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Picca

  1. Smooth Operators
    Restaurateur Bill Chait Looks Into The FutureThe owner offers insight into his forthcoming projects with Nancy Silverton, Walter Manzke, and Neal Fraser.
  2. Grub Guide
    Eleven Feasts To Consider For New Year’s Eve in L.A.Highlights include a Dali-inpisred dinner at Ink. and elk dishes at Josie.
  3. Mo’ Mo-Chica
    Say Hello to Paiche, Ricardo Zarate’s Under-Construction Cevicheria in MarinaLocation revealed for Marina del Rey’s, and maybe L.A.’s, most anticipated opening of 2013.
  4. Foodies With Benefits
    35 L.A. Pastry Chefs Uniting For C-Cap, November 17th in Santa MonicaSpago’s Sherry Yard is the event’s head.
  5. Video Feed
    Watch Ricardo Zarate Reveal His Innermost Food SecretsPicca is so serene during a cooking demo.
  6. Mixocalypse
    A Peek at Picca’s New CocktailsEven Usain Bolt gets a drink named in his ‘legendary’ honor.
  7. Empire Building
    Ricardo Zarate Planning Paiche, A Westside CevicheriaThe chef divulges plans for an authentic place like you’d find on the streets of Lima.
  8. Noise Annoys
    Picca and A-Frame Win The Restaurant Noise Sound ClashStrapped with a decibel-reader, the two restaurants are found to reflect the same levels of “factory machinery at three feet.”
  9. Grub Guide
    Fourteen Sharp Spots to Find Food-on-a-Stick in Los AngelesIn L.A., your options include frozen beer, cupcake, lamb offal, chicken skin, and even pig’s blood set on a skewer.
  10. Foodievents
    Nine Top-Tier Chefs Cooking at L.A.’s Inaugural Fried Chicken FestThe James Beard and Food & Wine-awarded lineup includes Matt Molina, Bryant Ng, and Ricardo Zarate.
  11. The Other Critics
    Gold Beholds Ricardo Zarate’s New Stage at Mo-ChicaThe L.A. Times critic notes the same great food, new dis-enchantingly trendy space.
  12. Awards
    Angeleno Releases 2012 Restaurant AwardsTar& Roses takes “Best New Restaurant.”
  13. Noise Annoys
    Local Restaurants Try to Avoid the NoiseNearly one-fifth of local diners complain that noise is our restaurants’ biggest issue.
  14. Oh Sherry!
    Can We Live Without Sherry’s Star System?After multiple criticisms from chefs, the paper will revel in the nuances of the writer rather than reduce them to simple rankings.
  15. Closings
    Osaka Flees The Walk of FameOwner Adolfo Suaya cites major size issues.
  16. Empire Building
    Restaurant Financier Bill Chait to Tackle Downtown’s Bestia and Mess Hall in LosThe owner has brought us Picca, Sotto, Short Order, Rivera, and Playa in the last three years alone.
  17. Lists
    Predict All You Want, L.A. Chefs Are Already Ahead of the CurveSetting the trends before they’re trends.
  18. Interviews
    Q&A: Mad Hungry’s Lucinda Scala Quinn Tells Us How She Eats in L.A.“There’s something about eating a burger in Southern California that makes me feel like I’m in Happy Days in the fifties or something.”
  19. L.A. Diet
    Bartender Alex Day Eats Prawns at Jitlada and Travels With Coffee“Hey, life is too short for shitty coffee.”
  20. Foodievents
    New Restaurants Fill L.A. Mag’s Food Event, Sunday in MalibuWe’ll be keeping on an eye on the llamas, in case Picca runs out of alpaca.
  21. Zarate Chops
    Ricardo Zarate Wants to Introduce You To Alpaca MeatThe chef also shares details about his culinary influences, leisure time, and favorite place to go for sushi.
  22. The Other Critics
    Virbila is Moved by Picca; Gold Feels The Heat at Guisado’sElsewhere, J. Gold tells you where to find vegetarian Spanish eels.
  23. The Other Critics
    Gold Picks Picca, But Casts Out the Causa; Burum Finds Afghan ExpressGold loves Zarate’s new spot, but feels the few mistakes should not occur at a restaurant of this caliber.
  24. Menus
    Roy Choi’s Hawaiian Vacation Seeps Into Upcoming Test Kitchen CollaborationThe centerpiece of dinner will be Ricardo Zarate and Choi’s short ribs with pineapple aji amarillo.
  25. Look Who’s Popping Up
    The Townhouse Is Holding a Test Kitchen ReunionRoy Choi, Nancy Silverton, Walter Manzke, and David Lefebvre are coming back to cook for the pop-ups’s one-year anniversary.
  26. Lists
    The NY Post Eats On the Mark in L.A.Rarely have we seen the East Coast nail L.A. so correctly.
  27. Foodievents
    Picca, Stella Rossa, and Toranoko Add New Blood to Restaurant WeekJust when you thought it was safe to put down your fork…
  28. Foodievents
    Stuff Your Face to Battle Childhood ObesityA special dinner at Picca for Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.
  29. Zarate Chops
    Picca Opens Up Its Mezzanine for Zarate’s $25 TreatA funky new nook of cow hide ottomans comes with a great late-night deal on causa and anticucho.
  30. The Other Critics
    Gelt Learns The Hippie Lingo at Cafe Gratitude; Gold Offers Tipping TipsSorry kids, it’s 20% every time. Yes, EVERY time.
  31. Mediavore
    California Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike; Entenmann’s Adds Two Cents To CaseyInmates stand behind a hunger strike that started on Friday at Pelican Bay over inhumane conditions.
  32. Foodies With Benefits
    Score a Deep Discount for Plate-By-Plate at J Lounge$100 tickets will be offered to one of the town’s biggest tasting events for one night only next Friday.
  33. Openings
    Picca’s Official Opening Set for June 25thAcclaimed chef Ricardo Zarate is bringing upscale Peruvian to Beverly Hills in a marked change of direction from his Downtown stand Mo-Chica.
  34. Menus
    An Early Peek at Picca’s MenuBeef hearts, ceviches, and duck confit in black beer come together at Ricardo Zarate’s heavily anticipated new restaurant.
  35. Zarate Chops
    Ricardo Zarate Can’t Stop Winning ThingsThe chef, already having a killer 2011, beats out former grilled cheese champ Eric Greenspan, among other professional peers.
  36. Foodies with Benefits
    Taste of the Nation Brings Early Tastes of Short Order, ink., and FonutsSome of 2011’s most anticipated projects will see their debut at the anti-hunger fund-raiser.
  37. Foodies With Benefits
    Prior To Picca, One More Big Party at Mo-ChicaRicardo Zarate busts out a greatest hits tasting menu to aid Japan.
  38. Awards
    Zarate Chops The Competition To Become The People’s Best New ChefFood and Wine releases the results of its “People’s Best New Chef Award” in the Pacific region.
  39. Zarate Chops
    Ricardo Zarate Plans to Pack Up Mo-Chica For A Move to Downtown’s Restaurant RowIf the restaurant drew a crowd at South Central’s Mercado Paloma, it should be a success neighboring SugarFish and Bottega Louie.