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Editorial

Mar 08, 2016 Clifton’s food is unspectacular but it’s a great place to meet friends for dinner

by Martin Wong

My mom was more excited about the re-opening of Clifton's Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles than I was. She used to go there with my uncles and grandparents when she was a kid, and fondly recalls the taxidermy and waterfalls. That sounded cool but the Downtown L.A. institution had been under renovation for what seemed...

Editorial

Sep 09, 2014 Spot Check: Downtown L.A.’s Piñata District

by Martin Wong

Visitors often complain about how Los Angeles is sprawled out and there's no transportation system that takes everyone everywhere easily. They're right. But I love that I still discover neighborhoods and areas that are new to me decades after moving up from behind the Orange Curtain. That happened this weekend when my wife and I...