Locol, the groundbreaking, community-focused restaurant that closed five years ago, is set to reopen in its original Watts location — this time as a nonprofit organization. Daniel Patterson, the chef ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alta chef-partners Daniel Patterson, left, and Keith Corbin recently reopened Locol in Watts after roughly six years of closure.

Perhaps no recent American restaurant got as much publicity as Locol did it when it opened in Watts in 2016, a dream of two star California chefs, an unapologetic focus on supporting neighborhoods of ...

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. When it opened eight years ago, Locol was the brainchild of ...

Monica Burton is the former deputy editor of Eater.com where she covered restaurants and food culture from 2017 to 2025. Although Choi says he and Patterson “built this project to grow and to ...

When chefs Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson opened the first LocoL near 103rd and Grape streets in L.A., they weren’t grasping for restaurant-review stars. It wasn’t about reviews; it was about bringing ...

Eater SF reports the bakery is focused on grab-and-go dining, with only a few seats at the counter. And it’s just one part of an ongoing push to keep the brand growing and evolving: Patterson confirms ...

Matthew Kang is a correspondent for Eater. Previously, he was the lead editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. He has covered dining, restaurants, food culture, and nightlife in Los ...

Case in point: both critics seemed to agree that the most successful menu items were those that came closest to what diners tend to expect from a fast food restaurant, namely the $5 flagship ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The owners of LocoL announced via ...

Alta chef-partners Daniel Patterson, left, and Keith Corbin recently reopened Locol in Watts after roughly six years of closure. (Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times) This month, community-minded ...