Restaurants

• TV
• 08.14.13 | 01:00PM PT

TV Chefs Set the Table for Branding

By Paula K Hendrickson

How times have changed. A few decades ago, a TV chef might have a companion cookbook. Martha Stewart upped the stakes by creating an empire dedicated to elegant entertaining. But many of today's top…

SEE ALSO: Reality Stars Build on Unscripted Success

• Scene
• 08.13.13 | 05:00PM PT

Roland Emmerich's Exotic New Production: Acabar Restaurant

By Pat Saperstein

Hollywood's exotic Dar Maghreb restaurant just off the Sunset Strip was a sexy party spot for Hollywood back when "Charlie's Angels" Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith celebrated fellow angel Farrah…

• Biz
• 08.02.13 | 03:00PM PT

L.A.'s Union Station Makeover Plans New Restaurant, Streamlined Train System

By Pat Saperstein

The classic noir film "Union Station" (1950) showed the 1939 train depot in its heyday as the last of America's great railway stations, even if L.A. subbed for Chicago in typical Hollywood fashion…

SEE ALSO: Downtown Los Angeles' Biscuit Company Lofts Attract A-Listers

• Scene
• 06.10.13 | 02:31PM PT

Harry Lewis, Actor and Hamburger Hamlet Founder, Dies at 93

By Pat Saperstein

Harry Lewis, who started as an actor in films such as “Key Largo” and went on to found the Hamburger Hamlet and Kate Mantilini restaurants with his wife Marilyn, died of natural causes Sunday in…

• Film
• 03.09.13 | 07:44AM PT

Hospitality's Sweet for Robert De Niro

By Kathy McDonald

Las Vegas — Sure, Robert De Niro is recognized for his work in the film biz, but he's got a parallel career that's just as thriving: that of restaurateur/hotelier. De Niro is co-founder of the Nobu…

• Film
• 09.23.12 | 02:57PM PT

Review: 'Three Stars'

By Ronnie Scheib

Highlighting nine chefs who have earned the Michelin Guide's coveted "Three Stars," Lutz Hachmeister's docu examines the impact of gastronomy's ratings system, the various culinary philosophies…

• TV
• 03.03.11 | 06:16PM PT

Review: 'America's Next Great Restaurant'

By Geoff Berkshire

A test of business savvy from "The Apprentice," the culinary throwdowns of "Top Chef" and a set of judge-moguls investing their own money from "Shark Tank."