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Street Food Cinema brings six nights of fun frights and films to Los Angeles
Spooky films and historic sites will bring fun frights to Los Angeles this month with a pair of movie nights and Halloween celebrations aimed at the big kids. Street Food Cinema's adults-only “Boo-ze, Bites & Frights” will transform Heritage Square's historic Victorian village into a neighborhood of horror starting Friday, Oct. 16 with double feature films and historic mansion tours.
Street Food Cinema brings six nights of fun frights and films to Los Angeles
Spooky films and historic sites will bring fun frights to Los Angeles this month with a pair of movie nights and Halloween celebrations aimed at the big kids. Street Food Cinema's adults-only “Boo-ze, Bites & Frights” will transform Heritage Square's historic Victorian village into a neighborhood of horror starting Friday, Oct. 16 with double feature films and historic mansion tours.
Street Food Cinema brings six nights of fun frights and films to Los Angeles
Spooky films and historic sites will bring fun frights to Los Angeles this month with a pair of movie nights and Halloween celebrations aimed at the big kids. Street Food Cinema’s adults-only “Boo-ze, Bites & Frights” will transform Heritage Square’s historic Victorian village into a neighborhood of horror starting Friday, Oct. 16 with double feature films and historic mansion tours.
It’s Dodger rally time as Habit Burger & Grill flips its buns to try to save season Original
Their backs are up against the wall as the Los Angeles Dodgers have lost the first two games in the National League Championship Series to the Milwaukee Brewers. But to beat the two-time champs, you gotta knock ’em out. So it’s time for the rally hats, or in this case, the rally bun.
Santa Monica chef to open pasta bar near his lauded seafood restaurant Original
After looking to the sea for his much lauded Crudo e Nudo sustainable seafood restaurant on Santa Monica’s Main Street, local chef/owner Brian Bornemann is now looking to Italy for the food and just down the street for the location of his new venture. The Santa Monica resident is set to open Bar Fortuna, a new pasta and Italian cocktail restaurant at 2917 Main St., located just a block away from Crudo.
Free mole festival highlights complex indigenous Mexican dish Original
One of Mexico’s iconic dishes will be celebrated with a free festival that will turn a downtown Los Angeles park into a vibrant culinary and cultural experience. “It’s a big Mexican food party. It’s the kind of fiesta you picture in a party at a pueblo in Mexico, and here we’re celebrating mole,” said Vanessa Motolinia, a spokesperson for La Feria de Los Moles. The free food festival will be held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
New York style Prime Pizza opens new location in Torrance with more to come Original
New York style slice shop Prime Pizza continues its local expansion with a new spot opened in Torrance and a trio of new places planned in the area. The new Torrance pizza shop is at 3720 Sepulveda Blvd., while other locations in Rancho Cucamonga, Northridge and Thousand Oaks are scheduled to open later this year.
Rustic Canyon turns 20 with a trip down a culinary memory row
Santa Monica's acclaimed chef-driven and seasonally inspired restaurant Rustic Canyon is turning 20 this year and throwing a monthlong birthday party that includes a look at some of its past superstars who shaped its eclectic menu through the years with a Guest Chef series in October. The dinners will feature some of the chefs who have helmed the kitchen and moved on to make a name for themselves, as well as other restaurant alumni like bakers, winemakers and others.
Rustic Canyon turns 20 with a trip down a culinary memory row
Santa Monica's acclaimed chef-driven and seasonally inspired restaurant Rustic Canyon is turning 20 this year and throwing a monthlong birthday party that includes a look at some of its past superstars who shaped its eclectic menu through the years with a Guest Chef series in October. The dinners will feature some of the chefs who have helmed the kitchen and moved on to make a name for themselves, as well as other restaurant alumni like bakers, winemakers and others.
Rustic Canyon turns 20 with a trip down a culinary memory row
Santa Monica's acclaimed chef-driven and seasonally inspired restaurant Rustic Canyon is turning 20 this year and throwing a monthlong birthday party that includes a look at some of its past superstars who shaped its eclectic menu through the years with a Guest Chef series in October. The dinners will feature some of the chefs who have helmed the kitchen and moved on to make a name for themselves, as well as other restaurant alumni like bakers, winemakers and others.
Rustic Canyon turns 20 with a trip down a culinary memory row
Santa Monica's acclaimed chef-driven and seasonally inspired restaurant Rustic Canyon is turning 20 this year and throwing a monthlong birthday party that includes a look at some of its past superstars who shaped its eclectic menu through the years with a Guest Chef series in October. The dinners will feature some of the chefs who have helmed the kitchen and moved on to make a name for themselves, as well as other restaurant alumni like bakers, winemakers and others.
One of these custom vehicles may become the latest Hot Wheels toy car craze
The next hot toy car may be found at this free life-size car show in El Segundo. The Hot Wheels Legends Tour rolls up to the Mattel Design Center on Saturday,Oct. 3 to bring together custom-built cars that are competing to one day be able to fit in a kid’s pocket or a toy track. “These are cars that people have been creating over years and years and really putting in all the hours to create something special.
German-inspired dishes and seasonal favorites join Polly’s Pies fall menu
Polly’s Pies is getting into the fall spirit with a lineup of seasonal favorites and some German-inspired dishes to honor Oktoberfest. Available at all 12 Polly’s Pies locations in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties, the new specials will be available through Oct. 12 and include dishes like the Brat & Eggs served with two large eggs and Polly’s potato pancakes.
Horror films rise in new Academy Museum exhibition Original
A red, blood-soaked carpet has been rolled out for Hollywood’s scariest ghosts, slashers, demons and the films that made them famous as the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opens “The Horror Show” exhibition. Located on the fourth floor of the museum, the exhibit looks at horror films from classics like the 1922 movie “Nosferatu,” to modern classics like the 2013 ghost tale “The Conjuring” with hopes of exploring the popular genre’s emotional, cultural, and symbolic power.
Alt-rockers The Calling return with a new album decades after massive hit Original
Following a yearslong hiatus, which was partially due to the lead singer’s life-threatening medical diagnosis, alt-rockers The Calling are back with a new album and a record release show in Malibu. And for the band’s co-founder, the new music is considered a comeback record as well as a continuation of where The Calling left off before the lengthy hiatus.
The Habit and Dodger pitcher Alex Vesia team up for a trio of specials
It can be a game changing play that gets pitchers out of a tough jam, and now baseball’s iconic double play, which clinched the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 2025 World Series title, is the inspiration behind a new limited-time menu at this burger chain. The Habit restaurants are teaming up with Dodger star pitcher Alex Vesia for an eight-week menu that launched Sept. 16 with three new dishes.
Burger week returns to Long Beach with specials starting Sept. 13
5:26 3 hours ago New Whoppers, Higher Quality: Inside Burger King’s Bold Revamp The Wall Street Journal. - WSJ • 3h Burger King is making a comeback. The fast food chain has seen increased sales and foot traffic, which the company’s U.S. president Tom Curtis credits to their updated signature burger, the Whopper. WSJ’s Heather Haddon sat down with Curtis and visited the Burger King test kitchen to find out how they plan to make it last.
These 5 LA County sports bars are worthy of a high five Original
The baseball season is in its last few crucial weeks and football season is starting up, so you need to get off your couch and find a place to watch all the action. Well, we’ve scored a list of five top sports bars in the area to get together with other fans and watch all the upcoming action. The bars range from busy party spots to places near where the pros play and even a legendary bar that’s part sports museum.
A trio of terror events open in Los Angeles on Sept. 18 Original
Whether you’re looking to experience a spooky ride in the dark woods, family-friendly nights with crazy fun-loving spirits or to be truly frightened, there are a trio of frights opening in Los Angeles on Sept. 18 that’ll bring just the right amount of terror you can handle.
Nothing Bundt Cakes is giving away a free cake on this one day in September Original
Nothing Bundt Cakes is going to make sure that for at least one day you can have your cake and eat it too for free, but you have to be fast to get one. On Sept. 15, the widely popular bakery is giving away a total of 250,000 free Bundlets, its individual small cakes, to the first 300 people at each of its more than 800 bakeries nationwide. The day is being declared by the company as its first ever National Bring the Joy Day.
DTLA can rise and shine with this new multicultural breakfast spot
After serving the flavors of Sicily for dinner in the Arts District, Italian-born chef Michele Galifi now wants you to rise and shine for a California-inspired multicultural breakfast with Lulu's Coffee. “It’s a modern coffee shop with some quick and really comforting breakfast items,” said Galifi, whose new spot opened in mid-August and operates out of his still-running Bianca Sicilian Trattoria restaurant during the morning hours.
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