Rebecca Roland

5 days ago | la.eater.com | Rebecca Roland

A new otherworldly dining destination has washed ashore in the West Adams neighborhood. Cento Raw Bar, a restaurant by the team behind neighboring Cento Pasta Bar, opens on May 12, serving seafood towers, crudos, and caviar sandwiches. The restaurant comes from chef Avner Levi, partner Adrien D’attellis, and creative director Brandon Miradi; Avner’s first restaurant, Cento Pasta Bar, opened in December 2021 after a long-running tenure as a pop-up at Downtown’s Mignon Wine Bar.

6 days ago | la.eater.com | Rebecca Roland

Back to List Hinano Cafe. Wonho Frank Lee Hamburgers are truly America’s food. Born from the nation’s obsession with beef coupled with the modern highway system, the humble burger can be high-end or low — grabbed quickly via drive-thru or sought out as a destination. It’s hard to say what makes a perfect burger simply because there are so many different iterations of the seemingly simple beef and bun device.

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

Here’s Looking at You will close on June 16 after almost a decade on Sixth Street in Koreatown. The restaurant, opened by the late chef Jonathan Whitener and Lien Ta, has occupied its corner of Los Angeles since 2016, serving an ever-evolving menu of cross-cultural dishes like uni panna cotta and salsa-negra-crusted frogs’ legs alongside an inventive cocktail program to match. Ta announced the closure in an Instagram post on May 6, which reads, “We have closed this restaurant a few painful times.

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

Back to List The Benjamin. Wonho Frank Lee The Benjamin. | Wonho Frank Lee New this update: Studio City dive bar Oy Bar, sushi standby Sushi Gen, Cypress Park’s Taqueria Frontera, Chinese restaurant Noodle Art, acclaimed French restaurant Pasjoli, Damian’s taco alleyway Ditroit, burger spot Amboy, and Melrose restaurant the Benjamin have been added in this update. Rebecca Roland is a lifelong Angeleno and a strong proponent of solo dining.

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

West LA’s West Edge, a mixed-use residential and retail destination, will be home to two exciting new restaurants in 2026: Shawarma pop-up Miya Miya, a Smorgasburg favorite, will open its first permanent location, while KinKan’s chef-owner Nan Yimcharoen is slated to open a second location of her restaurant in the development, too. West Edge, which debuted in 2023 on the corner of Olympic and Bundy, is currently home to Gelson’s, Taiwanese tea shop Presotea, Clean Juice, and other retailers.