This Weekend: What’s Happening Around Town

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Celebrate three years with Tony's Darts Away; Get a taste of art in Burbank.

BY KAREN YOUNG Noho Dine Out Fridays: Get out into the community for a weekly food truck fest, boutique vendors and street performers. Dogs welcome too! Every Friday,  5 p.m. -8 p.m., The Parking Lot at 11458 Burbank Blvd, North … [Read more...]

Tasty Tidbits: Restaurant News in the 818

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BY KAREN YOUNG Little Izaka-ya by Katsu-ya  opened quietly last month in Sherman Oaks, replacing Sushi Fukyo on Sepulveda just south of Ventura. It’s the third branch of the West 3rd Street and Manhattan Beach restaurants and joins Katsuya … [Read more...]

Worth the Drive For Food and Drink: LA Street Food Festival and The Second Annual Summer Soda Tasting

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BY KAREN YOUNG   The 3rd Annual LA Street Food Fest Summer Tasting is back on Saturday, July 21 at the Rose Bowl.  Enjoy sample signature bites from more than 100  street food vendors from hot gourmet food trucks, old school carts … [Read more...]

Summer Fun Guide: Weekend Outdoor Cinema with Entertainment and Food Trucks

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BY KAREN YOUNG Moviegoing  takes on a whole new vibe at these summer viewing venues that combine a party atmosphere with eating and entertainment. Oscar Outdoors is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences  new open-air movie theater … [Read more...]

THIS WEEKEND: Sy Devore, Photo L.A., Food Truck Fest, Nature, History, Music and more!

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Handmade Gimo leather jackets from Italy are among the many upscale winter sale itemsat Sy Devore.

BY KAREN YOUNG Noho Dine Out Fridays: Get out into the community for a weekly food truck fest, boutique vendors and street performers. Dogs welcome too! Every Friday,  5 p.m. -8 p.m., The Parking Lot at 11458 Burbank Blvd, North … [Read more...]

White Rabbit Food Truck Expands to a Brick and Mortar Locale

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BY DANROCHELLE YUMUL When the White Rabbit truck first rolled out onto the streets of Los Angeles, owners and long time high school buddies Melvin Chua, Michael Dimaguila, and Chef James Du had no idea that they were going to garner such an … [Read more...]

All American Softy: Ice cream truck brings the party to you

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BY CAROLE ROSNER I have never seen adults so excited to order out of an ice cream truck as I did when the All American Softy “party truck” pulled into the parking lot at my husband’s office at a late night talk show. Music from Frank … [Read more...]

The Get Shaved Truck: A frozen dessert wonderland on wheels

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Check out locations in the 818. Tonight, 4/20, in Tarzana. Tomorrow Granada HIlls.  Ohoto Courtesy: getsshavedice.com

BY KAREN YOUNG When I started telling friends about the Get Shaved Truck, they looked at me like I was nuts. Until I explained that the “shaved” meant “shaved ice” and not at all what they were thinking. Finding the Get Shaved truck … [Read more...]

Kogi BBQ: The Food Truck that started the Revolution is in the 818

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The Kogi Truck is roaming the Valley. Find it on Twitter.

BY KAREN YOUNG My teenage son and I first found the Kogi BBQ truck via Twitter one late night almost a year ago parked outside the El Bar in Universal City. We waited over an hour in a line, so by the time we got to the front, we were starving and … [Read more...]

Say Cheese Please! The Grilled Cheese Truck rolls into the San Fernando Valley

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Grilled Cheese truck. Photo: Karen Young

BY KAREN YOUNG I love cheese. No two ways about it. My basic philosophy is that life without cheese would be bad. Well, let’s just say that life without cheese and tomatoes would really bad. Perhaps it goes back to those childhood memories of … [Read more...]