Off the Menu by Gary Baseman

"The exhibition, “Off the Menu,” located inside the long-shuttered Johnie’s Coffee Shop on Wilshire and Fairfax, is Baseman’s first hometown solo show in more than a decade. Featuring about 40 colored pencil drawings — mostly on real menus from L.A. restaurants — the whimsical show is a love letter to his Fairfax neighborhood. It launched Friday May 08 in conjunction with the opening of the Wilshire and Fairfax subway station and is set to run through June 14. The show, a celebration of L.A.’s dining culture, features drawings in Baseman’s signature “dream reality” style that blends real-life surroundings — his dining companions included — with mythical creatures from his universe and fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White." https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-05-12/gary-baseman-menu-drawings-johnies-new-exhibition