Scouting Reports

Name: Tabachines Cocina Concept: Healthful Mexican food by chef Patricia Zarate, who is also the founder and chef of Homegirl Cafe and Catering, a division of Homeboy Industries (the nonprofit helping former gang members).

Name: Deluxe Cafe and Lounge, a Middle Eastern restaurant run by the Vartkessian family.

Name: Pingtung eat-in market, named after the city in Taiwan where chef and owner Li Ping is from.

Name: Le Petit Paris.

Name of restaurant: La Esquina 2, which means “the corner” in Spanish.

Name of restaurant: Leona, named after the original street name for Washington Boulevard, where the restaurant is.

Name of restaurant: Dok Dok Chicken.

Name of restaurant: China Tasty.

Name of restaurant: Jjukku Jjukku, which is a reference to the Korean word for baby octopus, jjukkumi.

Name of restaurant: Mr. Bossam. Check out the cartoon mascot, presumably Mr.

Name of restaurant: Tacos Estilo Guadalajara, a minimalist Mexican restaurant in the residential Southeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Lynwood.

Now that customizable bowls of poké are the next build-you-own pizza, a new poké shop seems to open every few weeks.

Name of the restaurant: Knuckle and Claw.

Name of restaurant: Ostrich Farm, after a bygone railway that traveled the nearby hills and ravines to Griffith Park.

Name of restaurant: Kaya Street Kitchen.

Name of restaurant: Hangari Bajirak Kalgooksoo.

Name: The District by Hannah An -- a reference to the diverse neighborhoods, called districts, of Vietnam from which the menu draws -- opened in early February on West Third Street in West Hollywood, near A.O.C.

Name of restaurant: Necco, which means “root” in Japanese, as indicated by creative uses of daikon, carrots, ginger, gobo and renkon (lotus root).

Name of the restaurant: Who’s Hungry Food Solutions, a farmers market vendor who specializes in Caribbean food.

Name of restaurant: Carreras Cemitas of LCP.

Name of restaurant: All’Acqua.

Chef: “Top Chef” runner-up Brooke Williamson and her husband and partner Nick Roberts.

Name of restaurant: Mac-O-Licious in Valley Village Chef/Owner: Kelly Chapman, a singer-songwriter from Cleveland, grew up cooking Southern food with both of her grandmothers.

Scouting Report: Irv’s Burgers (new location) Name of restaurant: Irv’s Burgers (open since 1946) moved to a new location in January.

Name of restaurant: Oleego (which means “to place or lay on top” in Korean) Concept: Fast food Korean in an upscale downtown food court Chef: Jenee Kim, the owner of Park’s Barbeque, is trying her fast-casual Korean food concept at the TASTE inside the Fig at 7th complex What dish represents the restaurant, and why?

Name of restaurant: Bugis Street Brasserie, a Singaporean-Chinese-influenced concept named after a major tourist junction in Singapore.

Name of restaurant: BeBe Fusion. A mash-up of the names of the owner’s kids -- Belinda and Benjamin.

Name of restaurant: Wonderful Restaurant.