All FJM Food Articles

Chef Sanjay Rawat opened Brick Lane in May at 1331 E. 6th Street, a modern Indian restaurant built on a wood-fired grill and tandoor inside a renovated 1920s warehouse, with a wine list from Kathryn Coker and Indian single malts behind the bar.

Keith Corbin closed Alta Adams for several months at the start of the year and reopened it in June with refreshed interiors and a reworked menu, now as sole owner of the West Adams restaurant he opened in 2018.

Connie and Ted's, Crustacean, Cactus Taqueria's Hollywood original and Wolfgang Puck's Merois all served their last meals in 2026. A look at what closed, when, and which locations are still open.

Marmalade Cafe served its last meal at The Commons at Calabasas on Sunday, August 2, ending a 28-year run. The Westlake Village, Malibu, Sherman Oaks and El Segundo locations remain open.

Michelin named char, smoke and flame a defining trend of 2026, and Los Angeles has the rooms to back it up. A guide to the hearths, tandoors, binchotan grills and wood ovens worth planning a night around.

Blue Ribbon Sushi returned to Palisades Village with something it did not have before: Ueki, a 14-seat omakase counter tucked behind a handcrafted shibori curtain, with a hinoki wood counter and a cedar-clad room.

Alphabet Bar and Grill opened August 15 at Palisades Village, the h.wood Group's first neighborhood restaurant, with James Beard Award-winning chef Timothy Hollingsworth running a menu built on rotisserie chicken and the farmers market next door.

Mitsi opened in April at the edge of Chinatown and Mission Junction, pairing a 110-seat cocktail bar from Mumford and Sons musician Ben Lovett with a late-night sushi counter from chef Jon Kim. The bar runs to 1 a.m., the kitchen closes at 11.

Avish Naran is opening Schezwan Club, an Indo-Chinese restaurant, in the same Silver Lake strip mall as his Bib Gourmand sports bar Pijja Palace. Hakka noodles, chili chicken and a dozen sambals are planned.

Hive Hospitality's Ryan Ratino is opening Ode by Jont at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, a roughly 20-course chef's counter in the room that once held Jose Andres' Bazaar and Aitor Zabala's Somni.

After opening at the Original Farmers Market in March, the Napa Valley burger institution has a second Los Angeles location planned for 401 Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica, in the former Osteria space.

Régalade, the French bistro from the Oste team on West Third Street, has widened its hours beyond the dinner-only service it opened with and now runs lunch as well.

Michelin's inspectors just spotlighted the world's best fire cooking, and Los Angeles has skin in the flame, from Alto in Studio City to the city's live fire wave.

Brian Bornemann is opening Bar Fortuna, a handmade pasta restaurant, at 2917 Main Street in Santa Monica, one block from Crudo e Nudo. An early fall opening is targeted for the former Vamos Vamos space.

Swedish chef Marcus Jernmark opened Lielle in the former Bicyclette space in February. By June it had a Michelin star. The 42-seat subterranean room runs a four-course menu built on California ingredients and Nordic technique.

Cafe Laurent announced a new location on Centinela near La Cienega, on the Inglewood and Culver City border, reviving the patio and garden of its Overland years.

Maree, a more casual Parisian Californian cafe and wine bar from Lielle chef Marcus Jernmark, is planned for the upstairs space that formerly held Manzke. No opening date has been announced.

The Mahendro family opened Badmaash on Abbot Kinney in March, turning a takeout window into a full dining room. It is the brand's third restaurant and the first with a patio.

Soma Suisan closed its La Cienega Boulevard location in West Hollywood on July 26 and is relocating to the fifth floor of Ovation Hollywood at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

B.J. Novak's Chain opens its first long-term residency at Topanga Social inside Westfield Topanga on September 2, running six months with signature dishes from Roy Choi, Mason Hereford, Mei Lin and Calvin Eng.