Mona Holmes

6 days ago | la.eater.com | Mona Holmes

Long Beach Pride, one of the nation’s oldest running festivals, is amidst deep sponsorship cuts, resulting in a pared-down annual event. Longbeachize reports that Long Beach Pride lost backing from companies that typically provide it with sponsorship, including McDonald’s and Walmart. The organizer told Longbeachize that President Donald Trump's targeting of diversity initiatives was the cause.

1 week ago | la.eater.com | Mona Holmes

Heading straight into Grand Central Market on May 10, 2025, is the first West Coast location for Miznon, an international Middle Eastern street food chain founded by chef Eyal Shani. It’ll debut in the former Sari Sari Store, where diners can sit around the counter and try some of Shani’s notable pita sandwiches in Downtown’s 108-year-old bazaar. Miznon translates to “canteen” or “cafeteria” in Hebrew. “Pita is the most genius food in the world,” says Shani.

1 week ago | la.eater.com | Mona Holmes

After a long run of sold-out pop-up dinners, Baby Bistro from chef Miles Thompson (Allumette, Michael’s) and partner Andy Schwartz has a permanent home in Chinatown. The restaurant will be the final tenant to move into the same Alpine Courtyard complex that also houses Perilla and Baker’s Bench. Starting on May 8, the duo will operate a new restaurant where Thompson’s favorite farmers market produce and Schwartz’s wine selections play out in a cozy 100-year-old Victorian bungalow that seats 35.

1 week ago | la.eater.com | Mona Holmes

Less than a few miles east of Montebello’s popular BLVD MRKT is a new food hall home to 15 food vendors plus a full bar. With similar concepts in San Juan Capistrano (Rodeo River Street) and a second one that’s Disneyland-adjacent (Rodeo 39), Rodeo 72 Public Market debuted on Saturday, May 3, in an expansive and stunningly redesigned space that was formerly a juvenile correctional facility in Whittier.

1 week ago | la.eater.com | Mona Holmes |Rebecca Roland

Nestled between Cypress Park, El Sereno, and the northern end of Downtown LA is one of Los Angeles’s oldest neighborhoods: Lincoln Heights. The neighborhood became the city’s first suburb in 1873, resulting in a middle-class residential neighborhood that eventually grew to be home to impressive daytime spots, a mix of longtime and new restaurants, one of Los Angeles’s most respected barbecue joints, breweries, a cocktail bar in a historic building, and more.