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Ashley Randall Photography It’s shaping up to be a whole new summer at Hatchet Hall, one of the greater Westside’s most popular dining spots. The Southern-inspired restaurant would have been celebrating its six-year anniversary under the stewardship of chef Brian Dunsmoor this summer, but instead, he’s moving on for new projects further east — and that means a new chef for the star spot at 12517 Washington Boulevard in Culver City. First up, the newcomer for Hatchet Hall is none other than Wes Whitsell, the Texas-born chef who founded Arts District staple Manuela in September of 2016...

L.A.'s Hottest Dining Scene Is Now Outside of the City Krista Simmons Perhaps no city is more suited to day tripping than Los Angeles, a town that lives and dies by its obsessive car culture. So it seems only natural that during lockdown, when something as simple as a trip to the bottle shop is an event worth dressing up for, Angelenos are taking to their cars to satisfy a need for diversion. In a time when drive-through holiday parades and car concerts are de rigueur, destination dining in Southern California has begun to mirror its European counterparts, with locals driving...