Silver Lake’s Filipino Star Spoon and Pork Expanding to Sawtelle Japantown

Silver Lake’s popular restaurant Spoon and Pork heads to the Westside in two weeks. A tipster spotted signage over the weekend, and co-owner Ray Yaptinchay tells Eater the new location will open in the former Kimikatsu, which is only blocks away from the busy Sawtelle Japantown strip.

Yaptinchay and partner Jay Tugas will operate Tuesday through Sunday and keep lunch hours from noon until 3 p.m., with dinner from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m.. The duo became a Silver Lake staple by serving its adobo belly nigiri, slow-cooked pork belly with an adobo glaze served over rice, and the signature patita, where a 15-hour braised pork shank is then air-dried for 24 hours before being placed in the fryer.

Restaurant provides worker relief during Huntington Beach oil

Relief workers are cleaning up the massive oil spill in Huntington and Newport. Local plant-based eatery Good Vibes Plant-Based Bar and Kitchen took on the task of feeding the workers, reports NBC-4.

More Mr. Fries Man

It’s been a busy year for Mr. Fries Man, aka Craig Batitse. Throughout the pandemic, Batiste opened Mr. Fries Man locations near USC, Long Beach, Palmdale, Fullerton, and Las Vegas. There’s another franchised location coming to Stevenson Ranch in the Santa Clarita Valley, reports What Now Los Angeles.

Natural wines

Ever wonder how natural wines became so popular? Alta published a story about the Los Angeles women behind the natural wine movement.

More dineLA picks

Thrillist just published their favorite selections for dineLA restaurant week.

A specialty masa maker in West LA

A new heirloom masa/corn dough is showing up on restaurant menus throughout the country. Only two purveyors in the world produce it, Tamoa in Mexico City and Masienda in West Los Angeles. Bon Appétit has the full report.

Hispanic Heritage Month

The Infatuation LA is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month with a roundup of local coffee, seafood, panaderias, and Cuban restaurants.