Nan Yimcharoen, the chef behind Thai Japanese tasting menu restaurant Kinkan will head to the South Bay next with a market in Hermosa Beach this summer. Kinkan — best known for its inventive dishes like Panang Bolognese, legendary crab nights, and lunch chirashi — ended its five-year run in Virgil Village in March 2026 in preparation for a move to West Los Angeles development, West Edge. The market is currently slated to open in July at 1200 Pacific Coast Highway.
At Kinkan Market, Yimcharoen will return to her roots with bento boxes and chirashi, which she used to serve when the restaurant was still an underground pop-up. Alongside the prepared foods, the market will sell specialty ingredients, sake, beer, and tea, as well as pottery and home
goods.
Currently, Yimcharoen is hosting Kinkan pop-ups in Kyoto while readying to open the market. Kinkan’s West Edge location, which will offer a kaiseki-style menu at its 15-person counter, is set to open in 2027.
Spring menu at Verve Coffee Roasters
Yangban’s chef, Katianna Hong, has joined Verve Coffee Roasters as its vice president of culinary, just in time to launch a new spring menu. The new dishes, including yellow mango chia pudding, roasted tahini and honey toast, and a Tokyo egg salad croissant, are now available at all of Verve’s Los Angeles cafes.
Fly by Jing on tour
Fly by Jing is going on a nationwide chile crisp bagel tour to celebrate the launch of its new mild garlic Sichuan chile crisp. Head to Daniel’s Bagels until May 20 for the limited-edition chile crisp bialy, or Rise Bagels in Irvine for chile crisp egg salad bagels between May 30 and 31.
Agnes Restaurant & Cheesery celebrates five years in Pasadena
Agnes will ring in its fifth birthday with a series of collaborative chef dinners. The series kicks off on Monday, June 1, with an anniversary celebration featuring chef Teresa Montaño (Otoño) alongside Lydia Clarke and Reed Herrick of the now-closed DTLA Cheese Superette and Kippered. The event will be a cocktail party format with passed appetizers and food stations serving bites, including paella, tapas, tinned fish, and pan con tomate. Reservations are available on OpenTable. The rest of the month will feature chefs including Wedchayan “Deau” Arpapornnopparat (Holy Basil), Cathy and Vanda Asapahu (Ayara Thai), and Ray Garcia (Broken Spanish Comedor).
Sprouts expands to Inglewood
On the heels of opening in Echo Park, Sprouts Farmers Market has another expansion on the horizon: Inglewood. The grocer will open on Friday, June 26, in a former 99 Cents Only Store on Crenshaw Boulevard.
Everywhere Beer gets an opening date at Union Station
Everywhere Beer, a brewery opened by a team of Bruery alums, will debut in the former Union Station Fred Harvey space on Friday, May 22. This will be Everywhere’s fourth location, joining current California taprooms in Orange and Long Beach, and a third outpost in Portland.
