Playa chef John Sedlar was inspired by a recent exploration of Mexicali, Baja’s capital city that is rich with Chinese culture due to a massive immigration of laborers in the early 20th century, on ...

We can usually count on John Rivera Sedlar to be on the cutting edge of culture. But the chef emails us to let us know he’s more or less just joined the inescapable hollow called Twitter. Sedlar ...

Last week, chef John Sedlar celebrated the 30th anniversary of his seminal, erstwhile restaurant Saint Estèphe with a sparkly cocktail party and an elaborate tasting menu for a select group of ...

All restaurants, and their menus, evolve over time, just as their chefs do. Any serious chef working today is constantly bombarded by information and inspiration — from traveling, from reading ...

The news that Rivera will be closing at the end of the year, which came via Eater on Tuesday, was a shock to many in Los Angeles who have eagerly followed chef John Sedlar’s journey since he opened ...

Good food can be found just about anywhere in Los Angeles, including world-class sushi hidden in an office building basement, chef-driven fare served atop a Hollywood health club, and even diner ...

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When John Sedlar opened his highly anticipated restaurant Rivera last January, little did we know that he'd just gotten started. Sedlar will be opening a second restaurant in the former Grace space on ...

Is it possible to begin a restaurant review with a tracking shot? Because the entrance to the new Rivera seems to require one, following the stroll from the parking valet to the big plate-glass window ...