Broxton is not your typical brewhouse. Owned by Artisanal Brewers Collective, Broxton opened its doors to Westwood residents Sunday and has since been serving a variety of cocktails and beers. Read more...
Photo: Broxton, a brewhouse located between Broxton Avenue and Westwood Boulevard in Westwood, opened Sunday. The location offers original cocktails, Southwestern-inspired comfort foods and vegan options, and will soon add house-brewed beer to the menu. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
T.K. Pillan was on the hunt for convenient plant-based food when he came up with the idea for Veggie Grill. The UCLA alumnus co-founded the entirely plant-based restaurant in 2006, when films about unhealthy foods such as “Fast Food Nation” and “Super Size Me” started to grow in popularity, Pillan said. Read more...
Photo: T.K. Pillan, a UCLA alumnus, co-founded Veggie Grill to offer healthy fast food options. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
Los Angeles is supposed to be the City of Stars, but once those stars fade, where do they go? Do they stay behind, forever attached to their final location, spooking guests who dare to enter their domain? Read more...
Photo: The Sam Merrill Trail in Altadena falls within the forest around Cobb Estate, a popular squatting location for criminals in the 1950s. Due to the noises and lights emitted by lawbreakers hiding in the area, many thought the surrounding forest to be haunted. Today, the hiking trail offers views of Los Angeles and serene nature sounds. (Jacob Preal/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Ashley Phelps and her siblings were not allowed to eat anything unhealthy growing up. She would go to birthday parties but could never eat the cakes, owing to the fact that they contained artificial dyes. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Theresa Enriquez transformed a farmhouse into a coffee shop. The alumna and owner of Heritage Coffee in Oxnard, California, runs the business with her husband and sons, hoping the store will reflect its location in Ventura County. Read more...
Photo: (Rachel Bai/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Oct. 11 at 6:26 p.m. Jo Ann Callis doesn’t produce images of everyday life. Instead, she said her photographs depict a state of mind, creating a metaphor for feelings. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna and California Institute of the Arts professor Jo Ann Callis said she constructs shots that express either anxiety or playful sensuality. As she does with many of her works, Callis infuses tension in her photo “Man on Bed with Crumbs.” (Courtesy of Jo Ann Callis/ROSEGALLERY)
In an era where dessert is often evaluated by its Instagram potential, Los Angeles shines as one of the world’s premier cities for sweet treats. Join Daily Bruin staffers each week as they visit different dessert joints, going behind the scenes to give you an exclusive look into the creation of trending sugary concoctions. Read more...
Photo: The Baked Bear is a custom ice cream sandwich eatery offering ice cream, cookies, brownies and doughnuts. “Bear Batter” ice cream, blue cake batter with brownies, is the chain’s specialty.(Rachel Lee/Daily Bruin)
