Nithya Raman Is LA’s Next Mayor. Here’s Her Plan to Support Restaurants
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 3: Los Angeles mayoral candidate City Council member Nithya Raman speaks to her supporters during an election night watch party at The Greek Theatre Plaza on November 3, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Raman is running against incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayor race. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images) | Getty Images On November 5, 2026, Nithya Raman defeated incumbent Karen Bass to become the 44th Mayor of Los Angeles. It was a close race for Mayor-elect (and soon-to-be former city councilmember) Raman, whose victory with 52% of the vote was called two days after Election Day, with Bass conceding. The referendum on who would take the helm of the second-largest city in the United States was between two Democrats. Still, Raman’s victory rides a nationwide, historic blue wave, where Democrats captured a majority of seats in both chambers of Congress and multiple governorships, turning many formerly red cities, states, and counties blue. Now th
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Your Los Angeles Restaurant Weekend Guide: November 6
Popcorn chicken. | Kat Thompson Every Friday, our editors compile a trusty list of recommendations to answer the most pressing of questions: “Where should I eat?” Here are four places to check out this weekend in Los Angeles. And if you need some ideas on where to drink, here’s our list of the hottest places to get cocktails in town. For a generous, soulful platter: Anjahles by Jazzy in West Adams When the clocks fell backwards last weekend, I woke up in need of something savory and hopped in the car to find it. I remembered seeing an Instagram post by chef Jazzy Harvey, in which she bakes cornbread in a circular foil takeout container, cuts a hole in the center, then fills it with stewy oxtails, candied yams laced with rum, smoky collard greens, and a pile of creamy mac and cheese. The end of daylight saving time provided me an extra hour to chat with Harvey and watch a steady stream of folks arrive to try out her platter at her business Anjahles by Jazzy. Harvey has been operating he
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Mariscos El Muelle 8 Delivers a Sensational Taste of Culiacán in Downey
Ceviche Muelle 8 at Mariscos El Muelle 8 | Bill Esparza Culiacán-based Mariscos El Muelle 8 has closed its East LA food truck and upgraded to a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Downey that opened on Friday, October 30. The owner of Mariscos El Muelle 8 USA, Jay Orozco, had launched the food truck in Garden Grove in 2025 after closing a previous brick-and-mortar location of Mariscos El Muelle 8 in Downey. His new 95-seat restaurant has a full liquor license and big-screen TVs for sports events. Founded in Culiacán in 2020 by Orozco’s cousin, the late Abel Martínez, Mariscos El Muelle 8 launches its new Downey restaurant with an extensive menu of barra fría (cold bar) dishes such as ceviches, aguachiles, and seafood cocktails, as well as barra caliente (hot bar) items like seafood tacos and soups. The bright cantina is ideal for sipping margaritas, micheladas, and carajillos while catching a variety of sports events (especially a Canelo fight). Mariscos El Muelle 8 delivers a unique Sinal
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The Hottest New Restaurants in Los Angeles
Pici with broncha cheese and fresh cracked pepper. | Catherine Dzilenski The Eater Los Angeles Heatmap has existed for nearly two decades to answer the age-old question: “What’s hot and new in LA?” Eater editors do thorough reporting on the most exciting restaurant openings to hit Los Angeles, as well as smaller openings and hidden gems worth having on the radar. Though the local dining scene has endured tremendous challenges in recent years, the city’s spirit of breaking ground and exploring new cuisines and forms continues every month. In this map, we narrow the field to those places that are drawing the most excitement, crowds, and early positive chatter, focusing largely on restaurants that have only been open for six months or less. Here are the hottest new restaurants to check out in Los Angeles. New this update: Gilbert Pérez Bar, Bar Fortuna, Stiletto, Spacca Tutto, Birdie G’s, Matilda’s, and Little Luck join the list, while West Side Oyster, San Damián, Pizzeria Sei, Frank & F
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With LA’s Bar Scene in Crisis, Everson Royce Bar Announces Last Call
Everson Royce Bar in Arts District. | Wonho Frank Lee In late October, Downtown’s Everson Royce Bar announced it would close permanently at the end of 2026. Hundreds of comments on its Instagram page lamented the loss of another fundamental Los Angeles bar. In the 11 years it was open, Everson Royce Bar appealed to casual and knowledgeable drinkers alike, serving as a watering hole for the hospitality industry. Cocktail culture writer Esther Tseng recalls the bar’s impact on the region. “It’s a bar that always had seriously good (but not serious) cocktails,” says Tseng. “It was probably one of the first places I knew Downtown that could accommodate small parties in an intimate bar setting, or larger, casual parties on the patio out back. It had great food, too.” Partners Joe Capella, Randy Clement, April Langford, and chef Matt Molina debuted Everson Royce Bar in 2015 with an uncomplicated approach to cocktails, a selection of rare whiskeys, Molina’s notable cheeseburger and food menu,
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Tacos Royale Transforms a Silver Lake Parking Lot Into a Carne Asada Destination
Asada taco from Tacos Royale. | Rebecca Roland Tacos Royale, a taco stand operating out of a Silver Lake parking lot, burst onto Los Angeles’s carne asada scene in the summer of 2026 with flame-kissed meat piled into tortillas rich with tallow. Opened by Saúl Pérez García — a veteran of Atla, Ceviche Project, and food truck La Hija del Marondo — and his cousin, chef Eloy Aluri, the stand specializes in Hermosillo-style tacos. Even in a crowded taco market, Tacos Royale stands out with its attention to detail, from the dialed-in sear on the very generous serving of asada to the salsas made to complement, not overwhelm. The simplicity of the stand’s menu — limited to just two types of tacos, a burrito, and chips and guacamole — lets the team focus on each ingredient. The party beans are just cheesy enough; the beef cracklings that crown the OG taco are deliciously smoky. Just a few months old, Tacos Royale is already becoming an essential stop in any Los Angeles carne asada education. W
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Orange County Dining Juggernaut Kei Concepts Is Finally Expanding Into LA
What began 12 years ago as a single Buena Park pho shop has evolved into Kei Concepts, one of Orange County’s most dominant restaurant groups. Co-founded by James Beard-nominated chef Viet Nguyen, the group’s portfolio now spans nine unique brands — ranging from Italian-Japanese fusion to contemporary Chinese — across 14 locations and 1,200 employees. Next fall, Kei Concepts will make its move into Los Angeles, anchoring Culver Commons — a $24 million Regency Centers development at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Centinela Avenue — with outposts of its Peruvian-Chinese staple Vox Kitchen and Japanese handroll counter Rol. (Kei Concepts operated Súp Noodle Bar in Cerritos from 2017 to 2020.) At Culver Commons, the two OC imports will join a stacked tenant lineup that includes Wanderlust Creamery, Smog City Brewing, and El Moro Churrería. While the partners behind Kei Concepts considered expanding beyond its Orange County “bubble” for years, Nguyen says, the group didn’t ta
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The Best Indian and South Asian Restaurants in Los Angeles
Hyderabadi sabz dum-biryani. | Katrina Frederick Los Angeles’s South Asian restaurants — Bangladeshi, Indian, Nepali, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan — span across the South Bay, the San Fernando Valley, and nearly everywhere in between. The restaurants celebrated on this list prepare filling biryanis laden with meat and aromatic spices, crispy dosas with warm potatoes and spicy chutney, abundant thalis that boast an array of regional dishes, and other beloved specialties from the subcontinent. While some serve more traditional offerings, others offer Los Angeles-specific interpretations of regional dishes, taking a cross-cultural lens to expand the definition of what makes a dish South Asian. This map aims to represent more restaurants from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Given that Artesia’s Pioneer Boulevard remains a hub for Indian dining, we’ve curated a standalone collection of its best restaurants. Here are the best South Asian restaurants in Los Angeles. New this update:
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The Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: November 2
Fish ceviche tostada from Marsicos Jalisco. | Kat Thompson The editors at Eater Los Angeles dine out several times a week, if not per day, which means we’re always encountering standout dishes that deserve time in the limelight. Here’s the very best of everything the team has eaten this week. Brisket breakfast burrito from Basecamp in Burbank There’s no real cure for a hangover — once you’re in it, you’ve got to ride it out. But there are some things that can help: water, electrolytes, silence, and my favorite, the biggest goddamn breakfast burrito you can find. If you’re still suffering after a rowdy Halloween weekend, consider the formidable breakfast burrito at Basecamp Dinette, a low-key cafe in the quaint, verdant Burbank Rancho district that runs along the LA River northwest of Griffith Park. Sit at the shady picnic tables out front to breathe fresh air and tuck into a Shai-Hulud-ass house-smoked brisket breakfast burrito. The thing comes bisected, cheese oozing out extravagantly
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All the New Restaurant Openings to Know in Los Angeles
Bagels and bread. | Jake Kin Los Angeles is no stranger to restaurant openings, whether debuts in iconic buildings helmed by big-name chefs, humble neighborhood haunts, or pop-ups leaping into permanent spaces. The city’s dining scene continues to grow even as operators face stunning challenges related to ongoing impacts from the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the 2023 Hollywood labor strikes, the 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires, and systemic slowdowns affecting the entire global food supply. This roundup features a running list of all the latest openings you should know about across the Southland. For Eater editors’ curation of the best new restaurants in Los Angeles, check out the heatmap, and for a guide to the best restaurants in the city, look to the Eater 38.
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