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  • Dec
    2025
    04
    2025 / Dec / 04

    Cult-Favorite Mediterranean Lifestyle Brand Launches High-Phenolic Extra Virgin Olive Oil Shot

    From: GlobalNewswire

    Kosterina, the Mediterranean lifestyle brand known for its award-winning, premium, high-antioxidant extra virgin olive oils, today announces the launch of the Extra Virgin Olive Oil Shot, a bold and convenient new wellness ritual designed for the modern health-conscious consumer. This expansion into health is an exciting and natural next step for Kosterina, which has firmly established itself as a leading brand for wellness in the food space. Each Olive Oil Shot is packed with over 1,000 mg/kg of powerful polyphenols, natural antioxidants that support gut, metabolic, heart, skin, and immune health. With a bold, peppery taste, the shot delivers a clean kick in the back of the throat, a natural sign that the polyphenols are hard at work.

  • Dec
    2025
    01
    2025 / Dec / 01

    RVR Named to NY Times 50 Best List

    From: TimeOut Los Angeles
    By: Gerrish Lopez

    If Abbot Kinney feels like the stage for endless openings, RVR (pronounced “river”) is the rare spot with staying power. Chef Travis Lett (of Gjelina fame) teams up with Ian Robinson for a Japanese izakaya that’s deeply L.A. in sensibility: vegetable-forward, seasonal, effortless.

  • Nov
    2025
    04
    2025 / Nov / 04

    Salt & Straw’s Viral Taco Bell Ice Cream Tacolate Returns Permanently This Week

    From: Westsidetoday.com
    By: Staff Report

    After Selling Out in Minutes During Its Debut, the Tacolate Is Back for Good and Fans Can Score Free Taco Bell Tacos in Venice

    Salt & Straw’s wildly popular collaboration with Taco Bell is back, and this time, it’s here to stay. The ice cream maker announced that The Tacolate, its viral frozen dessert taco that sold out within minutes during its launch weekend, will now be a permanent item at all Salt & Straw locations and available for nationwide shipping through saltandstraw.com. read more

  • Mar
    2024
    06
    2024 / Mar / 06

    Made In Cookware’s Growth Flywheel Extends From Professional Chefs To Home Cooks

    Made In Cookware founders Johnathan “Jake” Kalick, left, and Bradford “Chip” Malt. Photo by Matt Conant

    From: Forbes
    By: Pamela N. Danziger, Senior Contributor,     “I study the world’s most powerful consumers — The American Affluent”

    Top athletes, craftsmen and women, carpenters or anyone involved in a skilled trade knows to perform their best, they need the best tools, as Benjamin Franklin said, “The best investment is in the tools of one’s trade.” read more

  • Nov
    2023
    01
    2023 / Nov / 01

    Austin’s Famed Franklin Barbecue Is Coming to LA for Just Five Days

    Photo By: Jakob Layman
    From: EATER Los Angeles
    By: Matthew Kang
    One of Texas’s most famous restaurants, Franklin Barbecue, is collaborating with LA’s HomeState to create a chopped brisket breakfast taco for just five days from November 8 to 12. To date, Franklin Barbecue has never appeared in Los Angeles except for a pop-up in 2015 that founder and chef Aaron Franklin conducted with chef Adam Perry Lang. For those who haven’t heard of Franklin Barbecue, it’s regarded as one of the best barbecue places in the world, drawing huge lines every day it’s open. And it’s officially coming to LA next week to celebrate HomeState, an Austin-style breakfast taco specialist, that turns 10 years old this year. read more

  • Oct
    2023
    09
    2023 / Oct / 09

    36 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles

    HIGHLY LIKELY
    Photo By: Jeff Mindell//Courtesy Highly Likely
    From: Conde Nast Traveler
    Reviewed By: Krista Simmons<
    Highly Likely has the bright, airy, vibrant vibes of some of Australia’s best all-day cafes. You’ll find all the California takes on breakfast classics on the menu here. All of them are great, but standouts include the fish sandwich, made with locally caught, tempura-battered fish and kosho tartar sauce, or the Japanese porridge bowl with housemade pickles, dashi broth, Okinawa potatoes, mushrooms, greens, miso granola, and a soft boiled egg. read more

  • Oct
    2023
    09
    2023 / Oct / 09

    36 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles

    HOMESTATE
    Photo By: Sierra Prescott
    From: Conde Nast Traveler
    Reviewed By: Krista Simmons<
    This lively little taco stand is all about inhaling a few tacos with friends before the tortillas dissolve in your hands. Hungover or not, you’ll inhale these tacos with tortillas handmade to perfection. Start a perfect day with their “Trinity”—eggs, bacon, potato and cheese. The best things in life are simple, especially paired in a winning combination with Southern hospitality and speedy, smiley service. Bonus: the Highland Park location now serves some of the best margaritas in town. read more

  • Sep
    2023
    11
    2023 / Sep / 11

    Here’s how Café Zupas was able to successfully build its own tech stack

    From: Nation’s Restaurant News
    By: Joanna Fantozzi

    The founders of the Utah-based soup and sandwich chain have backgrounds in tech and built custom AI-based systems instead of going with off the shelf read more

  • May
    2023
    08
    2023 / May / 08

    Stio Raises $20M in Capital to Accelerate Omnichannel Growth

    From: Outdoor Sportswire

    Led by LAGO Innovation Fund, funding support comes as Stio doubles Mountain Studio® retail locations and boosts wholesale growth read more