The Hit List The August Hit List: All Time, El Granjero Cantina, Lasita, and More Even with changing mask mandates (get covered, stay covered!), our perfect L.A. summer continues to roll on like a skateboarder… By Lesley Balla August 1, 2021
The Hit List The July Hit List: Greekman’s, The Dresden, El Ruso, Afuri Ramen, and More Do you hear that? That’s the sound of L.A. coming back to life. When the state fully opened on June… By Lesley Balla July 1, 2021
The Hit List The June Hit List: E.P. & L.P., Everson Royce, Today Starts Here, and More For a politician to say, “We will open everything at full capacity by June 15,” and for it actually to… By Lesley Balla June 1, 2021
The Hit List The May Hit List: Guelaguetza, Hanchic, U Street Pizza, Morihiro, and More The COVID cloud has lifted from Los Angeles — in a proverbial sense of course. While the virus threat is… By Lesley Balla May 1, 2021
The Hit List The April Hit List: Nossa, The Griddle at Yamashiro, Daybird, and More With COVID case numbers going down and vaccine numbers going up, restaurants have been rolling right back into service all… By Lesley Balla April 1, 2021
The Hit List The March Hit List, Lunch Edition: Larry’s Smashburgers, Superba, Gamboge, and More Hard to believe we’ve been living in a pandemic loop for a full year. With the rollercoaster of COVID-era dining… By Lesley Balla March 1, 2021
The Hit List The February Hit List: Crudo e Nudo, Genwa, Mantee Cafe, Shiku, and More January is always a blur. But February comes, and we start to feel like ourselves again, finally getting your sea… By Lesley Balla February 1, 2021
The Hit List 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,… By Lesley Balla January 7, 2021
The Hit List 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… By Lesley Balla December 1, 2020
The Hit List 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… By Lesley Balla November 1, 2020
