LA’s Chaotic Curfew Rollout Hurts Restaurants and Their Workers

Eater LA 6/1 1:25P Hillary Dixler Canavan

Shutterstock Without clear guidance this weekend, restaurant workers scrambled to get off work and get home This weekend, restaurant workers across LA County faced one challenge after another. The...

What to Know About LA County’s Strict New Restaurant Guidelines

Eater LA 6/1 12:43P Farley Elliott

Workers in a bakery space | Wonho Frank Lee Social distancing in the kitchen, masks on masks, and more strict details to adhere to in LA County’s newest guidelines Though it already seems like a...

Santa Monica Restaurants Burn, Anguished City Asks What’s Next

Eater LA 6/1 10:21A Farley Elliott

Sake House in Santa Monica on Monday morning | Matthew Kang In the aftermath of a Sunday filled with heavily armored police, tearful protests, and destruction, local restaurant owners question the...

LA’s Shattered Restaurants Attempt to Clean Up After Citywide Protests

Eater LA 5/31 8:51A Farley Elliott

From Downtown to Fairfax, dozens of restaurants have been impacted, some more seriously than others Los Angeles restaurants have been hit hard by two straight days of escalating protests in Downtown...

Restaurants Can Use Sidewalks, Parking Spaces for Outdoor Dining As Part of LA Alfresco Initiative

Eater LA 5/29 2:56P Farley Elliott

Sidewalk dining | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Restaurants can apply to take part in the new LA Alfresco initiative as soon as they reopen, says Mayor Garcetti At his evening press conference...

Los Angeles County Restaurants Can Open Tonight

Eater LA 5/29 11:03A Farley Elliott

Kitchen at M.Georgina in Downtown LA in early March, before the state-mandated shut downs of restaurant dining rooms | Wonho Frank Lee The surprise reopening comes even though the county has yet to...

Governor Newsom Confirms: LA Restaurants Can Reopen Their Dining Rooms

Eater LA 5/29 8:58A Farley Elliott

Daikokuya, while open for delivery and takeout only | Wonho Frank Lee Newsom will deliver more details at a noon press conference California Gov. Gavin Newsom has officially paved the way for...

LA Restaurants Still Have Many Questions About How to Use Federal Relief Loans

Eater LA 5/29 8:49A Oren Peleg

Maricela Moreno, manager at El Tarasco in Marina del Rey, disinfects cash at the restaurant | Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images While restaurants across the city have received...

Downtown Disney Will Stay Closed as Orange County Restaurants Reopen

Eater LA 5/29 8:25A Mona Holmes

Photo by Angela Papuga/Getty Images Plus, frozen pizza for a cause, permanent OC restaurant closings, and a slew of reopenings in LA As Orange County restaurants reopened this week, restaurants and...

Los Angeles Likely to Announce Restaurant Reopenings in Friday Press Conferences

Eater LA 5/28 2:11P Eater Staff

Two men wearing masks due to the Coronavirus sit outside of Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant in Montrose on Wednesday, May 13 | Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images...

The Bungalow’s Long Beach Expansion Brings Hip Party Vibes and Michael Mina Food

Eater LA 5/28 8:29A Farley Elliott

The Bungalow Long Beach | The Bungalow The long-planned restaurant and lounge is forging ahead with a summer arrival Celebrity chef Michael Mina ’s next Los Angeles-area project is almost here, as the...

One of LA’s Most Popular Taiwanese Restaurants Expands to Downtown

Eater LA 5/28 7:02A Farley Elliott

Mapo tofu from Pine & Crane | Pine & Crane Pine & Crane’s new South Park restaurant will have a full bar and a patio, but don’t expect it to open soon Vivian Ku and the Pine & Crane team are set to...

LA Releases Guidelines For Restaurants Once Dining Rooms Are Allowed to Reopen

Eater LA 5/27 9:02A Farley Elliott

A large, dim dining room | Wonho Frank Lee Restaurants will have to consider physical distances, new cleaning standards, and employee safety Los Angeles has quietly released an in-depth set of...

Debuting in a Pandemic, These Restaurants Are Ready for Whatever LA’s Future Dining Scene Looks...

Eater LA 5/27 7:59A Cathy Chaplin

Pocha opened on York Boulevard in Highland Park in mid-April. | Wonho Frank Lee Restaurants that opened under lockdown are uniquely positioned to adapt to Los Angeles’s new normal As Angelenos...

Guerrilla Tacos Chef Wes Avila Opens Mexican Restaurant in Kyoto, Japan Next Month

Eater LA 5/27 7:10A Farley Elliott

A lamb taco from the upcoming Piopiko | Ace Hotel Plus: Petit Trois reopens, and wondering whether Taix is worth saving in Echo Park Guerrilla Tacos chef Wes Avila has a new Mexican restaurant in the...