The Offspring at Chronic Tacos, Sycamore Kitchen Opens Wed, More!

HUNTINGTON BEACH— This is random. The Offspring, as in, the band, will hold an album release (Days Go By) party tomorrow from 5-7 p.m. at Chronic Tacos in Huntington Beach. A taco-eating contest is planned and competitive eating "superstar" Takeru Kobayashi will be in attendance. [EaterWire]

MID-CITY— Quinn and Karen Hatfield's Sycamore Kitchen is set to open on Wednesday, serving breakfast and lunch. Urban Daddy has a look inside the dark wood and brick number offering unusual AM plates like sourdough Belgian waffles with salted maple butter and oatmeal stout gingerbread loaves. And Stumptown coffee. [Urban Daddy]

CULVER CITY— 9021Pho originally had dibs on Washington Boulevard's Santa Maria Barbecue space, but that deal clearly fell through and now a new eatery called Bacaro, unrelated to the downtown haunt opened by Santos Uy, is looking to set up shop. [EaterWire]

DOWNTOWN— Towne Food & Drink is not yet serving, however the restaurant has still managed to nab its first five-star Yelp review. Early props to the bone marrow matzo ball soup and ginger caramel Push Pops. [Yelp]