Restaurants

Jonathan Gold’s much anticipated 101 Best Restaurants list hit the press this morning. The first-annual list published by the LA Times is a 68 page (ads included) love letter to LA’s best dining establishments. It begins and ends with two LA icons – Providence and The Apple Pan. In an interview with Evan Kleiman, Jonathan says that choosing 101 restaurants is not an easy task in a city of twenty to thirty thousands restaurants…

This week we explore the richness of LA’s dining scene. Marvin Gapultos shares some of his favorite Filipino dishes from his new cookbook The Adobo Road and Roy Choi discusses his unabashed love of SPAM. Los Angeles Magazine Dine Editor Lesley Barger Suter offers tips on sushi etiquette and where to find some of the best sushi in LA. Jonathan Gold enjoys a deconstructed …

Jonathan Gold describes the menu at chef Gino Angellini’s Riva Bella as a collection of the greatest hits from Italy. The restaurant is located in the enormous former Hamburger Hamlet space on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Find his recommended dishes and listen to his conversation with Evan Kleiman.

When you have a successful restaurant, inevitably there are dishes that you can’t ever take off the menu. Such is the case with the Smoked Bucatini Carbonara at Superba Snack Bar. Chef Jason Neroni cold smokes the fresh pasta over smoldering cherry wood chips. He then cooks it until just al dente and tops it with pancetta, parmesan, a perfectly poached egg and plenty …

Jonathan Gold visits Corazón y Miel, a new restaurant from young chef Eduardo Ruiz. He appears smitten with the cocktails, the tuck and roll upholstery and most of all the food. His favorite dishes include the corazón y miel (chicken hearts with honey and vinegar), potato chips with scallion dip, carnitas terrine, shrimp ceviche and pan con chompipe, an over-sized Salvadoran turkey sandwich.

This week on Good Food, Jonathan Gold discusses the unique mash up of Sinaloan food and sushi at Sushinaloa in Lynwood. The menu features items like aguachile over sushi rice or carne asada in sushi rolls. He compares the Gohan roll to chili fries – so wrong, but somehow delicious.

Vegan blogger Quarry Girl says M Cafe is one of her favorite destinations for vegan eats in LA. She highlights the Macro-Burger and the Vegan Eggs Benedict in her interview on Good Food this weekend. In her video, Quarry Girl shows just how approachable the menu at M Cafe is for both vegans and meat eaters. Chef Lee Gross calls his style ”contemporary macro-biotic cooking.” …

Jonathan Gold didn’t take raw food seriously at first, but after visiting Matthew Kenney’s M.A.K.E. multiple times he gains a new appreciation for the chef’s raw, vegan fare. He recommends the market tomato lasagna, nori roll, kimchi dumpling and shaved carrot salad.

“Portland: The Mighty Gastropolis” is a journey through what author Karen Brooks calls “America’s New Food Revolution.” It’s a revolution that is stained with pickle juice and greased with bone marrow. It’s happening on board carts, inside butcher shops and across communal tables. “The Mighty Gastropolis,” Brooks says, “is really a story about passion, obsession and perseverence.”

This week Jonathan Gold visits chi SPACCA, the latest restaurant from Mozza’s ever-expanding restaurant empire. Helmed by meat-obsessed chef Chad Colby, the menu is largely driven by the house-made charcuterie and large cuts of meat.