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Hey, savvy shoppers! Los Angeles is full of incredible deals, if you know where to find them. We’re here to help with a weekly list of all the best sample sales across the city. This is the info you’ve been searching for: who has the best deals of the week, when and where to nab them, exactly what you’ll find at each sale and whether you need to bring cash or plastic. So check in each week to stay on trend and in the black—your wardrobe and wallet will thank you. Who: Sandro The chic French brand is the latest to offer major markdowns as part of 260 Sample Sale’s rotating lineup. In the new Beverly Hills space, shoppers will find slashed prices on pieces, including leather bags, feminine tops and dresses, heeled sandals and more. Where: 301 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, 90201 When: Tuesday, September 18th through Saturday, September 22nd from 10am to 8pm, and Sunday, September 23rd from 10am to 5pm Who: Jesse Kamm The L.A. designer’s sailor pants are already a hot commodity at full price, so fans freak when Kamm offers her It Girl-loved pieces at discounted prices—which is exactly what’s happening during Saturday’s Mt. Washington Made craft fair. Expect slightly imperfect—but totally wearable—clothing at a fraction of retail cost. While you’re there, you can also check out goods from local brands like Jujumade, Rami Kim, Mt. Washington Pottery and more. Where: 3981 San Rafael Ave, Los Angeles, 90065 When: Saturday, September 22nd from 9am to 1pm Who: Splendid Al

Sure, Melrose Avenue is already home to one iconic pink wall, but the famed street just got another—and this one’s far more delicious. On Saturday morning, Christina Tosi’s world-renowned Milk Bar bakery finally touches down in Los Angeles, and her first West Coast outpost lands in style: Roughly 4,000 square feet in Fairfax, decked out with hot-pink neon signage, plenty of greenery and an enormous pink wall emblazoned with a picture of Tosi’s famous layered birthday cake. You can’t miss it, nor should you. We’ve waited years for this. L.A.’s cake truffle, layer cake, cereal milk soft-serve and Crack Pie dreams come true at 11am this weekend, when the two-time James Beard Award winner opens the doors to her 15th Milk Bar location, the largest one yet. It’s a lot to take in, all gleaming steel and crisp white-and-pink décor, not to mention all of the shop’s concepts. View this post on Instagram A post shared by christinatosi (@christinatosi) on Sep 16, 2018 at 2:28pm PDT There’s a retail side, where you can purchase Tosi’s signature cakes, pies, cookies and merch like enamel pins, totes and cookbooks.  Snack on Milk Bar classics, as well as L.A.-exclusive items like the Pineapple Fo’ Sho Whip (Tosi’s take on the Dole Whip), which has remixed versions that turn the treat into a pineapple upside down cake “MilkQuake” (a thicker, frozen, spoonable dessert) ​or a coconut-pineapple shake. There are savory items for

We curate an L.A. weekend itinerary of the city’s best concerts, culture and cuisine, every week, just for you. Friday If you’re up for a trek to OC, encounter free-roaming monsters, terrifying mazes and haunting attractions at the opening weekend of Knott’s Scary Farm. Escort your pooch to dOGUMENTA, an art exhibition designed for dogs at FIGat7th. Take your pick between a trio of standout concerts on Friday night: Liz Phair channels the heyday of ’90s alt rock at the Theatre at Ace Hotel, the National brings a dose of beautiful melancholy to the Hollywood Palladium and Blood Orange plays a soulful set at the Greek Theatre on the heels of Dev Hynes’s lauded Negro Swan. Saturday Make sweet melodies on a four-stringed instrument at the Los Angeles International Ukulele Festival. The Torrance Cultural Arts Center fest includes workshops for players of all levels as well as performances and a market. Head to the kickoff of Studio City’s new weekly, family-friendly outdoor food fair, Valley Urban Market, where there’ll be grilled lobster, fresh dumplings and sweets galore—not to mention Dave Grohl, who'll be passing out brisket and pulled pork with Tennessee BBQ truck the Beached Pig. Find more details and the vendor list here. If you’re up for a daylong fest, head to Los Angeles State Historic Park for the inaugural Head in the Clouds. Music and media collective 88Rising’s inaugural hip-hop-focused festival features the likes of Rich Brian, Joji, Keith Ape, Zion.T, Highe

As Downtown’s Spring Arcade Building nears retail completion, almost all of its once-vacant stalls are now packed with the likes of Guisados, Clayton’s Public House, Blu Jam Cafe and even a nouveau-bistro lunch pop-up from Triniti’s chef. And now the food hall’s latest tenant offers something rare to the neighborhood: Cantonese cuisine. We, for one, welcome our new bao overlords.  Rice Box, which soft-opened on Tuesday, is a fast-casual concept from husband-and-wife team Leo and Lydia Lee that serves a small menu of roasted and grilled meats atop Taiwanese Jasmine rice, much like the dishes Lydia ate in her family’s BBQ restaurant in Hong Kong. “Everything that we do here is like a family recipe,” she says, also counting her uncle’s restaurant in Taiwan as an influence. Between Leo’s skill—he’s a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America—and the recipes passed down to Lydia, the pair call their new operation “contemporary Cantonese BBQ.” View this post on Instagram In 1.5 hours and we are officially OPEN!!!!! Come by for some Cantonese goodness 🎉🍚🥢🥡 Repost from @lastname.ip 📸#riceboxla#organic#cantonesebbq#chinesefood#eeeeeats#foodshare#lafoodie#eaterla#eatstagram#instafood#foodporn#foodgawker#foodgasm#igfood#forkyeah#foodaddict#foodoftheday#spoonfeed#lovefood#foodstagram#dailyfoodfeed#foodforfoodies#foodpics#foodpornshare#laeats#munchies#dinela#hungryinla#lamagfood A post shared by Rice Box 飯盒 (@riceboxla) on Sep 18, 2018 at 9:33am PDT

There are bright sommeliers, and then there's Andrey Tolmachyov. Already a level-two certified sommelier at age 26, he heads one of the city's most impressive wine programs—at Curtis Stone's Maude—and helped steer the restaurant's recent transformation from a monthly, ingredient-focused tasting menu to a quarterly jaunt through the food and drink of the world's wine regions. With prior roles at Osteria Mozza and New York’s lauded Eleven Madison Park under his belt, Tolmachyov is a wunderkind of the wine world. We caught up with the somm for tips on up-and-coming wines, and his own coming up. What inspired you to get into wine at such a young age? In the Culinary Institute of America, when you’re there for a culinary arts degree, you take mandatory wine classes. Doing those, I still wasn’t technically old enough to drink, but coming from Kazakhstan and Eastern Europe, I’m not going to say I was unfamiliar with alcohol. In one of the last classes you go to a restaurant and learn to pair wine with food, and that was eye-opening. Then I went to my bachelor's program, which is more of a general education, but that’s when wine got more interesting: I studied the history, and when you study the history of wine, you study religion and why grapes grew in certain places, and how they came to be there, and you learn about languages and geography and you never stop learning. Then you attach this physical thing that you can try, and make a connection to everything you just learned; it’

L.A. loves a good food hall, and the city can’t get enough of Smorgasburg—just ask anyone who’s waited an hour in line for pineapple shrimp boats on a blazing hot Sunday. But for those in the 818, some of the city’s most exciting blends of cuisine and vendors can feel a world away, with most of the food halls planted firmly Downtown. This weekend, that changes when Studio City enters the arena. Valley Urban Market, a new, weekly open-air event, launches Saturday morning with stalls selling dumplings, BBQ, boba and fanciful iced teas. Set in the parking lot of Midcentury-Modern charmer Sportsmen’s Lodge, the Saturday food fest has a bit of everything, including a range of 20-or-so food vendors, out-of-town guest chefs, DJ sets and family-friendly entertainment like balloon art, face painting and photo booths. And for those who love their BBQ pork rolls with a bit of rock and roll, Dave Grohl will serve you pit-smoked meats everlong—or at least until the Beached Pig sells out.  On September 22 and 29, Grohl will hand out pulled pork sandwiches, brisket tacos and specialty sides with his pitmaster friend, Billy Terrell, who’s packing up his 28-foot trailer (complete with 1,270-pound cooker) and hitting the road to bring L.A. a taste of his roving Tennessee BBQ concept, the Beached Pig. Photograph: Courtesy Valley Urban Market  Brisket from the Beached Pig Allow us to explain: In addition to his general BBQ enthusiasm (judging ’Q contests, for one), the Foo Fighters and

Plan out your week with the city’s best concerts, culture, cuisine and more. Monday Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen; The VirgilSee a comedy set from Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler when they host their Monday Night variety show. Tuesday Swim Up Cinema; NoMadWatch a screening of Jaws from the NoMad’s rooftop pool. Ms. Lauryn Hill + Dave Chappelle; Hollywood BowlTwo larger-than-life personas who need no introduction share the bill at the Bowl for a music and comedy pairing. Jon Hopkins; The Fonda TheatreExpect a transporting set of dramatically textured sounds and pulsating rhythms from the British maestro. Wednesday Hail Mary Bistro Pop-Up; Garcçons de CaféTriniti chef Joseph Geiskopf pops up in this Spring Street Arcade wine bar with innovative bistro fare, from Wednesday to Friday, 11am to 3pm. Wine Wednesday at Everson Royce Bar; E.R.B.Wind down with a flight of three wines and a culinary creation during this weekday special. Twilight on the Pier; Santa Monica PierThe free oceanfront concert continues with sets from Judy Mowatt, Bokante and Danny Holloway. L.A. County Fair; FairplexBring your appetite for all things deep fried to the perennially popular event. Thursday LA Film Festival; ArcLight CinemasWitness a week of movie premieres and screenings, from locally shot films to indie horror flicks. Arcade Fire; Greek TheatreThough their latest record may be the band’s first misstep, Arcade Fire still pulls off sweeping, cathartic concerts. Aparna Nancherla

Sure, cheeseburgers are an always food, but National Cheeseburger Day comes but once a year. This annual moment of recognition for one of life’s finer, simpler and gloriously greasy things provides an especially good excuse to sample some of the best burgers in L.A. (and we’re a city that knows a good burger). We are, after all, the supposed inventors of the cheeseburger—shout out to Lionel Sternberger of Pasadena’s the Rite Spot, who in 1924 allegedly first put cheese to patty. To honor this invention, here are a few spots around town where you can really get to the meat of this holiday, from $1 burgers and inventive spins to ones that help the hungry. Bourbon Steak Because National Cheeseburger Day just so happens to fall during National Bourbon Heritage Month, Michael Mina’s Glendale steakhouse is giving us the best of both worlds with a special $14 stack. Chef Kyle Johnson’s creation tops an eight-ounce patty blend of brisket and short-rib with red wine onions, mushroom duxelles and bourbon steak sauce, all before drizzling it with a Maker’s Mark demi-glace. Be sure to pencil in a nap to follow it. Dog Haus Team Dog Haus loves any excuse for a good dog or burger party, so they’re bringing back their National Cheeseburger Day special: At any location, simply mention you want to upgrade your cheeseburger, and they’ll make it a double and add an extra slice of cheese for free. Farmer Boys This Inland Empire-founded burger chain offers $1 cheeseburgers when you mention

ArcLight Cinemas’ recent food-and-beverage overhaul gave the company an edge over L.A.’s ample movie-eatery competition. And now the chain's getting even more of a beverage boost. Starting next week, select ArcLight Cinemas will host cocktail pop-up menus tailored to special film screenings. Based off the brand’s series in Chicago, L.A. is now receiving its own Lights, Camera, Cocktails run, where you can catch screenings of (cult) classic films that now include three themed cocktails every show, each trio designed by a different L.A. bar.  The series kicks off next Wednesday with Goldfinger, when Bar Clacson will sling—ideally golden—cocktails at the ArcLight Culver City. Next up is Bibo Ergo Sum, an obvious choice to participate: It’s owned by Tait Forman, whose family founded ArcLight, and the bar is already loosely themed around Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige. On October 17, the team will whip up drinks inspired by a different Nolan film, Inception, in that same theater.  Photograph: Courtesy ArcLight Cinemas  The Goody Two Shots cocktail, from the ArcLight Chicago’s screening of Sin City Accomplice—winners of Time Out’s 2018 Bar of the Year award—will tackle Kill Bill, Volume 1 on October 24 at the ArcLight in Santa Monica; the Everly Hotel’s Ever Bar will say hello to little friend Scarface on November 14 in Culver City; and the fun- and music-loving folks of Harvard and Stone seem like a solid fit for the November 28 showing of The Blues Brothers in Santa Mo

Hey, savvy shoppers! Los Angeles is full of incredible deals, if you know where to find them. We’re here to help with a weekly list of all the best sample sales across the city. This is the info you’ve been searching for: who has the best deals of the week, when and where to nab them, exactly what you’ll find at each sale and whether you need to bring cash or plastic. So check in each week to stay on trend and in the black—your wardrobe and wallet will thank you. Who: Maje Sure, 260 Sample Sale recently moved to a new Beverly Hills location, but you can still expect a slew of high-end brands rotating through the store, taking over the space with major sales—and it starts with the current blowout from Parisian label Maje. Romantic-with-an-edge, ready-to-wear pieces will be offered at impressively reduced rates through the weekend. Where: 301 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, 90210 When: Tuesday, September 11th through Saturday, September 15th from 10am to 8pm, and Sunday, September 16th from 10am to 5pm Who: BCBG BCBGMAXAZRIA and BCBGeneration—the former’s slightly more youthful diffusion line—will both be included in this warehouse sale in Vernon. Through the weekend, shoppers can save on a ton of trendy, feminine styles. Where: 2930 E 44th St, Vernon, 90058 When: Wednesday, September 12th through Sunday, September 16th from 9am to 4pm Who: Splendid Alternative Retail’s Orange County warehouse welcomes an epic sale from basics brand Splendid. Shoppers can expect as