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L.A. is already chock full of restaurants, but one thing it feels like we can’t get enough of is new quick-service dining—especially when it comes from one of the best cafés in the city. Los Feliz treasure All Time already serves some of our favorite all-day fare, then flips to a romantic and candlelit restaurant in the evening, and this week it’s bringing those salads, roast meats and dinner vibes to a new spot down the block at its new rotisserie and to-go venture, Part Time.  Think: whole and half rotisserie chickens with choices of sides; porchetta; 12-hour–braised brisket; fresh fish; market vegetables and plenty of comforting baked goods at Part Time, all wrapped up in biodegradable and recyclable packaging and available for pickup and to-go only. The latest restaurant was inspired by All Time’s no–to-go policy at dinnertime and the neighborhood demand for it, but in lieu of a carbon All Time copy, we’re getting an entirely new rotisserie focus and menu of rotating sides and meats. Photograph: Courtesy Part Time Sadly, All Time’s locally iconic tomato burrata toast isn’t on the opening menu of the new sibling spot—though its also-loved Good Ass Salad is—but Part Time’s menu is apt to change just as frequently as its full-service counterpart’s (usually daily). Much like at All Time, be on the lookout for the long sheet of butcher paper with a handwritten menu each night to see whether you’ll be having items like the Japanese sweet potatoes with sour cream and

The Obamas are no strangers to L.A. The 44th president and the first lady were such frequent visitors that Angelenos sort-of-affectionately dubbed each traffic-inducing appearance of the presidential motorcade “Obamajam.” But here’s a new one: A pair of portraits of the Obamas is set to make their L.A. debut in 2021. Two paintings of Barack and Michelle Obama, which typically hang in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., are set to embark on a five-city tour, starting in 2021. And of particular note to Angelenos: They’ll be on view at LACMA from November 5, 2021 to January 2, 2022. The portraits, which were unveiled in 2018, stand in stark contrast to the sober, warm glow of most presidential paintings. Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley, oil on canvas, 2018. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. The National Portrait Gallery is grateful to the following lead donors for their support of the Obama portraits: Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg; Judith Kern and Kent Whealy; Tommie L.Pegues and Donald A. Capoccia. © 2018 Kehinde Wiley Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama by Amy Sherald, oil on linen, 2018. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. The National Portrait Gallery is grateful to the following lead donors for their support of the Obama portraits:Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg; Judith Kern and Kent Whealy; Tommie L. Pegues and Donald A. Capoccia. Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of Barack Obama sets the president in fron

We hope 2020 will be full of good luck and fortune, and as we celebrate Lunar New Year, we also hope it’ll be full of fantastic food. L.A. is home to dozens of Chinese New Year parades, parties and festivals, but some of our favorite ways to ring in the Year of the Rat involve noodles, dumplings and red beans galore. Whether you’re looking for a tea ceremony, a cake or a feast, here’s where to find enough food to keep even Nián happy. View this post on Instagram A post shared by DA LAT ROSE (@dalatrosebh) on Jan 22, 2020 at 11:03am PST Dà Lat Rose In 2020, ring in Lunar New Year at one of the best new restaurants in L.A. Crustacean and Dà Lat Rose’s chef-founder normally leans toward Vietnamese cuisine, but for the holiday, Helene An and her executive chef Tony Nguyen are cooking up a special two-night Chinese feast. On January 25 and 26, head to Dà Lat Rose in Beverly Hills for an eight-course procession incorporating themes of prosperity, longevity, good luck and more: lemongrass satay with garlic butter and bird’s eye chili salt (prosperity); truffled Impossible dumplings with truffle caviar and wild black trumpet mushrooms (good fortune); salt-and-pepper crispy quail (representing the sky); wagyu money pot (for abundance) and beyond—and yes, you can bet that An’s famed garlic noodles are on the menu (longevity), here served with uni and 24-karat gold. Entertainment includes lion dancers,

While the sequel trilogy is over and done, that doesn’t mean its characters are. Galaxy’s Edge, Disneyland’s immersive, sprawling, 14-acre ode to Star Wars, just unveiled its highly anticipated Rise of the Resistance ride where Rey, Finn, Poe and BB-8 recruit you to join the Resistance—sending you on a three-part adventure that’s unlike anything we’ve ever strapped ourselves into at a theme park.  Clocking in at around 15 minutes long, the attraction is segmented into a seamless adventure that breezes through an Intersystem Transport Ship under attack; capture and an interrogation by Supreme Leader Kylo Ren; a fleet of First Order Stormtroopers; and a jaw-dropping escape from a Star Destroyer—and at every step Rise of the Resistance had us on the edge of our escape-pod seats. The new ride is so immersive, in fact, that between the original performances by Star Wars actors, the trackless vehicle system, the dynamic animatronics and the thousands of special effects—including blaster gunfire and AT-ATs that cause damage to the ship around you—it’s impossible not to feel as if you’re in a galaxy far, far away. 5 things we wish we knew before riding Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance It's the most amazing ride we've ever been on—but we wish we knew these 5 things beforehand. Find out more about Rise of the Resistance: http://bit.ly/36520wV Posted by Time Out Los Angeles on Sunday, January 19, 2020 We previewed Rise of the Resistance, which opens today, and recorded our

This week, Kismet expands with a third concept and plenty of the trappings that made the original restaurant a neighborhood—and citywide—go-to for California-Mediterranean cuisine. Of course now, there’s rotisserie chicken. At Kismet Rotisserie, the latest from chef-owners Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson, the vibe is just as breezy and modern as its originator a few doors down, but with a quick-and-casual setup and a menu that draws from both Kismet and its other sibling concept, Kismet Falafel in Grand Central Market. Starting on Wednesday, you can order the plate and your succulent, slow-roasted, turmeric-rubbed chicken includes the falafel shop’s signature fluffy pita and so-creamy-it’s-absurd hummus, while à la carte sides lean toward the full-service restaurant’s breadth of the menu: cabbage in a yogurt vinaigrette with fennel; shredded carrot salad; and some otherworldly-good potatoes cooked in schmaltz (or, if you’re leaning vegetarian, a variety that’s cooked without).   Chef and co-owner Sarah Hymanson at the pass Photograph: Stephanie Breijo   You can order chicken by the quarter, half and whole—served with chili oil and garlic sauce—or as a plate, in lemony chicken-soup form, or in a pita sandwich (à la Kismet Falafel). If you’re not looking for meat at all, there’s a big salad replete with chickpeas and broccoli in a miso-and-poppy seed vinaigrette, plus a veggie sandwich stuffed with tahini-roasted vegetables, with plenty of new recipes tested, rete

Australia’s bushfires are nothing short of devastating, having burned through roughly 18 million acres over the last few harrowing months. Though they feel a world away from Los Angeles, they couldn’t be nearer to one of Oz’s own, chef Curtis Stone.  That’s why he’s donating 100 percent of his tasting menu’s profits. At Maude, Stone’s intricate and transportive menus change quarterly, whisking diners by plate and by glass to the world’s premier wine regions. The restaurant’s latest menu launched just yesterday, and it’s focused on the wild and diverse cuisine from South Australia: home to some of the country’s oldest and most immigrant-shaped dining scenes, and one of the regions hardest hit by the bushfires.  Today, Stone announced via Instagram that his South Australia menu—which runs now through March 28—will donate its proceeds to Drought Angels, a nonprofit that provides aid to Australian farmers and others in the agricultural industry who’ve been affected by natural disasters, including the current fires. (If you’re looking for other ways to donate, our friends at Time Out Melbourne have put together a helpful guide.)  View this post on Instagram Hey guys - Australia has been on a lot of people’s minds lately and many of you have been asking me how you can help. I’ve spent a lot of time this year on Aussie farms connecting with the really hardworking people who manage and live off the land. A few years ag

1/22/20 Update: Award-winning baker and Fat & Flour founder Nicole Rucker announced today that her pop-up within Grand Central Market will become a permanent stall in the market sometime this year. The new stand will occupy half of the former Valerie Confections stand, near Prawn and Clark Street Bread. "It’s hard to express the gratitude and feeling of community this market has filled me with," she posted. "I’m so excited to make a home here with all my new and old friends. I’m forever grateful to [curators] Kevin [West] and Joseph [Shuldiner] (who has since passed) for sticking with me while I plotted my next moves. Get ready for progress reports as I begin building the little pie shop of my dreams! In the meantime, I’m still here as a pop up wed-sun 11-4." Below is our original story on Fat & Flour's pop-up, which you can still find near the neon wall. Last August the city’s stomachs mourned the loss of Fiona, a chipper bakery and café that lit up Fairfax with Nicole Rucker’s award-winning baked goods and chef Shawn Pham’s comforting Vietnamese fare. Thankfully and to the delight of sweet-toothed Angelenos—and anyone who can recognize a perfect slice pie when they see it—Rucker is back. The lauded baker has set up shop inside of Grand Central Market with an indefinite pop-up, bringing her fruit-forward and phenomenal, fluffy, at-times-decadent pies, cakes, brownies and cookies to a little corner of the city’s historic food hall. At Fat & Flour—named for the building bl

Let’s say you’re going to convert Metro’s mish-mash of color and street-derived names for its rail and bus lines to letters. Maybe you’d change the Red Line to the R Line and the Silver Line to the S Line, right? We wish it were that easy. Metro announced today the updated roster of its new letter lines, as well as the news that it’ll begin rolling out these changes soon. In fact, as you may have noticed, the L.A.-area transit agency has already updated the signage on a pair of its light rail lines: the former Blue Line to the A Line and the Expo Line to the E Line. You’re going to have to get used to a lot more changes than just those two, though: Courtesy Metro   On physical signs at rail and bus stations over the next few years, and on digital mediums (think Metro’s website, digital kiosks and transit apps) within the next few weeks, you’ll start seeing the line names change as follows: – Blue becomes A– Red becomes B– Green becomes C– Purple becomes D– Expo becomes E– Orange becomes G– Silver becomes J– Gold becomes L If your head is spinning from the changes, rest assured that the line colors aren’t changing (mostly—more on that in a minute). And during the transition phase, lines will be referred to using both their letter and full, former name. Some interesting items to note on the name change list: The Crenshaw/LAX Line, which is set to open this year, is still conspicuously absent, as Metro says “staff is still working to finalize the operational plan.” An

After enjoying the sheltering days of the year-end holidays spent with family and friends and indulging in treats, in January theatermakers look outward again, to the issues facing the globe. Often at the fore of ideas and inspirations, theaters now put sociopolitical themes and stories back in our line of sight—not that any of these will be dreary lectures. We’re betting these five stage offerings, listed in order of closing dates, will not only be worth your theatergoing time and money this month but also motivate you to help shape our world in 2020. Lula Washington Dance TheatreBram Goldsmith Theater at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Jan 30–Feb 1 For 40 years, Lula Washington has explored political, social and humanitarian issues through dance. A native Angeleno, Washington studied dance at UCLA, then established her own company that has toured the world, creating powerful, visceral, memorable works over the last 40 years in styles encompassing African, Afro-Haitian, modern, ballet, street and gospel. For this pair of performances, she presents several world premieres by up-and-coming choreographers, centering on our times and the city of Los Angeles. 9390 N Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills (310-746-4000). Thu–Sat at 7:30pm. $29–$79. The Last ShipAhmanson Theatre, Jan 14–Feb 16 This West Coast premiere and start of the national tour features a new book by its director, Lorne Campbell (original book by John Logan and Brian Yorkey), with music and lyri

Sure, we entered 2020 a few days ago, but it doesn’t feel like the L.A. food world’s year begins until the annual relaunch of Smorgasburg. The city’s biggest weekly food event returns from its holiday-season slumber this Sunday, and in 2020 we can expect more than 90 food and shopping vendors popping up in the ROW DTLA complex each week. Most of the fest’s heavy hitters are returning this year, which means we can still find some of the best BBQ in the city from Moo’s Craft Barbecue, some of the top pastrami in town from Ugly Drum, some of our favorite Tijuana-style tacos from Tacos 1986, and some of L.A.’s best—if not the best—vegan Mexican food from Cena Vegan, as well as a handful of new stands. The 2020 newcomers include a diverse and mouth-watering mix of cuisines, whether they’re some of our favorite pop-ups around or completely new ventures from Smorgasburg vets. Here’s our guide to what to expect in 2020’s Smorgasburg, so you can really start the year off right. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Burmese, Please! (@burmese_please) on Jul 14, 2019 at 7:41am PDT Burmese, Please! For the most part, you could really only find Jessie Nicely’s fantastic Burmese curries and tea salads once a month: when she cropped up during Chinatown After Dark in Far East Plaza. Thankfully, now you can get a taste of one of our favorite pop-ups every Sunday,