EATER: Alain Ducasse Vets Create Very Modern, Very Chic French Dishes …
Get ready for some fascinating new flavors from the Arts District’s neighborhood French bistro tomorrow.
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Modern bistro Camphor, from a pair of seasoned …
A modern bistro from two seasoned chefs is now open in the Arts District. Max Boonthanakit and Lijo George, …
VARIETY: Camphor Melds French Cuisine With South Asian Flavors; Tam O’…
Downtown L.A.’s Arts District is roaring back to life post-pandemic, and Camphor is the latest addition to …
cuisine noir: Cyrus Batchan Reopens Lock & Key with Renewed Passion
The Black-owned cocktail bar continues supporting local cocktail culture and community.
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Neighborhood bar Lock & Key, located in in Koreatown, Los Angeles offers this winter season staple …
Forbes Travel Guide: 10 Bars L.A. Locals Want To Keep To Themselves
Speakeasies may not be the hot nightlife trend at the moment, but L.A. still has a handful of mysterious …
The New York Times: From Cocktails to Kimchi in Los Angeles’s Koreatown
With Koreans making up more than a quarter of the immigrants who live in Los Angeles’s Koreatown, …
Los Angeles Times: What’s behind the door at Lock & Key?
A single red door stands out along a wall dyed yellow by the bright lights on Vermont Avenue …
Sanjiv Bhattacharya: wELCOME TO K-TOWN
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FOOD & WINE: Sesame, Mustard and Olive Oils Now Enhancing Cocktails
We use oils in just about every aspect of our lives: cooking, cleaning, car maintenance. Now …
the wall street journal: In L.A., East Meets West Meets Tacos
Koreatown is the most densely populated corner of Los Angeles—not to mention the most sybaritic. The …
EATER: Lock & Key, a Bedazzling New Bar, is Born in K-Town
The best way to find Lock & Key, the new speakeasy and bar in Koreatown, is to look for Stall 239, …
CNN TRAVEL: ANTHONY BOURDAIN, LA’S KOREATOWN 8 THINGS TO KNOW
Los Angeles, California (CNN) — "Have you been to Koreatown yet?" my friend asked eagerly over …
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URBAN DADDY: This Is Key HOW TO GET INSIDE THIS K-TOWN SPEAKEASY
Okay, there’s an obnoxious cliché happening lately at bars all over town. An epidemic, really …
DISCOVER LOS ANGELES: Discover the Hidden Bars of Los Angeles
Expect your nighttime libations to be on lockdown before you decode the entrance to this Koreatown bar …
cbs LOS ANGELES: the Best Bars in Koreatown
Koreantown has long been one of L.A.’s premiere dining destinations. But if you’re looking to get your drink …
TIMEOUT: Here’s where to drink in Koreatown
In speakeasy form, this cocktail destination is unnamed out front—just look for the stylish keyhole-shaped …
DESTINATION LUXURY: THE BEST PLACE TO PARY IN NHA TRANG, VIETNAM
Need to escape to someplace completely new? Try Nha Trang in Vietnam. The city was recently …
CNN TRAVEL: Vietnam’s booming craft beer Scene
A night out drinking in Vietnam used to mean one thing: sipping Bia Hoi, a local draft beer …
EATER: SEVEN DISHES TO GET EXCITED ABOUT AT ‘TOP CHEF’ WINNER MEI LIN’S NEW …
Top Chef winner Mei Lin has been busy testing dishes for Nightshade …
ROBB REPORT: THE 9 MOST ANTICIPATED RESTAURANT OPENINGS THIS FALL
Nightshade, Los Angeles Top Chef winner Mei Lin has stayed busy since taking the crown a …
EATER: TOP CHEF WINNER MEI LIN TAKES TO THE ARTS DISTRICT WITH NEW NIGHTSHADE
After years of anticipation, star chef Mei Lin is finally ready to reveal her next project …
FOOD & WINE: JESSICA LARGEY’S SIMONE IS READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UP IN L.A.'S …
Top Chef winner Mei Lin plans to open Nightshade in the Arts District this fall …
ELITE TRAVELER: THE MOST ANTICIPATED RESTAURANT OPENINGS IN LA
The former sous chef of Ink and winner of TV cooking show Top Chef, Mei Lin, will be launching …
EATER: THE 11 MOST ANTICIPATED LOS ANGELES RESTAURANT OPENINGS IN 2019
With 2018 wrapping up in the coming weeks, it’s time to look forward to what’s ahead in the New …
EATER: INSIDE NIGHTSHADE, MEI LIN’S DREAM LOS ANGELES RESTAURANT
Nightshade is finally here from 2014 Eater Young Gun and Top Chef season 12 winner Mei Lin …
LA MAG: THESE 4 L.A. CHEFS HAVE RESTAURANTS COMING IN 2019 AND …
The debut of Top Chef winner Lin’s Arts District restaurant looks to advance the city’s culinary …
TIME OUT: 10 LOS ANGELES RESTAURANT OPENINGS TO LOOK FOR IN 2019
One of the year’s biggest openings is already here, and it should come as no surprise that tables for Mei Lin’s..
EATER: ONE MONTH IN, MEI LIN LOST HER VOICE BUT SELLS TONS OF MAPO TOFU…
Opening month is always an exciting and stressful time for a restaurant, especially one that was ashotly …
EATER: ORDER THE CONGEE CHEFS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE TURNING TO PORRIDGE …
At the buzziest new restaurant in Los Angeles, one of the early standouts is a pink bowl filled with rice …
ROBB REPORT: FRENCH FARMERS SCOFF IN CALIFORNIA’S GENERAL DIRECTION …
The fallout begins. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up the case to overturn …
EATER: EMERALD GREEN IS THE NEW RESTAURANT DESIGN POWER COLOR
In 2017, blue, particularly when applied to plush banquettes, was the preferred color for …
THRILLIST: THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN LA RIGHT NOW
There was a lot going on in January, between the Rams winning, the LAUSD and the teacher’s union …
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: NIGHTSHADE AND BLACKSHIP: DINING REVIEW
Every so often, a crop of splashy Los Angeles restaurants opens with similar points of view …
IN THE LOOP: NIGHTSHADE - HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ARTS DISTRICT RESTAURANT
While we can all agree that 2018 was a pretty terrible year, the future is starting to look just a little bit brighter …
EATER: AN EATER’S GUIDE TO LOS ANGELES -HOTTEST RESTAURANT NIGHTSHADE
The hottest restaurant right now is Nightshade, Mei Lin’s ode to Chinese -American dishes in the Arts …
WHITEWALL: TRACY O’BRIEN’S LOS ANGELES: N/NAKA, BLUM & POE …
Where to eat & sip Nightshade, a new Arts District Asian inspired restaurant by top chef Mei Lin.
CALIFORNIA HOME DESIGN: DESIGN DISH NIGHTSHADE
Tucked into an Arts District alley right near Hauser & Wirth, Nightshade is the long-anticipated …
LA MAG: AT NIGHTSHADE,TOP CHEF‘S MEI LIN IS MAKING THE BLOOMING ONION RELEVANT
Consider the blooming onion. Over the years the calorie bomb-cum-appetizer has become shorthand …
LA DOWNTOWNER: TOP CHEF’S MEI LIN PLANTS HER FINE DINING ROOTS IN ARTS DISTRICT
There is something about the Arts District in DTLA that keeps attracting award-winning chefs, fine dining …
EATER: DOWNTOWN LA’S MOST IMPRESSIVE VEGETABLE-FOCUSED RESTAURANT …
There is something about the Arts District in DTLA that keeps attracting award-winning chefs, fine dining …
THRILLIST: THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN LA RIGHT NOW
This March was a big one for LA: we are officially out of a drought for the first time in years …
EATER: SHRIMP TOAST IS HAVING A MOMENT IN LA RIGHT NOW
Long before avocado toast or jam and ricotta-slathered brioche started filling Instagram feeds, ….
LA TIMES: FANCY CHINESE FOOD IS HERE TO STAY — AND IT'S ABOUT TIME
How Chinese food in America came to be synonymous with fried noodles and sticky-sweet meat …
LA TIMES: NIGHTSHADE IN THE ARTS DISTRICT OFFERS A UNIQUE TAKE ON L.A
The pasta dish you see on almost every table at Nightshade is chef Mei Lin’s mapo tofu …
EATER: THE EATER YOUNG GUNS CLASS OF 2019…
Since Eater started giving out the awards in 2012, the goal of Young Guns has been to showcase …
EATER: MEET LA’S TWO EATER YOUNG GUNS 2019 WINNERS
This year’s crop of Eater Young Guns winners for 2019 is possibly better than ever before. At the very …
EATER: LA TIMES DECLARES NIGHTSHADE ONE OF LA’S ‘MOST INTERESTING’ RESTAURANTS
This week’s LA Times food reviews focus on two restaurants of a very different sort, starting …
EATER: SOME OF LA’S BIGGEST NEW RESTAURANT OPENINGS DRAW NATIONAL …
Some of LA’s most exciting new restaurants are getting some outsized attention this morning. First up …
CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER: 12 BEST THINGS TO DO IN L.A.'S ARTS DISTRICT: THE …
Nightshade, a pan-Asian homage to modern Angeleno cooking, is where Top Chef winner Mei Lin …
EATER: THE 16 HOTTEST RESTAURANTS IN LA RIGHT NOW, APRIL 2019
More often than not, tipsters, readers, friends, and family of Eater have one question: Where should …
CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER: TAKING INFLUENCE FROM HER WORLD TRAVELS …
Nightshade has hanging green plants, eclectic touches, and mid-century modern furniture that’s …
TIMEOUT: HERE’S HOW TO SPEND A PERFECT DAY IN THE ARTS DISTRICT
A longtime buzz generator, the Arts District has finally grown up into a full-day cultural and culinary …
EATER: 11 GREAT LASAGNAS TO LOVE AROUND LOS ANGELES
There’s something so satisfying about the humble lasagna. The dishes evokes images of families gathered …
LA MAG: THESE 4 L.A. CHEFS HAVE RESTAURANTS COMING IN 2019 AND …
We’ll spare you the Garfield jokes, but suffice it to say lasagna rules and we would certainly eat it …
CURBED: THE RISE OF VELVET IN THE AGE OF ATTAINABLE LUXURY
Most of the things we touch in a day are hard and smooth, metal or plastic. The keyboard or phone …
DISCOVER LOS ANGELES: THE GUIDE TO "TOP CHEF" RESTAURANTS IN LOS ANGELES
Top Chef, Bravo’s competitive cooking show that’s hosted by legendary judges like Tom Colicchio …
EATER: THE MOST IMAGINATIVE DESSERTS IN LOS ANGELES
The most imaginative dessert in Los Angeles is so understated it blends into the table — and that’s …
EATER: NIGHTSHADE’S SHRIMP TOAST WINS NATIONAL ‘DISH OF THE YEAR’ AWARD
Good news for Nightshade in the Arts District: Mei Lin’s flavor-packed shrimp toast has just been …
KTLA: A TASTE OF NIGHTSHADE WITH CHEF MEI LIN
Her restaurant was just recognized as one of Food And Wine’s best new restaurants. Chef Mei Lin of …
LOS ANGELES TIMES: PSST. YOU SHOULD REALLY TRY THIS CONGEE
The congee at Mei Lin’s downtown restaurant Nightshade is not the plain congee I ate growing up in the …
ROBB REPORT: THE WORLD’S BEST RESTAURANTS, CHEFS AND DISH OF THE YEAR
Mei Lin made the long wait for her first restaurant well worth it. America originally got to know Lin …
FOOD & WINE: THE BEST NEW RESTAURANTS 2019
Chef Mei Lin pulls every trigger, twirls every dial to a defiant volume. Right about the time the shrimp…
FOOD & WINE: THE BEST BITES OF 2019, DISH OF THE YEAR
Chef Mei Lin’s homage to shrimp toast, topped with minced prawns and fried curry leaves, sits in …
GQ: GQ'S BEST NEW RESTAURANTS IN AMERICA, 2019
Let me begin with two dinners in Houston. These were two meals over the course of 24 hours that …
THE NEW YORK TIMES: WHY DESSERT IS MUCH MORE THAN AN AFTERTHOUGHT
As I ate my way through many of the new sweets in town, I learned that Max Boonthanakit, one of the ….
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: THREE OF THE HOTTEST LOS ANGELES ASIAN RESTAURANTS
Eating dinner at 6pm feels strange, but reservations are very hard to come by at Nightshade, and by …
LOS ANGELES TIMES: PATRICIA ESCÁRCEGA’S FIVE FAVORITE RESTAURANTS …
Nightshade is chef Mei Lin's first restaurant, a stylish Art’s District kitchen that showcases her talent for smart ….
EATER: TWO LA RESTAURANTS LAND SPOTS ON EATER’S BEST NEW RESTAURANTS IN …
Two of Los Angeles’s biggest recent restaurant success stories have landed on Eater’s new …
HAUTE LIVING: TOP CHEF WINNER MEI LIN OPENS CHINESE-AMERICAN RESTAURANT …
In the hustling and bustling Arts District in downtown Los Angeles lies Nightshade—one of the city’s …
EATER: THE 16 BEST NEW RESTAURANTS IN AMERICA
Los Angeles is spoiled for taco choices — there’s the sublime carne asada at Sonoratown, the unrivaled …
EATER: NIGHTSHADE, pasJoli, and auburn ARE LA’S JAMES BEARD …
It was much quieter, slightly more somber affair, but Los Angeles has officially received its finalist …