Recommend Your Favorites

You have favorite spots to eat in Los Angeles. Maybe we have written about them, maybe we haven’t. Here is your chance to tell us about you favorite spots, suggest that we write about them and let our readers know about places that they should try.
Just fill out the form below, and we will [...]

la.foodblogging Wordle

Here’s a fun toy for your Sunday: Wordle. I love words as art, here’s la.foodblogging run through Wordle:

I think I am going to have to do a version for our header image.

Infant Dining

After a couple of weeks of nesting with our new son, we hit the gates running on dining out. I took a chunk of time off of work to do some bonding and help out as my wife recovered and did feedings at what seemed like every five minutes, little guy can eat!
As predicted, our [...]

Healthyca’s New Menu – also Press Panini – NoHo/Studio City

Okay, I don’t usually get excited about sandwiches. They’re not really my… thing. It’s not that I avoid bread or anything, it’s just that I tend to prefer my carbs in pasta form, or as roasted or fried potatoes.
So —
you’ve gotta appreciate it when I go nuts about this new sandwich I tried.
Backstory: [...]

Restaurateurs - Tell me About Rising Food Prices and Declining Spending

I am working on an article for this site about the rising price of food, coupled with a decline in consumer spending; how is it (if at all) affecting businesses. I am looking for some input from local chefs and restaurateurs. If you are interested in answering a few questions and giving your take on [...]

An Example of Great PR

It’s no secret that I have had some harsh words about PR requests in the past.
This morning I got an excellent example of a great PR request. This was a request to post events on my Digesty.com foodblog aggregator. Here is the email (reprinted with permission):
Hello,
Esotouric offers offbeat LA bus tours that sometimes include unique
food [...]

Electric Karma ~ Exotic Ambiance

Last year my feelings about Indian food went from 0-10 in a matter of one week. Prior to that time, I ignorantly assumed all Indian food was “covered in curry,” which was, in my mind, a thick, pungent green sauce I’d tried in Australia and quite disliked. Eventually a friend convinced me to try Electric [...]

lafb is 3!

Just over three years ago we had our first post. Since then we have had a bevy of contributors who have donated their time and efforts to bring a constant stream of restaurant reviews, discoveries and tips to our fantastic readers.
We are nearing our 1,000th post, which should happen sometime in late May. Over [...]