During his 25 years at the Original Pantry Cafe, Alejandro Ortiz worked his way from cleaner to prep cook and, most recently, ...

On Instagram, chef Zach Pollack announced that his eight-year Echo Park restaurant Cosa Buona will shutter on March 1.

“We Are the Pantry.” Kurt Petersen, co-president of Unite Here Local 11, called the situation “appalling.” “Given what we know of former Mayor Riordan, he would be rolling over in his ...