Eater Los Angeles

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

Over the last few years, Los Angeles operators have opened new locations in adjacent getaway cities like Santa Barbara (Ospi Montecito, Marisella, and the Window) and Palm Springs (Bar Issi debuted in June). Big Bear is the latest to experience this type of expansion: The De La Nonna team, who introduced their casual restaurant to the Arts District in 2021, opened a Big Bear outpost on June 4 that overlooks Big Bear Lake from inside the recently reimagined Hotel Marina Riviera.

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

The millions of tourists who visit Santa Barbara annually typically remain in its South Coast area centered around Stearns Wharf, the beachside activities, and within walking distance of the restaurants, hotels, and cafes on the highly popular State Street. But chef Danny Grant and his team are betting on locals and visitors will trek 15 miles north for his new restaurant, Marisella.

1 week ago | la.eater.com | Bill Esparza

On Father’s Day, June 15, Tacos de Cabrito y Machito El Lagunero, a street food operation serving traditional spit-roasted kid from Mexico’s Comarca Lagunera region, was forced to close despite plans to celebrate its third anniversary.

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

When chefs Minty Zhu and Alex Falco moved from Miami to Los Angeles, the husband-and-wife team hit the ground running by scouting locations, initiating pop-ups in Los Angeles’s vegan restaurants, and, finally, signing a lease in Echo Park in March 2025. Men & Beasts debuts on June 18 with a modern plant-based twist on Chinese classics and a curated tea program in the former Cosa Buona space.

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

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has lifted the ongoing curfew in Downtown Los Angeles. The curfew went into effect on June 10 amid ongoing anti-ICE protests in the area, and originally ran from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. One day before lifting the curfew, on June 16, Mayor Bass announced that the curfew would commence at 10 p.m. The curfew applied to about a one-mile swatch of Downtown Los Angeles and the surrounding areas, including the Arts District and Chinatown.