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Chef Michael Mina Is Back At The Beach With Orla at The Regent Santa MonicaFeatured

July 12, 2024

James Beard Award-winning Chef Michael Mina is bouncing back after a two-year hiatus with his most stunning concept yet, Orla in the Regent Santa Monica Hotel set to open in September — and it’s his most personal venture yet. “Orla is an incredibly personal concept for me, taking inspiration from my childhood,” Mina says during a tour of the property, in between grilling herb-marinated lamb chops with black harissa. “I was born in Egypt and grew up in a very Middle Eastern household. My father was from Alexandria and my mother was from Cairo. A lot of the food that…

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Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week Returns May 31stFeatured

May 31, 2024

During Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week, a record 80 restaurants will offer prix-fixe menus with lunch priced at $15, $25 or $35, and dinner menus priced at $29, $39, $49 or $59. In addition to prix-fixe selections, some venues feature exclusive special offers only available during restaurant week. First-timers to this year’s food festival include the new upscale Mexican restaurant Mole in Palm Desert, which will feature a $49 dinner menu that consists of a choice of a creamy chipotle Caesar salad or chicken fideo soup, braised beef suadero enchilada or an achiote chile basted snapper filet and house-made tres…

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The Biltmore Los Angeles Celebrates 100 YearsFeatured

December 17, 2023

It was home to the 1960 Democratic National Convention when John F. Kennedy was announced as the party’s presidential nominee, one of the last sightings of the Black Dahlia in 1947, the site of a significant gay rights protest against the psychiatric establishment listing homosexuality as a disease, and for its role in the death of the famous Pershing Square critter, Benny A. Squirrel. The Biltmore Los Angeles celebrates its centennial this year, and if only those walls could talk. Recently designated as a Los Angeles Historic cultural monument, the building was originally designed by architecture firm Schultze & Weaver,…

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Girls Night Out – Go Coucou and Get Your GoatFeatured

August 2, 2023

Even if you can’t make it to Spain, France or the rolling hills of Tuscany this summer, there are plenty of escapes for a girl’s night out in L.A. to make you feel like you’re on vacation. Whether it’s sharing plates or your deepest secrets, Coucou, The Girl & The Goat and Flor y Solera are all a girl’s best friend for a night out. The lively new Spanish tapas bar in the Los Angeles Arts District, Flor y Solera is the newest restaurant from Factory Place Hospitality Group, with a menu inspired by Spain’s 17 regions. Helmed by Catalan-born…

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