The new pop-up from chef Miles Thompson and wine vet Andy Schwartz is serving dishes such as house-made chicken sausage with lemongrass-scented beans at the Hotel Normandie. Baby Bistro, his new project with wine vet Andy Schwartz, is a nod to what’s in store when the duo open a full restaurant in Echo Park under a different, to-be-announced name. When …
Konbi, the Japanese cafe and bakery, will close both its Echo Park and newly opened Culver City locations this weekend. Konbi had its moment and its time and place.” Konbi Ni in Echo Park will stop service Friday evening while Konbi in Culver City, open since August 2022, will close at the end of service on Sunday. “Without that density …
Konbi Ni After years operating as a takeout-only, walk-up window for Japanese sandos, croissants and other pastries that garnered national praise, Echo Park’s Konbi has reopened as Konbi Ni — the “Ni” translating to “two” — with a return to a dine-in format, new items, and what owners Akira Akuto and Nick Montgomery see as a more sustainable business model. …
My apologies to anyone who subscribes to the doctrine that a fried egg makes everything better. Akuto and Montgomery created a version of the konbini egg salad sandwich that resembled and celebrated the ubiquitous pre-packaged snack that food obsessives all over the world know and love. The beauty of the konbini egg salad sandwich lies in its ability to be …
