Why LA3C may be the coolest food (and music) festival ever. Plus Bar Chelou's star turn, Erewhon's dark underbelly, and fried chicken drama.

LA3C Food and Music Festival is coming to Downtown LA’s Historic Core this weekend. We’re joined by Joey Rubin, who leads food curation for the festival, to hear about how him and his team put together one of the coolest food festival experiences this city has ever seen. From a Oaxacan sushi pop-up featuring the folks over at Simon in Silver Lake, to a bonkers collab between Poltergeist’s Diego Argoti and Pearl River Deli’s Johnny Lee that may or may not feature an orange chicken burrito, this is truly the kind of food experience that could only happen in LA. So listen to the conversation with Joey, go buy the $20 tickets - $20! That’s it! - and I’ll see you there, dear listener. But first, I’m going to give you a quick rundown of 3 news stories that caught my eye this week. There’s a LA restaurant that’s been named to Eater’s list of Best New Restaurants in America 2023, a fascinating look at Erewhon’s questionable past, and some fried chicken drama cracking on between Timeout LA and Le Coupe. Helpful links: LA3C Marketplace tickets https://www.la3c.com/marketplace Biite Club https://biite.club/ Joey on IG https://www.instagram.com/joey.rubin/?hl=en Eater's Best New Restaurants America https://www.eater.com/2023/11/7/23949168/eaters-best-new-restaurants-america-2023 The Cut on Erewhon https://www.thecut.com/article/erewhon-smoothie-boston-los-angeles-history.html Timeout LA fried chicken list https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/restaurants/best-fried-chicken-in-los-angeles