Listen 9 min Jackfruit sopes at Chicana Vegana. Photo by Mona Holmes
In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic and a struggling food industry, LA’s vegan restaurants are experimenting with different and unusual ethnic flavor combinations, often with delicious results.
Eater LA reporter and KCRW contributor Mona Holmes re-joined Greater LA to talk about her top vegan dishes.
Holmes stepped away from contributing to Greater LA for a few months and explains why.
“When I learned about the accusations of a hostile workplace earlier this year, I believed them, and it was a very specific, familiar hurt, so I wanted to take a step back and see how the station would handle it.”
A neon sign depicting an Ox is seen at a mall on Feb. 9, 2021, in Manila, Philippines. (Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
Check out a drive-in comedy show. Celebrate the Year of the Ox. Tune into a Black History Month celebration. Sip martinis with Nick and Nora. Peep some options for poon choi and heart-shaped pizzas for the holday weekend.
Friday, Feb. 12 - Thursday, Feb. 25
Judas and the Black Messiah
Cinelounge Drive-In
1625 N. Las Palmas Blvd., Hollywood
Writer-director Shaka King brings the story of Fred Hampton, the Black Panther party chairman who was betrayed by an FBI informant, to the big screen. The cast includes Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Martin Sheen, Dominique Fishback and Ashton Sanders.