Rebecca Roland is an editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of Los Angeles’s food scene. Brand new restaurants open every day across the Southland ...

Wexler’s— Los Angeles Jewish deli Wexler’s shuttered its outpost at Grand Central Market after 11 years on March 20. Wexler’s Santa Monica location is still open, and the restaurant will ...

But a union boss said of workers at the Pantry, “It’s still open from their perspective ... to change their mind.” The restaurant built its Los Angeles legacy not on elegant fare ...

PRO TIP: Next door is Bar Marmont, the open-to-the-public counterpoint, which will give you the same general vibe while being neither quite so highbrow nor quite so difficult to get into.