The temporary Weekly critic describes Beran as being “equal parts earnest, lighthearted and obsessively thoughtful.” These characteristics come out in full force in his cooking: A course called ...

Summer is here, and it’s high season for restaurant openings. Now it’s time for Dialogue, the tasting menu experience from Chicago chef turned Los Angeles restaurateur Dave Beran, in a location nobody ...

At Dialogue, a hidden rebel base of a modernist restaurant in Santa Monica, Dave Beran is serving a tasting menu that currently cycles through three themes: a glance back at summer, a celebration of ...

This is part of Nation Restaurant News' special coverage of the 2012 MUFSO conference, taking place Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas. Follow coverage of the event on NRN.com's ‘At ...

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 ...

Heading up the escalator toward the space that will soon be occupied by one of America’s most ambitious new restaurants, I’m enveloped by the smell of fresh waffle cones being made in the Technicolor ...

One of the best things I’ve ever eaten was a pressed squab that was part of the Hunt menu at Chicago’s restaurant Next, a bloody, barely roasted bird whose breasts and legs were ceremoniously carved ...

A good massage. An overdue trip to my colorist. A Springsteen ticket. Those are some of the things I've determined are worth $125 an hour. It's not lost on me that they're all luxuries, and so is ...

Chef Dave Beran’s restaurant Dialogue is tucked into the second floor of a food court on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade. Dialogue’s tasting menus have become some of the most highly regarded ...