All FJM Food Articles

Mikiya Wagyu Shabu House began in Temple City and now runs 13 rooms in six states. Its Irvine location serves all-you-can-eat A5 wagyu shabu from $55.

The Daily Catch has cooked Sicilian seafood in Boston's North End since 1973. Its first West Coast restaurant is now open on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena.

Daniel Patterson opened Jacaranda on Melrose Avenue with two tasting menus, six courses at $185 and twelve at $295. Address, booking and what to know.

The Beverly Hills Autumn BBQ returns Oct. 18 with 17 chefs across 12 restaurants, including Wolfgang Puck, Nancy Silverton and Hitching Post, for No Kid Hungry.

Kozo, with dining rooms in Ghana and Rwanda, is opening its first restaurant outside Africa at 8500 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood this fall.

Gwen turned ten on Sunset this summer. We spent a night with Chef Marcell Hatten, from bone marrow custard to a 36-ounce dry-aged porterhouse off the fire.

Bar Harry is open at 10111 Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake, with a Debbie Harry concept, chef-driven comfort food and a campground called Camp Funtime out back.

Forkstrike scores LA restaurants on the last 180 days instead of a lifetime average. The county top 25, the hottest neighborhood and the biggest comebacks.

After years cooking in other people's kitchens, including Dudley Market and Ester's, the Venice-born chef opened Chez Mar in Mar Vista. A petite SoCal bistro built around a raw bar, now on Resy's October Hit List.

Mindy and Vinny Kinne have built six restaurants around the night they met at a bar. The newest, on Santa Monica's Main Street, is the first to stay open through dinner, with brunch until 2:30 and pizza and pasta after.

Amirali Ghasemipour built a following on weekly order drops and pop-ups before signing for a brick-and-mortar at 131 S. La Brea, the former Burgers 99. Thin-crust rounds, square pan pies with rotating farmers market toppings, natural wine and microbrews.

The 1914 Hotel Clark has been about to open since 2013. It soft opened Tuesday with 348 rooms and a signature restaurant, Votana, running a coastal Mediterranean menu under executive chef Gio Koletty. The grand opening party is October 15.

The chef behind Hansei, the Japanese American tasting menu pop-up at the JACCC in Little Tokyo, is opening a permanent restaurant on Washington Boulevard in October. Chris Ono cooked at Eleven Madison Park, RyuGin in Tokyo, Mori Sushi and Providence before this.

The 8th annual Off the Hook Seafood Festival drops anchor on Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, October 11, 2026, with sustainable seafood, yacht rock from The Windbreakers, oyster competitions hosted by Mayor Lana Negrete, and a VIP lounge, all benefiting Heal the Bay.

Los Angeles magazine's The Food Event returns October 4, 2026 to Calamigos Ranch in Malibu for its 20th year. Lineup, tickets, and the early bird deadline.

The De La Nonna team opened Sous Sous on September 14 inside the former sanctuary of Bethany Presbyterian Church, now the 25-room Hotel Lucile. Chef Patrick Costa is cooking Southern France through the American South, and a dinner reservation is the only public way onto the roof.

The h.wood Group is converting its own Sunset Strip nightclub into Little Luck, its first Japanese concept, with chef Erik Idos returning to Los Angeles after nearly ten years at Nobu and a run as executive chef in Hong Kong.

Crews removed the PUMP branding from the TomTom building on Santa Monica Boulevard in August, ending a dual-brand arrangement that began in 2023. The original PUMP closed in 2023 over a rent increase to a reported $80,000 a month.

Taix served its last meal in Echo Park on March 29 after 99 years, ahead of demolition for a six-story housing project. The family plans a smaller Taix inside the new building, targeting 2029 or 2030, with pop-ups and a cookbook in between.

UbeFest marks its fifth anniversary with a free ube and mango festival at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4.