smorgasburg launches in LA.
brooklyn's popular weekly smorgasburg market opened in LA at the alameda produce market! the weather was over 100 degrees, but there were still lots of people out to get their bagels, lobsters, pizza, ramen burgers, coffee, noodle bowls, tacos, banh mi, hot dogs, poke, popsicles, etc!
![smorgasburg launches in LA.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ff4fa6e4b048b3e7348ab4/1466405040581-7Q7WJAHPJXSU7BA0WBIP/image-asset.jpeg)
howlin' rays goes brick and mortar!
i was quickly enamored with howlin' rays when they first started serving nashville-style hot chicken out of a food truck last year. now BACK with their own storefront in chinatown's far east plaza!
![howlin' rays goes brick and mortar!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ff4fa6e4b048b3e7348ab4/1465966853635-GZGS755TYR7J4SWLINDG/howlin-rays-106.jpg)
pok pok LA, chinatown.
portland's famous pok pok came to LA before i could get to portland, and i'm A-OK with that. and pok pok LA is most certainly part of the amazing chinatown resurgence that is happening right now.
![pok pok LA, chinatown.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ff4fa6e4b048b3e7348ab4/1454743976273-R2G1UTRL5EQDUH65ZX1V/image-asset.jpeg)
baby, it's cold outside. eat some ramen!
this cold, drizzly LA weather is wondrous. and you know what pairs wonderfully with it? a delicious bowl of ramen, and ramen champ in chinatown is a damn good choice.
![baby, it's cold outside. eat some ramen!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ff4fa6e4b048b3e7348ab4/1447908849328-6ILQKYOPIDEK9QIVIGRT/image-asset.jpeg)
guerilla tacos at silverlake wine.
on thursday nights, at one of silverlake wine's weekly wine tastings, the guerrilla tacos food truck parks out front and serves up their fare. #wineandtacos should really be a thing.
![guerilla tacos at silverlake wine.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ff4fa6e4b048b3e7348ab4/1440135038900-YE95JLW15PUWNNUDWR7F/image-asset.jpeg)