A La Carte: Stylish dining, pizza, tiki in Hermosa, burger surprise in Segundo, wine dinners, and more dining news Sophistication Street: Hermosa Avenue has gradually morphed from a continuous party to a haven for creative chefs, and the trend Richard Foss November 26, 2024
Redondo’s Beachlife Grotto is not about the music I have never been to music festivals at Coachella or Woodstock but have a pretty good idea of what to Richard Foss October 11, 2024
A LA CARTE: Pizza switches, kolaches, wine extravaganzas, and other dining news Brews Hauls: After three years in business, the Brews Hall on the Hermosa Pier Plaza has shuttered. The one in Richard Foss October 3, 2024
Mid-Continental cuisine at Ayan in Redondo Beach Ecology determines the evolution of every cuisine, and places with mild weather and clusters of microclimates have an advantage. This Richard Foss September 26, 2024
Serendipity, Unexpected and interesting One of the delights in life is to stumble across something wonderful by accident. The long-sought item found in a Richard Foss September 24, 2024
Canton Low a Chinese classic in El Segundo I was reading about the difficulty of introducing new cuisines to America and came across the term “food neophobia.” On Richard Foss September 22, 2024
A LA CARTE: Goodbye cheese, hello barbecue and coffee, plus dining events Sliced Out Of Hermosa: After seven years in business, The Cultured Slice cheese shop has closed, another specialty food store Richard Foss September 4, 2024
Passion, pizza, and Pats fans at Daisy Buchanan’s Pizza Bar Rolling Hills In an era when most restaurants seem to have been designed by focus groups, some stand out for quirky ideas Richard Foss September 2, 2024
Bolt, American food, plain and simple Casual restaurants in the South Bay tend to have a visual signature that is bright and cheerful – think of Richard Foss August 29, 2024
Riviera Mexican Grill, not the obvious choice for a Redondo beachfront restaurant– or is it? When I heard that the former Riviera Mexican Grill owners had taken over the former Samba Restaurant just north of Richard Foss August 27, 2024
Brewco Social, small name change, big changes elsewhere I sometimes hear from former residents of Manhattan Beach who return after years away to find long-loved restaurants have closed. Richard Foss August 18, 2024
A LA CARTE: Hermosa parking lot burgers, Manhattan food festival & wine dinners, and more Found In Translation: Zoku, a new izakaya, opened in Riviera Village, and if you headed for a translator program to Richard Foss August 7, 2024
Timeless Old Tony’s on the Redondo Pier Some places never go out of style, not because they are timeless, but because they were anachronisms the day they Richard Foss August 6, 2024
Mychal’s Café with a purpose in Redondo Beach It’s not too odd that a café could also be called a learning place, because plenty of people do their Richard Foss August 3, 2024
The Little Oliva is a charmer in Rolling Hills Talk to a commercial realtor about evaluating a restaurant space and you’ll always hear something about curb appeal. Is it Richard Foss July 28, 2024
Back to the source for Peruvian food at El Pollo Inka In 1987 there were two Peruvian restaurants in Los Angeles, both located in unpromising strip malls. Mario’s, in a Hollywood Richard Foss July 25, 2024