Dining News

Coastal Point a R. Chris Clark: Carlie Roberts, right, recently took over One Coastal and has brought a whole way of preparing food in the restaurant.

The word 'gastropub' is one of those trendy big city restaurant ideas of the early oughts, where the reinvention of the usual pub fare melded with the growing popularity of high end beer.

More and more airlines are teaming up with world-class chefs, hoping to solve that ultimate #firstworldproblem: how to serve a top-rate meal in the air.

Director Robert Rodriguez 's bid to purchase the Jovita's restaurant property may still come to fruition.

That Japanese-Mexican mash-up, the creation of Drew Lum, is part of a fusion menu at the new Wild Ginger restaurant at 639 Romence Road in Portage.

Combination plate No. 3 offers a little bit of everything: a folded taco, flauta, chile relleno, chile con carne, rolled enchilada and beans and rice.

We love to have fun with food, and as you may recall, we recently told you about a scientific experiment showing that people who ate a salad arranged like a Kandinsky painting said it tasted better and was worth more money than a typical pile of greens.

Cuisine: This Asian eclectic maxi-restaurant has a sprawling space with a menu that's part sushi bar and part Chinese eatery.

Running a restaurant - any restaurant - is hard work. But running Farm Stand in El Segundo is harder than hard work, it's like Sisyphus, the Greek king who was doomed to pushing that rock up a hill for eternity.

The Scene: In the midst of a recent menu update , Layla's concept currently features Middle Eastern fusion.

Woodfire, a Mediterranean-themed eaterie specialising in mezze platters and handmade woodfired pizzas, has been launched on Stockbridge High Street following the success of its deli counterpart Thyme & Tides.

With focus on presentation and quality, Air India's business class flyers will now have a gourmet experience when they fly A meal in the airlines is hardly a pleasant experience with cold, bland and unappetising dishes packed closely together on a plastic tray.

One thing isn't in doubt about Atwater in the Park: People simply love to hang out at the new microbrewery in the repurposed church, judging from the crowds that fill the picnic tables under bright yellow market umbrellas in the biergarten and also the tables and bar seats in the majestic setting indoors.

Is it a sushi bar or a hibachi restaurant? A raw bar or a locals' watering hole offering up a good steak in an unassuming atmosphere? A sports bar or a place for live music? Or the place to bring the gang for happy hour? Just what is 39th Avenue Bar & Grille? As I found out on a few recent visits, it's all of those places, depending on the time and ... (more)

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The Festival Quartet, a string ensemble consisting of married couple Shannon Cho, left, and Samuel Cho, right, with Roberto Henriquez and Mario Zelaya, plays at Virna's Cafe during a special pre-July Fourth evening last week.

After a two-alarm fire ripped through the roof of Manresa, the famous South Bay restaurant with two coveted Michelin stars, its chef and owner said he's "devastated" by the loss but made it clear that the vaunted eatery will once again plate its top-shelf fare.

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Some may turn up their noses at America's "unrefined" grub, and others may stare in horrified shock at our portion sizes and our tendency to fry everything .

In 1991, when Betty-Jane and Gilbert Hernandez opened Havana Cafe in a space just off Camelback Road, you couldn't even get chorizo or black beans in this town.