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Restaurant News in Los Angeles
Weekly LA Restaurant Openings, Closings, and Dining News!
Food Journal Magazine covers Los Angeles restaurant news every week, with openings, closings, chef moves, pop-ups, and menu changes from across the city. From the San Fernando Valley to the Westside, DTLA to the South Bay, we track what's new in LA dining and publish fresh briefs throughout the week. Use this page as your hub for the latest restaurant openings in Los Angeles, plus our monthly new restaurants in Los Angeles roundup and coverage of food events in Los Angeles around the county.
Nancy Silverton's Spacca Tutto Is Open in Pacific Palisades
Spacca Tutto opened at Palisades Village in October with 108 seats, a 50-ounce porterhouse and Nancy Silverton's focaccia di Recco. It is her first restaurant west of the 405.
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20 hours ago2 min read
Mistral Is Opening a Raw Bar Next Door, Named for the Man Who Started It in 1988
Henri's is a raw bar going into the space adjoining Mistral in Sherman Oaks, named for Henri Abergel, who opened the French bistro in 1988 and sold it last year.
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2 days ago2 min read
Yumiyaki Is the Only Kansai-Style Sukiyaki House in Rowland Heights, a Neighborhood Already Topping LA County
Yumiyaki Sukiyaki House serves Kansai-style sukiyaki with A5 wagyu, nigiri and sashimi at 18184 Colima Road in Rowland Heights. Sets from $78, walk-in only.
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3 days ago3 min read
A Mother and Daughter Are Cooking Jamaican Chinese Food on Cahuenga
Aja and Barbara Dawson cook Jamaican Chinese food at abl, a 35 seat room on Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood. Menu, hours, address and reservations.
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3 days ago2 min read
The Beverly Hills Hotel Is Opening a 94-Seat Supper Club With a Gucci Osteria Chef
The Beverly Hills Hotel is adding a 94 seat supper club with former Gucci Osteria chef Mattia Agazzi in the kitchen, opening by the end of 2026.
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4 days ago2 min read
The Mirate Team Is Bringing La Morocha From Ensenada to the Arts District
Matt Egan of Mirate is opening La Morocha on South Mateo Street in the Arts District with chef David Castro Hussong of Fauna and La Morocha in Ensenada.
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6 days ago1 min read
Oy Bar’s Joutine Makes The Infatuation’s List of LA’s Greatest Potato Dishes
The Infatuation gave Oy Bar an 8.2 and put its Joutine, a wagyu brisket poutine, on the list of LA’s greatest potato dishes. Inside the dish, the dive bar, and the former Friends writer behind it.
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Oct 214 min read
The Forkstrike 25, Sushi: LA County's Highest Score Is in Redondo Beach
Forkstrike scored 525 Los Angeles County sushi rooms on six months of reviews. Japonica in Redondo Beach leads at 97. The full 25, the climbers, and an honest look at what a review-based method misses.
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Oct 204 min read
Hermon’s Potato Fritter Named One of LA’s Greatest Potato Dishes
The Infatuation gave Hermon’s an 8.9 and put its loaded potato fritter on both the LA and national lists of the greatest potato dishes. What is in it, what else to order, and how to get a table.
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Oct 164 min read
Jeremy Fox Is Reopening Birdie G's Inside the Fairmont Century Plaza
Birdie G's closed in Santa Monica at the end of 2025. Jeremy Fox is reopening it inside the Fairmont Century Plaza, and the matzo ball soup is coming back.
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Oct 152 min read
The All-You-Can-Eat A5 Wagyu Brand That Started in Temple City Just Opened in Irvine
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.
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Oct 153 min read
A Boston North End Seafood Institution From 1973 Opened Its First West Coast Room in Pasadena
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.
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Oct 142 min read
Daniel Patterson Is Back Behind a Tasting Menu, and It Is on Melrose
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.
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Oct 132 min read
Kozo Is Bringing Its Afro-Asian Dining Room to 8500 Sunset, Its First Outside Africa
Kozo, with dining rooms in Ghana and Rwanda, is opening its first restaurant outside Africa at 8500 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood this fall.
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Oct 122 min read
Bar Harry Opened in Toluca Lake, and There Is a Campground Behind It
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.
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Oct 95 min read
The FORKSTRIKE "25 Hottest" Restaurants in LA County Right Now, Scored on the Last 180 Days Only
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.
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Oct 86 min read
Wesley Barden Finally Has His Own Room, and It Is a Raw Bar on Venice Boulevard
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.
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Oct 73 min read
A Couple Named Their Restaurants After How They Met. The Sixth One Is on Main Street.
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.
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Oct 63 min read
A Management Consultant Quit to Make Pan Pizza. Mievè Opens on La Brea in October.
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.
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Oct 52 min read
Hotel Clark Finally Opened on Hill Street, and Votana Opens October 15
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.
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Oct 23 min read
Chris Ono Is Bringing Heisei Home to Culver City, Where He Was Born
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.
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Oct 23 min read
Sous Sous Put a Restaurant in a 1931 Silver Lake Church, and the Rooftop Has a Catch
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.
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Oct 13 min read
Bootsy Bellows Is Now an Izakaya, and the Chef Spent a Decade at Nobu
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.
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Oct 13 min read
The PUMP Sign Came Down in West Hollywood, and the Brand Is Effectively Finished
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.
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Sep 292 min read
Taix Closed After 99 Years, but the Family Says It Is Coming Back
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.
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Sep 273 min read
West Hollywood Lost Five Restaurants in a Year, and One Owner Finally Said Why
Electric Owl, The Belmont, Connie and Ted's, Las Perlas and the PUMP brand all went dark within roughly a year on the same few blocks. Rent, labor and taxes come up repeatedly, and for once an operator put his name to it.
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Sep 262 min read
Cole's French Dip Closed After 118 Years, and the Business Is for Sale
Cole's, the downtown restaurant that opened in 1908 and claims to have invented the French dip, closed on March 29 after five postponed farewells. The business was listed at roughly $500,000, with Bay Cities Italian Deli floated as a possible buyer.
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Sep 243 min read
Bianca's Dining Room Becomes Lulu's Coffee in the Morning
Michele Galifi has turned his Arts District Sicilian trattoria into a second business before dinner service. Lulu's Coffee opened inside Bianca in mid-August, named for his younger daughter, with a signature espresso built on caramelized plantain.
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Sep 233 min read
The Belmont Closed After 26 Years, and the Owner Named Names
Dylan Leong closed The Belmont on La Cienega at the end of August after 26 years, and unlike most operators this year he said why: rising taxes, labor costs and what he called a lack of support from the city.
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Sep 223 min read
Chris and Pitts Closed Its Bellflower Log Cabin After 75 Years
The barbecue restaurant that opened on Artesia Boulevard in 1949 has permanently closed, ending a 75-year run. The Downey location, which opened in 1953, is now the last one standing.
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Sep 212 min read
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