Email Author Besha Rodell

2013 Stories by Besha Rodell

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  The Hungry Cat: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  When a food writer has a birthday, where does she eat? This food writer went to the Hungry Cat, slurped 30-odd oysters and... More >>

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  ink.: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  In ink., Michael Voltaggio has created a restaurant that's both broody and as fun as they come, both serious business and pure... More >>

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  Jitlada: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  There's hardly anywhere in the country that could give you a better education in Southern Thai food than siblings Sarintip "Jazz" Singsanong... More >>

• Kiyokawa: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  The menu at Kiyokawa doesn't explain why you might seek out this small, unassuming sushi bar tucked among the nail salons and... More >>

• Kogi Truck: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  It's easy to wish the Korean taco had never been invented; it's easy to get sick of the food-truck glut. But much of that goes by the wayside... More >>

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  L&E Oyster Bar: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  Good wine and cold oysters: The combination shouldn't be too much to ask, especially in a coastal and cosmopolitan city like L.A. Yet the east... More >>

• Lucques: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  Suzanne Goin's wine-centric bistro in West Hollywood is a lovely example of what increasingly feels like a dying breed: the grown-up... More >>

• Ludo Truck: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  It's ironic that, at the very height of Ludo Lefebvre's fame, there's not a whole lot of his food to be had. With a new Hancock Park restaurant... More >>

• Lukshon: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  It's hard to call what Sang Yoon does at Lukshon "fusion," any more than you'd use the word to describe the imaginative... More >>

• Mélisse: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  If the casual-ification of the restaurant scene has got you down, if you'd still like to swish into a hushed, formal room, if you wish every... More >>

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  Milo and Olive: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  If Santa Monica were a house, Milo and Olive would be its sunny breakfast nook, although much more than breakfast takes place... More >>

• Mo-Chica: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  Ricardo Zarate has taken his whiz-kid Peruvian place Mo-Chica from a stall in Mercado la Paloma and moved it downtown, opening... More >>

• Musso & Frank: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  Step out of the tourist trap–laden, frat-boy noise of Hollywood Boulevard in 2013, and step into what is basically a time capsule —... More >>

• Nickel Diner: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  There may not be a better deal in town than the Nickel Diner's double-stuffed chicken, a mountain of roast chicken with... More >>

• Night + Market: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  Kris Yenbamroong is as much a cultural curator as he is a chef. At Night + Market, Yenbamroong presents the unadulterated,... More >>

• Oinkster: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  In the lunch line at Oinkster, men and women with copious neck and hand tattoos mingle with guys in suits. Across two tables,... More >>

• Osteria Mozza: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  If you adore restaurants, if you're addicted to the sounds, the energy and the spectacle of dining out, there's hardly anyplace in L.A. that's... More >>

• Park's BBQ: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  If the walls full of celebrity photos (from Korean pop stars to Keanu Reeves) at Park's BBQ don't tip you off, if the... More >>

• Picca: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  Los Angeles is both lucky and unusual in that it's rich in Peruvian cuisine — even high-end Peruvian cuisine, thanks to Nobu's longtime... More >>

• Pink's: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  Go ahead and take off your food-snob shoulder chip for a few minutes and bask in the glorious silliness that is Pink's Famous Hot... More >>

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  Pizzeria Mozza: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  Among the great L.A. conversations, along with which routes are the fastest and what celebrity you saw most recently, is the debate over... More >>

• Playa: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  John Sedlar, chef and owner of Playa, says that the name of his restaurant refers to the laid-back, seaside Southern... More >>

• R&R Soul Food: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  There's no shtick to this Carson soul-food joint, no marketing plan, no cutesy "down-home" aspirations. There's also no steam table and no duds... More >>

• Red Medicine: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  Eating chef Jordan Kahn's hyper-conceptual creations out of a terrarium, as many dishes at Red Medicine are served, is nothing... More >>

• Ricky's Fish Tacos: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

  published February 28, 2013

  Many people attribute the magic of Ricky's Fish Tacos to the gloriously makeshift nature of the enterprise — a... More >>