Santa Monica’s Border Grill closes Border Grill - Santa Monica’s high-end Mexican spot - will close in October. Chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger opened it 26 years ago. The food was revolutionary at the time. Gourmet Mexican was not a thing at chef-driven concept restaurants. Back in 1985, Milliken and Feniger took with a road trip across the border where they learned cooking techniques from taco vendors and family barbeques. And they married those techniques with their French culinary training. Their restaurant set a standard for upscale Mexican food across Los Angeles.

Is an App to Blame for Neighborhood Traffic Jams? There's a new voice in town, that of the smartphone app called Waze , which crowd-sources GPS signals from moving cars to guide drivers away from heavy traffic.  More and more LA commuters are devoted to Waze to find alternatives to busy freeways.  The downside is that narrow streets in some residential neighborhoods are now being turned into highways. That's according to Richard Close, president of the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association. His neighborhood abuts the 405 Freeway in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The Best Restaurants in LA Urasawa is one of the most expensive restaurants in the United States, but it didn't make Los Angeles magazine's new list of the ' 75 Best Restaurants in LA ' – and there are likely to be more surprises when the magazine releases the list tomorrow. You're sure to find some of your favorites in there, discover some new places and, of course, find something to argue about! The list was edited by Dining Editor Lesley Barger Suter.

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