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Richard Foss
April 3, 2025
A la Carte: AttaGirl opens, vegan star closes, wine dinners
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March 21, 2025
Old coyote with a few new tricks
Richard Foss
March 6, 2025
Ocean View Café, California with a side of Lebanese
Richard Foss
February 27, 2025
A La Carte: Restaurants on the move, bread lines in Redondo, wine dinners, and more
Richard Foss
February 19, 2025
Best South Bay Restaurants of 2024
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Yu-Me, A Good Dream in a Manhattan Beach side street
Richard Foss
February 5, 2025
Mexican Evolution: El Goloso Cantina, a popular taqueria’s upscale restaurant, has a certain charm
Richard Foss
February 1, 2025
A La Carte: Manhattan restaurants tank, more coffee places, Indian breakfast
Richard Foss
January 23, 2025
Flavors of a Different China and Tasty China
Richard Foss
January 17, 2025
Kin-D: eat well, cheap, and spicy
Richard Foss
January 17, 2025
Ten thoughts about dining in 2024
Richard Foss
December 30, 2024
A La Carte: Michelin in our midst, benvenuto Stecca
Richard Foss
May 21, 2025
by Richard Foss A Singular Honor: It is very, very rare for the Michelin Guide to add restaurants that have
Oblique name, approachable food – Savoria Mélange Bistro brings a global cuisine to a quiet corner in San Pedro
Richard Foss
April 28, 2025
by Richard Foss When I saw the name Savoria Mélange Bistro on a restaurant sign, I was bemused by the
A la Carte: Bakeries in transition, secret menus, dining events, and more
Richard Foss
April 24, 2025
A La Carte – 24 April 2025 by Richard Foss Stamps Not Sold Here: Native English speakers are often flummoxed
El Segundo’s Jame has expanded both in size and ambition
Richard Foss
April 17, 2025
From small things, great things grow by Richard Foss I get nervous when a restaurant I like makes a drastic
Normandie on Crenshaw: Delices du Chef brings French regional cuisine to the South Bay
Richard Foss
April 3, 2025
by Richard Foss The real estate mantra location, location, location is attributed to British property tycoon Harold Samuel (1912–1987), but
A la Carte: AttaGirl opens, vegan star closes, wine dinners
Richard Foss
March 21, 2025
by Richard Foss Another Hermosa Avenue Star: AttaGirl has opened in the former Dia de Campo space, and the difference
Old coyote with a few new tricks
Richard Foss
March 6, 2025
Novelty isn’t the main attraction at Redondo’s Coyote Cantina, but newer items are pleasing by Richard Foss I try to
Ocean View Café, California with a side of Lebanese
Richard Foss
February 27, 2025
by Richard Foss In the mid ‘70s I started hanging out at a little vegetarian café in Manhattan Beach called
A La Carte: Restaurants on the move, bread lines in Redondo, wine dinners, and more
Richard Foss
February 19, 2025
A La Carte column for 20 Feb. 2025 by Richard Foss Pier Plaza Blues: Just a few months after the
Best South Bay Restaurants of 2024
Richard Foss
February 13, 2025
Something better than the best Our intrepid restaurant critic presents his list of the finest restaurants to open in 2024
Yu-Me, A Good Dream in a Manhattan Beach side street
Richard Foss
February 5, 2025
Yu-Me is a revitalized version of a local favorite by Richard Foss As grand commercial thoroughfares go, Morningside Drive in
Mexican Evolution: El Goloso Cantina, a popular taqueria’s upscale restaurant, has a certain charm
Richard Foss
February 1, 2025
by Richard Foss Culinary history is full of fast-food joints that evolved into high-style restaurant empires. A shining example was
A La Carte: Manhattan restaurants tank, more coffee places, Indian breakfast
Richard Foss
January 23, 2025
by Richard Foss One Carnivore Up, One Down: The beach cities have seen a flurry of butcher shops opening, a
Flavors of a Different China and Tasty China
Richard Foss
January 17, 2025
Tasty China reveals a different side of one of the world’s great cuisines by Richard Foss I have been fascinated
Kin-D: eat well, cheap, and spicy
Richard Foss
January 17, 2025
Kin-D Thai has a small menu and executes it well by Richard Foss During the heart of the cold war,
Ten thoughts about dining in 2024
Richard Foss
December 30, 2024
Lil’ Redondo restaurant named #1 Vegan in U.S. Top Honors: Gourmets all over the world now know about ‘lil Vegerie,