Tacolicious a Week Away, Mixt Greens Headed to LA Too

THE MARINA—Less than a week after Laiola's swan song, new signage is up and Tacolicious is already just about ready to make its debut, with a public opening currently slated for Wednesday Monday. Brace. [EaterWire, previously]

LOS ANGELES—Not only is San Francisco's Mixt Greens headed to Washington DC, but the salad mini-chain is expanding to Los Angeles too. Two new SoCal locations will open up in the coming months: one in Malibu and one near LACMA. [LAT]

MEDIA—This might be the best thing you read today. Roget Ebert, who recently lost the ability to eat and drink, pens a long, heartfelt column on food. While the inability to eat/drink is not so bad, the big loss for him is the activity of dining: "So that's what's sad about not eating. The loss of dining, not the loss of food. It may be personal, but for, unless I'm alone, it doesn't involve dinner if it doesn't involve talking. The food and drink I can do without easily. The jokes, gossip, laughs, arguments and shared memories I miss." [Sun-Times via Eater National]