Open-air food market brings diverse offerings
Without a few destinations in mind, Smorgasburg will suck you in and, before you know it, you’ll find that you’re $80 down and it’s only been an hour.
Must-try coffee shops for caffeine-hungry Trojans
As college students perpetually fueled by caffeine, Starbucks and K-Cups tend to compose an integral part of our hectic routine. In search of energy boosts, we often get stuck in our comfort-zone cup of joe, not having or taking the time to explore other coffee types and flavors. But, as one of my friends recently remarked, coffee is and should be an experience — one shared with other people or even just thoroughly and mindfully enjoyed by oneself. Here are some coffee shop options that will satisfy your taste buds and sleep-deprived soul.
Eating L.A. Before it Eats Itself: Eating reflected my feelings throughout college
More than anything else, I've learned about the emotional weight of food.
Eating LA Before it Eats Itself: LA has nearly perfected every food, except pizza
Unlike its cracker-crusted, deep-dish, square-cut, honey-dusted counterparts, California pizza never bothered to distinguish itself.
Factory Tea Bar opens doors to USC community
The boba bar will serve students while providing an open study space.
Eating L.A. Before it Eats Itself: Sexism survives largely unnoticed in the restaurant business
It took me months to work up the courage to quit. I endured it all — questions about my sexuality, compliments on my body type, jokes at my expense as a woman — for some reason, I had justified it with the idea that this was commonplace for the industry.
Eating L.A. Before it Eats Itself: BCD Tofu House is the essential college restaurant
In my pursuit of midnight meals, I have found myself in one part of the city over and over again: Koreatown. At some point — maybe due to its culture, maybe due to its location — Koreatown has become a premier late-night food spot.
South L.A. Food Diaries: South LA native serves community through food and outreach programs
Longtime Los Angeles resident Andrew McDowell wanted to serve his community with his talents. His restaurant With Love Market and Cafe combines tasty meals with ambitious community service.
Eating L.A. Before it Eats Itself: Leave white girls and their pumpkin spice obsession alone
Under the sweltering heat radiating from a relentless sun on the city’s concrete floor, I wipe the sweat that’s gathered under my lips and remind myself that it is, indeed, fall. Despite the warm weather, it’s fall. A slow, lagging fall, dragging its feet in the light of a powerful sun, but fall nonetheless. Sometimes, […]
Eating L.A. Before it Eats Itself: Americans aren’t the only ones acing the pancake game
Pancakes are an inevitable facet of any functioning society. Before noodles were crafted out of flour and starch, before bread was baked fresh in ovens, before rice was tenderly dried and boiled, there was the pancake. The mummified stomach of 5,300- year-old Otzi the Iceman was filled with pancakes. Unlike other carbohydrates that needed to […]