Reviews

Walking into Voodoo Doughnut on CityWalk in Universal City, customers see wall-to-wall pink décor with Halloween-like figures and trinkets, including a menu printed on a mounted pink coffin. Merchandise, including donut-shaped coffee cups, tumblers with the business’ logo, hats, and t-shirts, are on shelves next to the counter....

Most people probably don’t think about coffee when they hear “horror movie” but owner Omaira Mahan has found a way to combine the macabre with a macchiato.  Horror Vibes Coffee on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, Calif. is POC offers standard drinks with themed names that customers can enjoy while surrounded by spooky art....

Hello Kitty and Friends Cafe located along Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles on Oct. 2, 2024. A great photo may be priceless to some, is it worth $12? From the crowd at Universal CityWalk, the answer appears to be yes. Residents and tourists flock to Hello KItty and Friends Cafe...

Magical things can happen when a timeless Mediterranean menu intersects with flavorful, Mexican homestyle cooking. The quaint and spacious open-air dining room of Restaurant Route 104 is where that enchanting flavor fusion casts its spell.  Filled with shining copper urns, cozy wooden tables, and ethnic...

If Los Angeles is known to do one thing right, it's definitely its Mexican food. Los Angeles has Mexican restaurants in every corner of the city but in the heart of San Fernando Valley stands Quires Tacosway. Serving traditional Mexican food, traditional Mexican seafood and their signature TheWay dishes.  This...

Muggles and Wizards alike may find themselves thirsty and hungry after fighting Dementors and giant spiders and flying on a Hippogriff.  Luckily for them, the perfect refreshment can be found at The Three Broomsticks, a restaurant in Harry Potter’s Wizarding World found in Universal Studios in Hollywood California. 

Clubs have become a way for people to escape their day to day lives and their struggles.  While La Sierra has never been known as a college club go-to, its latest attempts to create an escape for the younger generation is a success, somewhat.  La Sierra...

Within a strip mall in Winnetka, a Food 4 Less and Seven Eleven are accompanied by the scent of filled to the brim, crunchy and evenly cooked empanadas that would lure almost anyone passing by into the restaurant. Johnny Pacific is an A rated fast casual family-owned restaurant. The staff...

Founder Rafael Vega’s family pictures at Casa Vega’s lobby in Sherman Oaks on Saturday, September 16, 2023. Photo by Lourdes Suasnabar. As the lights dim, the classic Mexican tune “Contigo,” by the famous trio Los Panchos, resonates throughout the dining room of his hidden gem. With mustard-painted walls streaked with...

There’s a lot to say about the diversity of cultural influences on dining in the city of Los Angeles. But there’s a spot just off Chatsworth st in Granada Hills shy north of the CSUN campus called Joe’s Café, where all the influence you will find here is comfort, friends, and plenty of freshly made good eats!...