Binchotan-grilled scallops with gochujang butter at Vey, the tandem bar behind Oy Bar in Studio City. (Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times) If you can’t find Jeff Strauss in his Highland Park deli, ...

It's just past 6 p.m. on a Thursday in Los Osos, and the locals are crowded around an L-shaped bar at Niffy's Merrimaker, a tavern that's sat near the lapping water of Morro Bay for nearly a century.

If you can’t find Jeff Strauss in his Highland Park deli, Jeff’s Table, or inside his Studio City bar-restaurant, Oy Bar, you should probably check the parking lot of the latter. The ex-television ...

Plus, popular pop-up Baby Bistro settles into its new home. Prolific Chinese bakery Hi Bake lands in Beverly Hills. And New York-style bagels land in one of downtown’s most famous buildings. If you ...