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Lesley Balla

Lesley Balla writes about restaurants, travel, wine, and more. You’ll find her work in publications including Los Angeles Magazine, Angeleno, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Seattle Times. In a previous life, she was the L.A. editor for Zagat and Eater. Follow her on X and Instagram.

Great White has January healthy eating down to an art form (plus some Riverland pét-nat if you need it).

Guides   Los Angeles

The Resy Guide to Vegetable-Forward Takeout in Los Angeles

With a farmers market on just about every corner, it’s hard not to find really fantastic vegetable-focused dishes throughout Southern…

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Saso's salmon carpaccio.

The Hit List   Los Angeles

The January Hit List: Ditroit, Madre, Citizen Public Market, Saso, and More

A new year always brings promise — to right the wrongs of the prior one, to forge a new path,…

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Guides   Los Angeles

The Resy Guide to Los Angeles Holiday Cocktails To Go

Looking at the glass-half-full side of life, one of the best things to come out of the pandemic has been…

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Violet's chocolate bundt cake. // Photo courtesy of Violet Bistro

Guides   Los Angeles

The Resy Guide to Holiday Desserts in Los Angeles

Even without a pandemic, celebrating the holidays in style means enjoying lots of sweets, and feeling no guilt about any…

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Photo by Maureen M. Evans, courtesy of Damian

Resy Features   Los Angeles

Enrique Olvera on Opening Damian During a Pandemic, L.A.’s Many Cuisines, and More

Even in a region filled with thousands of restaurants, loncheros, taquerias, and other small family-run food businesses featuring myriad regional…

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Thai fried chicken and Saar riesling are two great tastes that go together at Anajak Thai.

Guides   Los Angeles

The Resy Holiday Guide to Takeout and Delivery in Los Angeles

With another round of mandates shutting down all dining at restaurants (effective until at least December 17), everyone is counting…

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Pasta, more pasta, and kale salad reconsidered, at Jame Enoteca.

The Hit List   Los Angeles

The December Hit List: Found Oyster, Bowery Bungalow, Pearl River Deli, and More

With the news, right before Thanksgiving, that all restaurants in Los Angeles had to cease in-person dining and drinking for…

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New on Resy   Los Angeles

New on Resy: Gigi’s, Destroyer, Damian, Angler, and More

The one thing newcomers don’t realize — that L.A. temps do actually drop below 70 degrees — just means there…

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The ribeye steak at Keepers LA.

The Hit List   Los Angeles

The November Hit List: Damian, Angler, Eszett, Keepers LA, and More

The biggest surprise for Los Angeles’ fall dining season during a pandemic isn’t that we’re still dining outside. It’s that…

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Fresh Santa Barbara sea urchin on offer at Little Dom's Seafood.

Guides   Los Angeles

The Resy Guide to a Santa Barbara Road Trip

Now is the time to hop in the car and get away, if ever there was one. The confines of COVID…

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