Much has been made of the barbecue sauce at Phillip’s, easily one of LA’s most beloved Southern-style barbecue institutions. The restaurant’s popularity hit critical mass after Jonathan Gold waxed poetic about it in 2004, but it had been a neighborhood favorite for years before. The resultant long wait, which most regular customers know to expect, is a one trademark/quirk of this takeout-only joint. Read more...

Southern Californians gathered on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in South L.A. to celebrate the country’s most venerated civil rights leader, who would have turned 85 this year. Read more...