Tuesday, August 4

Boulevard Bites: The Tuck Room Tavern offers tasty options for Valentine’s Day dates

Finding a delicious restaurant in Los Angeles can be difficult among the city’s thousands of dining options. To help readers narrow down their search, the Daily Bruin will review restaurants located along main streets near UCLA each week. Read more...

Photo: The Tuck Room Tavern’s appetizer of Reuben Croquettes are fried balls of cheese and pastrami. The outer layer is crispy breadcrumbs, topped with sauerkraut, pickles and Thousand Island dressing. (Linda Xu/Daily Bruin)


Restaurant Review: Sweetfin Poké hooks customers with bright, bold flavors

The white walls and countertops clash with the bright pink tuna at Sweetfin Poké, relaxing the mind while lightening up the taste buds. The small shop is situated one block from the Hammer Museum and is the latest in the Los Angeles poke chain of four restaurants. Read more...

Photo: Sweetfin Poké in Westwood serves up rice, kale salad or a noodle-cucumber slaw as a base for its bowls, which are then topped with raw fish and sauces. (Wesley Hardin/Daily Bruin)


Movie review: ‘The Lego Batman Movie’

The internet is full of comic book forums populated by rabid fans, including myself, who proclaim Batman’s superiority over other superheroes simply because he’s Batman. But despite our favorite billionaire vigilante defying death and defeating monsters on the daily, none of us could have prepared for his one true fear: snake clowns. Read more...

Photo: (Warner Bros.)



Skateboarding culture rides into the mainstream at UCLA

Angel Aparicio sped down the concrete hill to the bus stop on his skateboard every day after high school. The familiar route turned dangerous when Aparicio lost control while turning a corner, and went flying onto the sidewalk. Read more...

Photo: Fourth–year sociology student, Angel Aparicio, has been riding a skateboard since he was 11 years old, and though he has no plans to skate professionally, he continues skating regularly at UCLA. (Photo illustration by Michael Zshornack/Assistant photo editor)


Students to perform ‘Lips’ in fresh spin on ‘The Vagina Monologues’

This post was updated on Feb. 12 at 12:45 p.m. Vivi Le has written love letters to every crush she’s ever had. The letters detailed the deep color of her crushes’ eyes or the beauty of their smiles, compliments Le thought should never be left unsaid. Read more...

Photo: Eighteen women will be performing monologues in “Lips,” a production written, directed and performed by UCLA students and alumnae opening Friday in the Northwest Campus Auditorium. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)