With the new year comes new openings! We sit down with Kyle McClelland, the chef culinary director of Saltie Girl, to chat about the launch of their new LA outpost of the Boston restaurant. He chats about their legendary tin fish collection, their sustainable approach, and how they adapted...

We sit down with restaurateur, Avish Nara, to talk about his LA hit spot, Pijja Palace. He talks about his rule breaking approach to the menu, the recent accolades bestowed upon him and how he hopes to create a new type of sports bar. Then we hit the archives for...

It’s the holiday season and that means we’re getting ready to celebrate L.A. Times' 101 Best Restaurants List, coming out on December 6th. Darin sits down with the paper’s food critic, Bill Addison, to talk about this year’s curation, the city’s current dining scene and then he shares some of...

Darin welcomes back Chef Brian Dunsmoor to chat about the opening of his new restaurant, Dunsmoor. He discusses American culinary history and how he applied different aspects of it to both the menu and overall feel to the concept. Then we pull up a classic performance from Eli “Paperboy” Reed...

These are the best kind of stories. Youth. Passion! Barbecue! Darren and Charlene Young moved to St. Louis from LA -- and Darren discovered a hidden passion for real, authentic barbecue. Charlene suddenly noticed that she missed the Filipino barbecue fests of her LA family and world, and so with...

We celebrate Black Business Month by sitting down with the founders of Prosperity Market, Carmen Dianne (FOUNDER, CEO) and Kara Still (FOUNDER, COO). We chat about their celebration of community, how they put the market together and what tasty tunes you can expect at their pop ups. We then tune...

Founder of RAW WINE, Isabelle Legeron MW, joins us to celebrate the relaunching of her traveling natural wine festival. She shares with us the excitement of the producers being able to serve patrons, how she has dedicated her life to educating people about natural wine and what she is drinking...

The Speakeasy gets fancy with Austin Hennelly from LA’s Michelin Starred Kato. Think: custom glass straws gin fizz timers.

Inside Julia's Kitchen gets serious about cupcakes, talking to the the entrepreneur behind the world's first cupcake bakery.

We sit down with Chefs Katianna John Hong to chat about their new and exciting, Korean-American deli, Yangban Society. They talk about their childhood inspirations, their journey to away from fine dining and how they met in one of America’s top kitchens. We then dig into the shipping...