The Sunset Junction Coffee Shop That Outsources Its Pastries to a Neighbor.
Inside the small, profitable collaboration rewriting what an LA cafe can be when it stops trying to do everything.
By Maren Ellsworth · 3 min
City Life · November 2024
The Quiet Reinvention of Silver Lake, Block by Block.
A new generation of chefs, architects, and shopkeepers is reshaping the boulevard most Angelenos thought they already knew — without erasing the neighborhood that made it matter. Our cover story maps the openings, the closings, and the locals watching it happen.
Issue No. 142 · Week of November 18
This Week in Los Angeles
Eight stories from our four desks — the openings, the closings, the fits, and the listings that defined the city this week.
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Restaurants
Why Sunset Junction's New Italian Counter Is Already Booked Through February.
By Theo Ahanu · 4 min
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Style
The LA Designer Dressing the WNBA Without Dressing Like a Halftime Show.
By Renee Volkov · 6 min
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Real Estate
The Highland Park ADU Boom Is Quietly Reshaping Who Can Afford the Zip Code.
By Jamie Castillo · 9 min
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Culture
Inside the Echo Park Bookstore That Became the City's Strangest Nightclub.
By Priya Singh · 5 min
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Style
Athleisure Is Over. The New LA Uniform Is a $40 Vintage Tee and a Good Belt.
By Renee Volkov · 5 min
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Real Estate
A Glassier, Greener Los Angeles: Three New Downtown Towers Worth Watching.
By Jamie Castillo · 7 min
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Culture
The Boyle Heights Gallery Whose Opening Draws Anyone Who Has Ever Mattered in LA Art.
By Priya Singh · 6 min
The Long Read · 3,800 words
Daniel Shin Hasn't Cooked in His Own Restaurant in Six Months. That's the Point.
The chef behind East Hollywood's most-debated tasting counter is rebuilding his kitchen from the inside out — handing the pass to cooks he trained, opening a second room he won't oversee, and betting everything on a city that has repeatedly rewarded the move.
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Field Reporting
Dispatches from the Neighborhoods
Reporting from our full-time writers who live in the districts they cover — Silver Lake, Highland Park, Echo Park, West Hollywood, and Venice, with more on the way.
A 1908 Craftsman, Three Renters, One Backyard: The Quiet Politics of a Cohousing Compound.
How a single block on York Boulevard became the most-watched ADU experiment in Northeast LA.
By Jamie Castillo · 6 min
The Last Independent Cinema in a Neighborhood That Used to Have Four of Them.
A 68-year-old single-screen theater, its 81-year-old owner, and the Tuesday-night crowd keeping the lights on.
By Priya Singh · 4 min
After the Rainbow Crosswalks: What's Actually Replacing the Strip's Nightlife.
Cocktail bars in old tailoring shops, supper clubs above parking garages, and the strange new silence on Santa Monica Boulevard.
By Daniel Park · 5 min
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