Email Author Jonathan Gold

Awards

• 2011 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published December 30, 2010

  "Two Cheers for Anonimity"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 29, 2010

  "Beware the Dangerous Cemita"

• 2011 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published October 28, 2010

  "Ode to the Slimy Hagfish"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 11, 2010

  "Stomp, the Restaurant"

• 2011 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published September 23, 2010

  "Back to Bayless"

• 2011 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published July 22, 2010

  "Ramen Freaks and Noodle Geeks"

• 2011 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published June 24, 2010

  "Weenies and Wings Fit for a Prince"

• 2011 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published June 3, 2010

  "Outside Inside"

• 2011 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published May 20, 2010

  "Liberty, Equality, LudoBites"

• 2011 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published April 29, 2010

  "Beware the Dangerous Cemita"

• 2011 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published February 11, 2010

  "Stomp, the Restaurant"

• 2011 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published November 11, 2010

  "A Movable Beast"

• 2011 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published February 26, 2010

  "99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die"

• 2011 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published November 4, 2010

  "Dan Dan Mian"

• 2011 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published October 28, 2010

  "Ode to the Slimy Hagfish"

• 2011 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published November 11, 2010

  "A Movable Beast"

• 2011 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published February 26, 2010

  "99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die"

• 2011 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published February 26, 2010

  "99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 26, 2010

  "99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die"

• 2010 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published November 13, 2009

  "Hare Today"

• 2010 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published July 17, 2009

  "Hot Birria, Cold Cerveza"

• 2010 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published January 23, 2009

  "Sauced"

• 2010 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published March 5, 2009

  "The New Cocktailians"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 13, 2009

  "So Sorry, So Good"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Bistro LQ"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 16, 2009

  "Floria del Rio Will Get Your Goat"

• 2009 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published December 12, 2008

  "Pho Town"

• 2009 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published October 10, 2008

  "A Fine Palate"

• 2009 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published September 19, 2008

  "A Proper Brasserie"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 19, 2008

  "A Proper Brasserie"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 24, 2008

  "Keep on Trucking"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 7, 2008

  "Breaking Free"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Restaurant reviews

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Counter Intelligence

• 2007 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published December 8, 2006

  "Flesh and Bone"

• 2007 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published September 29, 2006

  "Bring the Funk"

• 2007 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published September 8, 2006

  "Claws and Effect"

• 2007 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published September 1, 2006

  "L.A. Simonized"

• 2007 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published July 28, 2006

  "Cool Hunting"

• 2007 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published July 20, 2006

  "Porno Burrito"

• 2007 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published March 17, 2006

  "The Great White Duck"

• 2007 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published February 24, 2006

  "Devil's Own Steak House"

• 2007 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published February 10, 2006

  "Out of the Flames"

• 2007 - The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism/Columbia University, published January 13, 2006

  "Hare Today"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 29, 2006

  "Bring the Funk"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 6, 2006

  "Flesh and Bone"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 10, 2006

  "Out of the Flames"

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published March 17, 2005

  "The Revolutionary"

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published December 16, 1998

  "Raw Power"

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published July 14, 2005

  "Great Balls O' Rice"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 16, 1998

  "Raw Power"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 13, 2005

  "Sex and the Steak House"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 17, 2005

  "The Revolutionary"

• 2006 - Association of Food Journalists Awards

  Restaurant Criticism

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2012 Stories by Jonathan Gold

• Jonathan Gold Reviews Shanghai No. 1 Seafood Village

  published February 2, 2012

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  Where Does a Restaurant Critic Go When He's Not on the Clockr

  published Feb 01, 2012

  ​I am often asked where I eat when I am not on the clock, when the agenda includes neither distant anticucherias nor Korean silkworm soup. And the answer I have not quite given, although I proba More >>

• Rocio Camacho's Latest: Mole de los Dioses

  published Feb 01, 2012

  ​Mole -- we've all had mole. Los Angeles may be the best place to eat mole outside Oaxaca and maybe the D.F., a bastion of both Oaxacan and Poblano styles of the ultracomplex sauce. If you can't More >>

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  What's With All the Beer Pubsr

  published Feb 01, 2012

  ​Dear Mr. Gold: What's with all these beer pubsr It's very 1991 Denver. --Eric Beteille, via FacebookDear Mr. Beteille: In a way you're right. Pubs are perhaps overrepresented in the current cro More >>

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  Bouillabaisse: Meant for the Poor, Now for the Rich

  published Jan 25, 2012

  ​Dear Mr. Gold: It's that time of year, cold and dark early, which means there is nothing more inviting than that wave of heat and spice when you enter a great Italian trattoria. I'm hunting for More >>

• Jonathan Gold's Angeli Caffe Eulogy

  published January 19, 2012

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• Aroma Cafe: Even If You Can't Pronounce Pljeskavica, You Can Point

  published Jan 18, 2012

  ​Can you say pljeskavicar I kind of can't, which may be why I don't visit this Bosnian cafe as often as I would like to -- which is kind of a lot, considering they also have wonderful spinach bu More >>

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  Sushi Kimagure Ike: Pasadena's Best Sushi Bar Everr

  published Jan 18, 2012

  ​For years, Sushi Ike was the best sushi bar in Hollywood, the place you went when you wanted to escape from the fishy neologisms of Geisha House and Katsu-Ya for something close to classic, Edo More >>

• Where in L.A. is Tarte Flambeer

  published Jan 18, 2012

  ​Dear Mr. Gold: A friend of mine lives near the French eatery La Poubelle and I live close to Cafe Stella. We alternate. But while La Poubelle serves flatbread, Stella does not. And I've been th More >>

• Jonathan Gold Reviews Westfield Culver City Food Court

  published January 12, 2012

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  Milo and Olive: 3rd Wave Pizza + Empire-building in Santa Monica

  published Jan 11, 2012

  ​Those Rustic Canyon guysr It's an empire they're building in Santa Monica, from ice cream, to wine, to breakfast -- and now pizza, at this new, perpetually crowded small-plates restaurant whose More >>

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  Jewish Iraqi Food: Yes, But in Los Angelesr

  published Jan 11, 2012

  ​Dear Mr. Gold: My parents are coming to visit soon and I was hoping to do them proud by finding some authentic Iraqi cuisine akin to what my Baghdad-born father grew up eating just outside of T More >>

• Carousel: The Joy of Mezze, With or Without Belly Dancing

  published Jan 10, 2012

  ​The Lebanese-Armenian restaurant Carousel has been holding down its position in Little Armenia longer than almost anyone can remember, as it's a reliable place for kebab platters, the usual sal More >>

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  In Search of Curly Fries, Like They Have in Missouri

  published Jan 04, 2012

  ​Dear Mr. Gold: I have a hankering for some grease. I would like it to come in the form of a "brick" of Susie-Q french fries. I don't want any of these wimpy curly fries people talk about, looki More >>

• Crispy Pork Gang & Grill: In Thai Town, You Gotta Have a Gimmick

  published Dec 28, 2011

  ​Well, yes, Crispy Pork Gang. A restaurant. A Thai restaurant. In that Thai Town strip mall that somebody should have thought of a catchy name for by now, but anyway, the one with Ganda, Ruen Pa More >>

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  The World in Dumplings: Or, Not Living By XLB Alone

  published Dec 28, 2011

  ​Dear Mr. Gold: I'd like to do a tour of the world's cuisines through dumplings. Xiao long bao [Chinese soup dumplings] may be my favorite food on Earth, but one does not live by XLB alone. So f More >>

• Night of the Broken Rice at Com Tam Thuan Kieu

  published Dec 21, 2011

  ​Com tam is pure Vietnamese soul food, jagged shards of rice broken in the threshing process, repurposed as lunch -- com tam with a bit of scallion oil is among the cheapest and most delicious t More >>

• Churros for Hanukkah: Oil and Pluralism

  published Dec 20, 2011

  ​Dear Mr. Gold: It's Hanukkah, and I want to have a party, but I live in a small apartment and hate frying things because the smell never goes away. I thought I would have a churros and spiked c More >>

• The Return of El Gallo Grill

  published Dec 20, 2011

  ​When foodists talk about the deceased restaurants of East Los Angeles, you will always hear mention of Gallo's Grill, which for a time gave the neighborhood a glimpse at what a Mexican steakhou More >>

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  The Vol. 94: McSweetbreads + The Invasion of the Small Plates

  published Dec 14, 2011

  ​The invasion of the small plates is not finished, oh no. It is marching down our streets and avenues, invading our towns and villages, leaving behind nothing in its wake but duck-slider crumbs, More >>

• Chinese Dinner for Christmas

  published Dec 14, 2011

  ​Dear Mr. Gold: My husband and I, originally from Connecticut, are fairly new to L.A., and have had a hard time finding good Chinese food. This is our first year as a married couple and we're lo More >>

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  Nick's Cafe: An Old-fashioned Diner That's Newly Hip ... Sort Of

  published Dec 13, 2011

  ​When poet Suzanne Lummis asked me about "noir" restaurants for a literary series she was curating, the first place that came to mind was Nick's Cafe, a battered diner I hadn't been to since the More >>

• Where To Go For L.A.'s Version Of NYC Halal Carts

  published Dec 07, 2011

  ​Dear Mr. Gold: New York City has the legendary halal carts at 53rd Street and Sixth Avenue. Please tell me Los Angeles has something similar. --Joseph Saranglo, via FacebookDear Mr. Saranglo: I More >>

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  Baco Mercat: An Exam in Culinary Poststructuralism

  published Dec 07, 2011

  ​Some new small-plates restaurants are content to serve you hamburgers and fries. Others bring in influences from Singapore, Copenhagen or Tokyo. But the menu at Baco Mercat, the new restaurant More >>

• Short Order: The Late Amy Pressman's Burger Obsession Stays Alive

  published Nov 30, 2011

  ​If you've been around the back of the Farmers Market lately, you've probably noticed an odd glass appendage, and the funk of charred meat, and a waxing throng whose average age seems at least 2 More >>