Chicken Challenge 3 – Bring the heat [restaurant review] One of America’s hottest food trends, literally and figuratively, started as an act of revenge when a woman who was Richard Foss July 21, 2020
The middle of everything [restaurant review] The ancient Romans called the waters around the Italian peninsula “the ocean at the center of the world” – that’s Richard Foss July 19, 2020
Dinner and a show, Trinidadian street food, one less Hawaiian, and more restaurant news A Little Dinner Music: The live music scene was one of the many casualties of the pandemic, but one restaurant Richard Foss July 15, 2020
Manhattan House back in plain sight [restaurant review] There are people who drive by Manhattan House every day and have never stopped in to see what they do. Richard Foss July 8, 2020
We’re open! We’re closed! We’re confused! Bending Time And Space: The march of public dining into parking lots, parking spaces, alleys, and courtyards continues, sometimes on Richard Foss July 2, 2020
Taking it to the streets Manhattan Beach’s downtown has always had a different character than the other beach city downtowns, in part because of topography. Richard Foss June 29, 2020
Big change at Big Wok [restaurant review] If you were trying to make a list of restaurants that wouldn’t be likely to survive in an era of Richard Foss June 17, 2020
Favorites fold, newcomers delayed, others are barreling ahead [dining news] Like Moles In Bright Sunlight… We are all emerging from the spaces in which we have hunkered down to a Richard Foss June 10, 2020
Small wonder on Artesia [restaurant review] Several years ago I decided to eat at every locally owned restaurant in the South Bay at least once. After Richard Foss June 4, 2020
Distance dining, Mediterranean style [restaurant review] One casualty of the pandemic is the death of spontaneous dining. Two months ago, seeing an old friend at a Richard Foss May 31, 2020
Food’s next exit “Everybody I know in the business is thinking about what to do before we reopen and how we can make Richard Foss May 29, 2020
New beginnings, new menus, old ideas [dining news] Signs Of Life: For two months the news has been all about closings, but a few entrepreneurs are bucking the Richard Foss May 20, 2020
Sushi without the show [restaurant review] You may be surprised to know that getting your sushi in a restaurant rather than to go is quite modern. Richard Foss May 17, 2020
Louisiana lockdown delight [restaurant review] One of the more interesting new cuisines in America came about from a rare moment of bureaucratic inspiration. When a Richard Foss May 6, 2020
Fried Chicken takeout challenge [restaurant review] One of my favorite American meals is fried chicken — the real thing, not the not the stuff sold by Richard Foss April 29, 2020
Pop-up poke, a new pizzeria, Goat Hill migration, take-out ecology, and more dining news Life Beneath The Surface: The “For Lease” signs are down at the former Ragin’ Cajun on upper Pier Avenue in Richard Foss April 23, 2020