters, and other dark beers. An upcoming class at Public School 612 will provide students with a tasty lesson in the history of these beverages.

Once again, guests have the option to make their own three-course meal at Roy’s restaurants for a heck of a deal.

Spread out over four days and all over Los Angeles, there’s no way attendees can get to every single happening that makes up this belt busting event. But who says you shouldn’t try!?

School is _in_ for the summer at Downtown LA’s newest gastropub, Public School 612.  Co-located with sister restaurant The Daily Grill at 612 South Flower Street, Public School 612 — also known as PS 612– is a new dining concept with lessons that foodies will register for again and again.

Even though we live in the land of Eternal Summer, we can now officially kick off the best season of the year.  Memorial Day is here and its time to get the party started!

Read on for some ideas for your three-day weekend.

For the past 24 years, JazzReggae Fest has been bringing some of the biggest names in music to the Intramural Field on the campus of UCLA.  This year marks the 25th production of this two day music festival taking place on Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day Weekend.  Read on to find out more about who’ll be on stage and the vendors that will be serving in the international food court.

The South Bay Foodies own Michael and Nicole were invited to sample items from the Fall prix fixe menu at Roy’s in Downtown LA.  Read on to find out more!

A couple weeks ago Honest Tea put LA residents to the test: buy a bottle of tea for $1 from an unmanned store.   How did Angelenos fare?  Read on for the results.

Dine LA and the hundreds of participating locations have extended Restaurant Week for another 6 days!  Starting today and going until Friday, October 23, you’ll have another shot at all the great menus and deals all over town.  Enjoy!

Last Friday, Mayor Villaraigosa, Wolfgang Puck, and a score of chefs met up to take the first bite out of Dine LA’s upcoming Restaurant Week.  The relaxed ceremony was held in Wolgang’s new-ish Bar and Grill at LA Live, which the owner was happy to show off. “California cuisine has inspired me throughout my entire […]

There are so many good blogs that I follow and it’s a treat to “know” the authors via their online personas. But to actually meet them in person is a real treat. Joy The Baker offered her readers such an experience by inviting them to share cupcakes on a roof in downtown Los Angeles. Being local to LA – and a big fan of cupcakes – I was eager to participate.