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A California Beachside Restaurant Known for Brunch and Cocktails Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Whaler LLC, a longtime restaurant and bar based in Venice, California, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The establishment, which has been serving since 1944, is known for its beachfront location, food, cocktails, and sports-viewing experience. The filing comes as its Venice location is also dealing with a temporary suspension of alcohol service.

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Last Remaining Louise’s Trattoria in Larchmont Set to Close

Louise’s Trattoria, the last remaining restaurant from a Southern California Italian chain founded nearly 50 years ago, will close its Larchmont Village location Nov. 25. “After nearly 50 wonderful years, it is with bittersweet emotions that we announce Louise’s Trattoria will be closing its doors at the end of November,” owners Rob and Karen Serritella said in a farewell notice posted to the restaurant’s Instagram account.

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Chef Nancy Silverton Brings Her Signature Italian Steakhouse Experience to the Westside

If you ask Nancy Silverton (Osteria Mozza, Max & Helen’s) what the key to a successful restaurant is, she’ll tell you that you need to put something on the menu that’s going to encourage diners to come back. At Spacca Tutto — her newest restaurant at the...

Eater

With LA’s Bar Scene in Crisis, Everson Royce Bar Announces Last Call

In late October, Downtown’s Everson Royce Bar announced it would close permanently at the end of 2026. Hundreds of comments on its Instagram page lamented the loss of another fundamental Los Angeles bar. In the 11 years it was open, Everson Royce Bar appealed to casual and knowledgeable drinkers alike, serving as a watering hole for the hospitality industry. Cocktail culture writer Esther Tseng recalls the bar’s impact on the region. “It’s a bar that always had seriously good (but not serious) cocktails,” says Tseng. “It was probably one of the first places I knew Downtown that could accommodate small parties in an intimate bar setting, or larger, casual parties on the patio out back. It had great food, too.”

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Los Angeles Times

'You have to be delusional': L.A. film students are prepared for a shrinking Hollywood

Mergers, layoffs, AI and runaway production have shaken Hollywood. Film students at USC, UCLA and LMU explain why they're pursuing the industry anyway.

Santa Monica Daily Press

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Ocean Park native's Main Street bar adds late-night hours

Bar Fortuna, the Italian cocktail and wine bar that Ocean Park native Brian Bornemann opened on Main Street two weeks ago, begins staying open until midnight Wednesday, a block from the water in the neighborhood where he grew up. Starting Wednesday, the bar at 2917 Main St. will serve wine,...

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LAist

Brentwood’s Perse takes Persian food beyond the kabob house

The restaurant serves dishes from across Iran’s regions, from the Caspian coast to the Persian Gulf.

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WEKU

As budgets tighten, people are breaking out their library cards

Some Americans squeezed by high prices are relying more on their local libraries for things like books, streaming services and high-priced items like musical instruments and sewing machines.

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SFGate

BCNARTS: Best Bets: Comedian Amir K Making 3 Bay Area Stops

Amir Kamyab (aka Amir K) is an up-and-coming comedian based in Los Angeles. Those in the Bay Area who haven't caught his act yet are getting several chances to do so in upcoming shows at different venues in the region. The Iranian-born entertainer has been performing and touring tirelessly in...

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 2d

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Glassell Park restaurant gets national recognition, a Bartender of the Year in Los Feliz and more food and drink news

Here's this week's round-up of Eastside food and drink news. Glassell Park—Dunsmoor has landed on OpenTable’s Top 100 Restaurants in America for 2026, one of five Southern California honorees announced Wednesday. The restaurant at 3501 Eagle Rock Blvd. specializes in Southern-inspired dishes prepared with live-fire cooking. OpenTable based its selections on more than 11 million verified diner reviews and dining metrics, including ratings and reservation demand. The Eastsider.

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Landmark Restaurant Struggles To Stay Open

LOS FELIZ—On October 28, locals came out to support a local lively little tavern, Ye Rustic Inn, located at 1831 Hillhurst Avenue. The bar’s owner, Susan Wood, issued a plea for help on her Instagram page, drawing a crowd of supporters holding vigil as their favorite dive bar faces possible closure.

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Prime Timer

Joyce DeWitt remembers her final dinner with Three's Company co-star John Ritter weeks before his death

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 12: Joyce DeWitt attends the "Wings" Reunion featuring Tony Shalhoub, Amy Yasbeck, Steven Weber, and Tim Daly at The John Ritter Foundation Evening from the Heart LA at Sunset Room Hollywood on September 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for The John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health) Joyce DeWitt reminisces about a special encounter with John Ritter which proved to be their last time together. The two actors who worked together for many years on the ABC sitcom Three's Company met in New York in August 2003, just befo...

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Du-par’s In Los Angeles Keeps Serving Buttermilk Pancakes And Pies Around The Clock

Some breakfasts are planned around a craving, and some are planned around a television detective. In Los Angeles, one old-school diner pulls in both crowds, and the line on a Sunday morning proves it. The draw is simple: buttermilk pancakes so big that a short stack can feel like a...

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Hollywood Christmas Parade Names Co-Grand Marshals

“Entertainment Tonight” co-hosts Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner will serve as co-grand marshals of the 94th Hollywood Christmas Parade later this month, organizers announced Thursday. The parade will begin at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, following pre-parade entertainment at 5:30 p.m. Erik Estrada and Laura McKenzie will host the...

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Fun things to do in SoCal: Nov. 5–11

GuadaLAjara Film Festival (GLAFF) The 16th edition of the GuadaLAjara Film Festival returns to Los Angeles with film screenings, industry panels, masterclasses, and networking opportunities. This year’s gala lineup includes ‘Ashes’ directed by Diego Luna, ’14th’ directed by Ava DuVernay, and ‘Mexicanamerican’ directed by Eddie Sánchez. Proceeds are donated to the community. Tickets start at $10.

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CBS LA

3 Los Angeles restaurants make OpenTable's top 100 nationwide list

Each year, OpenTable gathers information from its online restaurant-reservation platform to identify diners' top picks, based on over 11 million reviews.

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Explosive East Coast True Crime Documentary: “The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna” Makes Los Angeles Premiere Ahead of Theatrical Roadshow

On a cold December morning in 2003, the body of Black federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna was found in a rural stream in Lancaster, PA’s Amish Country. He had suffered over thirty stab wounds, including a slash that severed his carotid artery. At the time of his death, Luna was prosecuting a major murder and drug case 80 miles south in Baltimore, MD. The shocking discovery of the ascendant 38-year-old prosecutor’s death made headlines in every major US newspaper and was covered extensively by cable news, the major networks, and TV stations across the mid-Atlantic region.