Despite some recent reports to the contrary, Viet Noodle Bar in Atwater Village remains open for business. Do they sometimes not answer their phone? Yes. Have their
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And here you thought all those French Resistance guys spent all their time smashing Nazis, smoking cigarettes and looking stoic. German surrealist Hans Bellmer did t
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Charity dinners at restaurants are great presuming you can afford the high dollar price tag that comes along with them. For the rest of us, or at least half of us, D
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Wondering what to buy at local farmers markets this time of year? Read Squid Ink's weekly column on what's in season. Or click through for the visual aid. Th
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I have been accused of overpraising Bakersfield, and perhaps it is true. Dewar's, across the street from Bakersfield High School, is still the best old soda foun
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What can you learn about a person from a picture? We asked this question at The Fabulous Life of Lisa Nguyen, a tribute art show that took place at California State
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What was supposed to be a quick, easy, undetectable transfer of $1 billion in building projects throughout “blighted” areas of Los Angeles — slated
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What do you do if you're on the road all the time, have grimly chewed your way through way too many chain restaurant meals and have six hundred thousand socia
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In the wake of the Bell scandal, where the city was paying $1.6 million a year to three city employees, the California Controller decided to make every county, city
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“I remember walking these streets wasted,” said Jon Shook, who along with Vinny Dotolo make up the chef and ownership duo behind the highly-acclaimed res
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Call it the rumble over the Rumba Room. Last week reported that Universal CityWalk filed an “unlawful detainer action” against the club in an effort to g
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These past weeks it's been Lemmygeddon in L.A., starting with the icon-studded premiere (at the Vista in Los Feliz) of the movie officially titled Lemmy: 49%
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