The Mexico City-born chef built an international CV at Enrique Olvera’s esteemed tasting menu restaurant Pujol, and also ...

An acclaimed Pasadena restaurant closes, a popular rooftop bar calls it quits, and more closures to know this month ...

Over on the east side of L.A., closer to where the Eaton Fire swept through Altadena claiming lives and homes, the award-winning restaurant Bar Chelou in Pasadena announced it would close.

That night, an eerie mood hung over the tasting-menu spot as lights flickered from the severe wind and guests checked their phones constantly to see the fire spreading through the neighboring L.A.

Describe the mood: Designed by Lovers Unite (of Dunsmore in Glassel Park and Bar Chelou in Pasadena) with 1970s Scandinavian influence down to the cherry wood banquettes and large powder-blue circular ...

Consumer Reports dietitian Amy Keating oversaw CR’s testing of 31 popular bars, checking nutrition and taste. CR’s tests show some winners and duds in every category. For fruit and nut bars ...

Updates since last week’s list: BB Lounge at 13135 Brookhurst St., Suite 8, Garden Grove, which was ordered closed Feb. 18 because of a rodent infestation, was allowed to reopen Feb. 27.