Pasadena’s proudly ‘weird’ Bar Chelou restaurant to close this month
Bar Chelou garnered local and national praise from a small corner of the century-old Pasadena Playhouse building when it opened in early 2023, but this month it will take a...
Food
Review: Head to this new SGV dumpling parlor for Kaifeng-style xiao long bao
Four variations of guan tang bao — a style of soup dumplings popularized in Kaifeng, a city in north-central China’s Henan province — headline the menu at Good Alley in...
Egg shortage leads to odd pricing disparity with cage-free costing less than regular
The nationwide egg shortage that has resulted in sticker shock for millions of shoppers at grocery stores is even more bizarre in New York City, where organic, cage-free cartons, typically...
The ‘most ambitious restaurant ever’ in the Crenshaw District to close permanently
1 Post & Beam, a destination restaurant for California comfort food in Baldwin Hills for 13 years, will close permanently at the end of February. Post & Beam has been...
Dog treats made of lab-grown meat just went on sale for the first time
Your dog’s next treat might not come from a farm but from a lab. That’s right, we’re finally moving beyond just lab-grown steaks for humans, as dog treats made from...
I tried every frozen appetizer I could find at Aldi. Almost all of them would be worth buying for a party.
The Super Bowl is almost here, but before the Chiefs and Eagles kick off on Sunday night, football fans have game-day menus to plan. For those of us who don’t...
Trump wants to extend the 2017 tax cuts. Here’s how that would affect regular Americans
The tax cuts enacted under the first Trump administration largely expire at the end of 2025. President Trump and his fellow Republicans are eager to extend them, but doing so...
1,000-year-old food storage pit discovered in Alaska
A cache pit dating back about 1,000 years was discovered in Alaska last year, military officials recently revealed — providing a glimpse into the food storage methods of the past....
I visited a new coffee shop by Coach. It wasn’t at all what I expected from the luxury fashion house.
Coach recently opened its first coffee shop in the United States. As a café lover, I knew I had to check it out. Coach, a brand known for its high-quality...
Chipotle isn’t sweating Trump’s tariffs. Guac’s still a go
Chipotle downplayed concerns about potential tariff hikes on imported ingredients like avocados and chicken during the company’s Feb. 4 earnings call. Despite the possibility of tariffs on goods from Mexico,...
