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Some of New York’s biggest names have spent 2018 and 2019 infiltrating the L.A. dining scene, but let’s not forget our California neighbors to the north—after all, tomorrow, one of San Francisco’s top chefs finally launches her first Los Angeles concept. Situated right on the ROW DTLA’s main thoroughfare—and catty-corner from Tartine Manufactory, also from big San Francisco names—Michelin-starred chef Melissa Perello’s M.Georgina arrives in the form of a gleaming white facade and patio and, inside, an industrial-chic dining room and bar (it is the Arts District) where you’ll be able to taste some of the lauded chef’s live-fire cooking. Consider the dinner-only concept a kind of extension of Frances and Octavia, Perello’s SF restaurants, which embody California cuisine through the likes of roasted asparagus soup with pickled strawberry, and duck liver mousse with toasted cornbread and fennel pollen.  At M.Georgina, named for the chef’s grandmother, the menu shifts its focus to Southern California sourcing and adds a wood-burning oven to the mix for the first time, so that Perello’s “approachable-yet-refined” California cooking gains a bit of smoke and L.A. flair. Photograph: Courtesy M.Georgina/Danielle Adams The Aqua and Charles Nob Hill vet is offering a handful of seafood dishes (think: caviar with hush puppies; baked surf clam diavolo with Calabrian-chili bechamel; spiny lobster with pickled garlic scapes), plus heartier fare such as lamb sausage with blistered pe

Of course—if you’re using music fest fan logic—Frank Ocean would have to be the surprise headliner at 2019’s edition of Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. The lineup had a big question mark slot on the poster, and since Tyler, the Creator curates the hip-hop fest, it only makes sense that he’d turn to his Odd Future collaborator. And so, that’s the only way to explain how Drake—one of the most commercially successful rappers of all time, as Tyler points out—could find himself walking off stage about 20 minutes into his surprise headlining set. “I’m here for you tonight,” he said amid lukewarm fan reactions. “If you want to keep going, I will keep going tonight.” That maybe wasn’t the best question to ask judging by the loud yells of “no” he was met with. “Well, look, it’s been love,” he said, and walked off stage, to be met with unrequited “We want Frank” chants moments later. Drake was the surprise guest headliner at Camp Flog Gnaw and got booed because he's not Frank Ocean: https://t.co/9JxoSBNPbTpic.twitter.com/mFn4ouscRi — Complex (@Complex) November 11, 2019 But there were so many more feel-good moments to Camp Flog Gnaw, which brought carnival rides and music stages to the startlingly scenic top deck parking lot at Dodger Stadium. This year’s blindingly star-flecked lineup included the likes of 21 Savage, Solange, YG (who brought out Stormy Daniels for his hit “Fuck Donald Trump”), Brockhampton, Juice WRLD, H.E.R., Daniel Caesar, Blood Orange a

L.A.’s got no shortage of great breakfast restaurants, but—and I think we can all agree on this—we’re shockingly low on spots with egg-shaped seating. Here to fill that highly-specific niche and a few others is Breakfast Republic: one of San Diego’s favorite a.m.-food destinations serving all-day Benedicts, omelettes, protein-packed scrambles and piles of egg-topped skillet mac and cheese, and it’s coming to West Hollywood. The chain is currently spread between San Diego and Irvine, but in May, it’s set to enter our brunch-loving market with a sprawling 2,495-square-foot space on Santa Monica Boulevard that’ll include those egg seats, French-toast sampler plates, breakfast jambalaya, churro pancakes, shrimp and grits and thoroughly garnished bloody Marys. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sausage, Sosis, & Salchicha (@sausageismysafeword) on Oct 20, 2019 at 2:44pm PDT And while Breakfast Republic makes its name with meaty, over-the-top, do-it-for-the-’gram dishes—breakfast hot dogs, bacon-and-egg mac and cheese, and meatloaf scrambles among them—it also keeps a few vegan plates on offer: mung bean eggs pop up in soy chorizo Mexican breakfasts, vegetable-forward omelettes with meatless sausage, and Benedicts with blackberry-jalapeño jam. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Breakfast Republic (@breakfastrepublic) on Jun 11, 2019 at 3:05pm

We often watch with wide-eyed enthusiasm as major museums ready to open in Los Angeles. We’re lucky that we rarely have to see the flip side of that: institutions shutting down. There’ve been some crosstown moves and management changes in the past couple of years, but we’ve never seen anything quite like the loud and abrupt closure of the Marciano Art Foundation. The free-admission contemporary art museum, which opened in the spring of 2017 in an old Masonic temple on Wilshire Boulevard, will be closing today. A message posted on the museum’s website reads: “Marciano Art Foundation will be closing the current exhibition early on November 6 after a 5 month run. The foundation will remain closed to the public until further notice.”   Yayoi Kusama’s ‘With All My Love for the Tilips, I Pray Forever,’ part of the museum’s permanent collection. Photograph: Michael Juliano   There’s no word yet if and when the museum will reopen. The space was currently hosting Donna Huanca’s Obsidian Ladder performance installation, which had been slated to run until December 1. Here’s where this story takes a turn: About 70 docents and visitor services associates were readying to file a petition to unionize, as reported by The New York Times. The part-time employees were seeking starting wages above the $14.25-an-hour city minimum, as well as basic benefits and protections. The potential MAF Union’s Instagram account then shared that they had officially filed with the National Labor Rel

Most of us are gearing up for Thanksgiving, widely considered a particularly American holiday. But what does “American” really mean? How do we define ourselves as Americans? What do we want, and how do we go about getting it? This month, these five theatrical offerings, listed in order of closing date, center on these questions and merit our attention. Summer: The Donna Summer MusicalPantages Theatre, Nov 5–24 We are a nation of people who rise above perceived obstacles. And one sparkly example: This 2018 Broadway musical charts the extraordinary life of the woman we came to know as Donna Summer, who rose to become a 1970s music icon. (She worked hard for the money.) Thanks to the book by Colman Domingo, Robert Cary and Des McAnuff, we meet her in three stages of her life: as a young duckling, a disco queen and a diva. The show’s music includes Summer’s hits, written by Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte, Paul Jabara and others. McAnuff, who turned the jukebox musical Jersey Boys into effective storytelling, directs. 6233 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood (800-982-2787). Tue–Fri at 8pm, Sat at 2, 8pm; Sun at 1, 6:30pm. $39–$149, prices may fluctuate. The Thanksgiving PlayAudrey Skirball Kenis Theater at Geffen Playhouse, through Dec 1 We are a nation of artists. And now that it’s November, the country simultaneously celebrates Thanksgiving and recognizes Native American Heritage Month—oftentimes through theatrical interpretations. In Larissa FastHorse’s play, under Michael J

Swirls of incense, strands of papel picado, clusters of crafted butterflies: There’s simply no place like Hollywood Forever Cemetery on the Day of the Dead, and this year’s lively celebration was no exception. Thousands of costumed Angelenos poured into the Hollywood landmark for the annual L.A. Day of the Dead festival, which transforms the cemetery grounds into a marigold-covered, music-and-dance–filled celebration. Personal mementos alongside sugar skulls and calacas dotted the detailed altars and ofrendas to the deceased, while Aztec dancers, face painters, local artisans and bands (including a headlining set from beloved ’90s alt band Café Tacvba) all offered their own personal take on the Mexican holiday. Photograph: Michael Juliano The event entered its 20th year with a theme that honored sacred migrations and the monarch butterfly. Amid the global anxiety of the last few years, the festival organizers have consistently chosen themes that send a clear message while still feeling like an aesthetically-astounding expression of the community. In this case, a number of altars articulated the “sacred migrations” part of the theme with stories of immigration and hardship as well as depictions of the border wall. But there were plenty of others that celebrated the more literal, peaceful grace and beauty of the monarch butterfly—and the same could be said of the many attendees draped in flowing, winged capes. Unlike recent years, which found the event competing with ot

With Halloween behind us, it’s time to transition to the next major holiday. Nope, not Thanksgiving: It’s Coachella rumor season. And all hell can’t stop the momentum behind this major tease: Rage Against the Machine are reportedly reuniting and playing Coachella 2020. The news started with this Instagram post from @rageagainstthemachine, which simply listed a series of dates that would imply the band’s first live shows since 2011 (which was the massive L.A. Rising concert at the Coliseum): three in southern border cities, and two in Indio, April 10 and 17, 2020—the first and second Friday of Coachella. View this post on Instagram ... El Paso, TX March 26, 2020 Las Cruces, NM March 28, 2020 Phoenix, AZ March 30, 2020 Indio, CA April 10, 2020 Indio, CA April 17, 2020 📷 Susana Hidalgo A post shared by Rage Against The Machine (@rageagainstthemachine) on Oct 31, 2019 at 9:07pm PDT Alright, now here’s where we need to put our Coachella detective hat on: The account posting is unverified (UPDATE: As of November 4 or earlier, the account is now verified.), with only this single post and no explicit mention that these suspected tour dates are indeed at Coachella. Plus, aside from Beyoncé’s rescheduled performance, early Coachella lineup announcements from headline-caliber artists are pretty unprecedented. Add in the fact that the account is simply reposting a photo that guitarist Tom Morello shared a few days ago, and that the news come

There are good doughnuts, and then there are “I’m willing to brave traffic and drive to the eastern edge of the county” doughnuts. For thousands of Angelenos, that fried pastry is the strawberry-stuffed perfection served at the Donut Man in Glendora. And now, for millions of us, it’s about to get a little bit closer. The 47-year-old doughnut destination will open its second-ever location with a stall at Grand Central Market in February 2020. View this post on Instagram 🚨Big News!!🚨 We are happy to announce that The Donut Man is expanding to Grand Central Market in DTLA! 🎉Opening February 2020 @grandcentralmarketla. #thedonutman #losangeles #strawberrydonuts #grandcentralmarket #february2020 A post shared by The Donut Man (@donutmanca) on Nov 1, 2019 at 9:53am PDT According to the L.A. Times, which first reported the news, the Donut Man will occupy stall A-1, a long, slender space right near the Broadway entrance that was occupied by the now-shuttered liquor store Courage & Craft. That also puts it right now Eggslut, some come February, expect near-constant lines along that whole end of the market. Though the Downtown L.A. spot will be easier to reach for most Angelenos (and, hey, it’s barely a block away from a Metro stop), there’ll still be some reasons to head to Glendora: While the original San Gabriel Valley shop is open 24/7, the Grand Central Market outpost will maintain hours of 7am to 10pm. View

Some of Downtown’s best bars and restaurants can be found looming high over the neighborhood, but a rooftop spot serving vegetal, seasonal cocktails with fresh pastas, stellar views, and gargantuan seafood towers to be dipped in a side of saffron aioli? There can be only one. The Hoxton hotel launched earlier this month with Sibling Rival, a ground-floor, modern take on the all-day diner, but this week the international boutique hotel chain opened up the top floor with one of the most scenic, romantic rooftop spaces we’ve seen all year. Pilot, from the same kitchen and hospitality group as its diner counterpart, is exactly where you want to be as the sun goes down. Lanterns on every table cast a glow over your charred octopus, the Dungeness crab fusilli, and deep bowls of pastrami-spiced lamb necks while the sky changes colors in the dining room’s wraparound window. But the seafood-focused live-fire restaurant is just as cheery in daylight, with a retractable roof and bright, herbaceous cocktails on offer. Large-format dishes, cocktail carts circling the room and showy presentation—that saffron “grand aioli” comes served via giant wooden honey dipper—make for an engaging new DTLA spot, or, we should say, two spots.   A view of Pilot across the pool Photograph: Stephanie Breijo   Separated by a pool, Pilot technically encompasses both the restaurant and the rooftop lounge, an open-air bar with snacks, DJ sets and occasional programming for hotel guests and locals al

What happens when two of the world’s most creative and boundary-pushing chefs team up for one of L.A.’s most anticipated restaurants? We’re about to find out, because as of Monday, Jessica Koslow and Gabriela Cámara’s long-awaited Onda is now open.  Sitting pretty at the base of Santa Monica’s Proper Hotel, the space appears all warm wood with modern but minimalist touches, a comfortable addition to the beachy city and the kind of place you can lounge comfortably over hearts of palm ceviche, masa-battered kelp and other L.A.-meets-Mexico City cuisine from the “sister cities” riding the same onda, or wave. The ties to that sea, literal and metaphorical, are clear even before your meal begins thanks to an excerpt from Pablo Neruda’s poem “The Sea” printed at the top of your menu: I need the sea because it teaches me. I don’t know if I learn music or awareness, if it’s a single wave or its vast existence, or only its harsh voice or its shining suggestion of fishes and ships. The fact is that until I fall asleep, in some magnetic way I move in the university of the waves. Photograph: Courtesy Onda/Dylan + Jeni Cámara and Koslow, industry innovators, are on their own shared wave. Onda marks the first foray into Los Angeles for Cámara, the A Tale of Two Kitchens chef whose Mexico City spot, Contramar, is oft noted as one of the finest seafood restaurants in Mexico, if not the world, and whose chic-as-hell San Francisco cantina, Cala, made its own waves with socially-minded