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Initially slated to open this past summer next door to sister wine shop West Altadena Wine & Spirits, Good Neighbor Bar served its first drink in early October at 2311 Lincoln Avenue. Behind both businesses are hospitality vets Randy Clement and April Langford; the couple own Silverlake Wine, Everson Royce Bar, Highland Park Wine, and the chain of Triple Beam Pizza restaurants. Central to the moody vibe at Good Neighbor Bar is the Brazilian quartzite bar that runs along the room's length.
Patrons looking for more intimate seating will do well nabbing a spot on the blonde wood banquettes fitted with cushions and pillows. The drinks menu features nearly 30 cocktails, including a line of classics, high balls, and tiki drinks, along with natural wines by the glass and canned or bottled beers. There is no kitchen on the premises, but patrons can bring in food or nibble on the provided popcorn.
Triple Beam slings pizzas every Thursday night. Good Neighbor Bar is open Tuesday through Thursday from 5 p.m.
to midnight, Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 2 a.
m., and Sunday from 5 p.m.
to 10 p.m. One of LA’s best pizzerias is opening in Orange County Prime Pizza , the prolific chain of New York-style pizzerias in Los Angeles, is opening two new restaurants in Orange County in the summer of 2025.
The Mission Viejo store will be located on Alicia Parkway, while the Brea outpost will sit on East Imperial Highway. Both stores will serve the same 18-inch New York slices that have made the chain a runaway hit since its debut a decade ago. Rounding out the menu are square pies, chicken wings, salads, hot sub sandwiches, and baked pasta, including vodka rigatoni.
Owners Jason Bernstein, James Starr, and Zack Fishman opened the first Prime Pizza on Fairfax Avenue in 2014 . The Los Angeles-based operation currently runs seven restaurants across the region, from El Segundo to Burbank and Altadena. Incoming kooky doughnuts In related chain expansion news, Portland’s Voodoo Doughnuts is opening two new stores in Los Angeles in 2025: one at the corner of Melrose and La Brea and another on Winward Avenue in Venice.
The brand currently operates 22 U.S. locations, including a store inside Universal CityWalk in Hollywood.
Voodoo Doughnuts debuted its kooky wares in 2003 and popularized adding bacon to maple-glazed doughnuts. A hub for halal cooking LAist’s Gab Chabrán and Yusra Farzan check out a cluster of food operators specializing in halal foods on the edge of Echo Park and Downtown. “Most of the stands are there every night, offering cuisines from a wide range of countries, from Kazakhstan to Palestine and Turkey, among others,” they write.
Check out Naryn Halal Food for foods from Kazakhstan or Era Grill for Central Asian flavors. Two hot new openings Santa Monica bagel destination Layla Bagel debuts its second location in Beverly Hills on December 12 at 223 South Beverly Drive. The menu from chefs Sergio Espana and Sammi Tarantino is centered on sourdough bagels and is similar to what is served at the original store.
Next up, the folks behind Los Feliz’s All Time just opened a wood-fired focused restaurant called Bernee in Altadena at 875 E. Mariposa Street . Find freshly baked bread, a variety of well-sourced proteins (chicken, steak, pork belly, fish), and plenty of wine at the dinner-only restaurant.
Bernee is open daily from 5 p.m. to 10 p.
m., and reservations are available on Resy . A post shared by All Time (@freakinalltime) Cozy drinks for chilly weather Janette Villafana rounds up the best seasonal warm drinks across Los Angeles for L.
A. Taco. She recommends the “velvety” hot chocolate and champurrado at La Monarca, which has 12 locations across Los Angeles, the hot xocolatl— “a drinking chocolate made of stone-ground Mexican dark chocolate and cane sugar” — at Gusto Bread in Long Beach, and Salvadoran atol de elote at La Usuluteca in Arlington Heights, among others.
Bigger, better Nok’s Kitchen One of Southern California’s best Lao restaurants, Nok’s Kitchen , recently moved from its original location in Garden Grove to a larger space in Westminster at 9361 Bolsa Avenue. The more spacious dining room will better accommodate the restaurant’s legion of fans clamoring for chef-owner Nokmaniphone Sayavong’s snappy Lao sausages, crispy rice salads, and soulful noodle soups. Sign up for our newsletter.
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