Email Author Jonathan Gold

Awards

• 2012 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published June 9, 2011

  "Back to Yu"

• 2012 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published April 21, 2011

  "Yoon Moves Beyond Burgers"

• 2012 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published February 3, 2011

  "Red Medicine"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 3, 2011

  "Red Medicine"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 9, 2011

  "Noodle Boy"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 5, 2011

  "Cochon 555's Traveling Pork and Wine Bacchanalia"

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

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

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

  "Two Cheers for Anonimity"

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

  "Ode to the Slimy Hagfish"

• 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 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 26, 2010

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

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

  "Beware the Dangerous Cemita"

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

  "Stomp, the Restaurant"

• 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 - 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"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Counter Intelligence

• 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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2011 Stories by Jonathan Gold

• Jonathan Gold's 10 Best Dishes of 2011

  published December 29, 2011

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• Jonathan Gold Reviews Dal Rae

  published December 22, 2011

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• Jonathan Gold Reviews Coni'Seafood

  published December 15, 2011

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• Jonathan Gold Reviews a Beefsteak at Vibiana

  published December 8, 2011

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• Jonathan Gold Reviews Tsujita L.A.

  published December 1, 2011

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• Jonathan Gold Reviews MB Post

  published November 24, 2011

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• Jonathan Gold Reviews Le Comptoir

  published November 17, 2011

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  Jonathan Gold's 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

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• Providence: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  At this point in his career, Michael Cimarusti has the chef thing down cold, poised when he addresses environmental forums and genial on TV,... More >>

• Pollos a la Brasa: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  This Peruvian chicken shack is the kind of place you may have thought was zoned out of existence, a kind of glassed-in shed set down on a... More >>

• Playa: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  My first taste of Playa, John Sedlar's small-plates restaurant in the old Grace space up on Beverly, was something called Maize Cake Bombay... More >>

• Picca: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  We are, I think, nearing the Peruvian Moment in cooking, which is to say that point where Peru's intricate interplay of high-mountain produce... More >>

• Park's Barbecue: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  On the Lunar New Year, after we had worked our way through prime rib-eye and brisket, beef tongue and skirt steak, tripe and special pork belly... More >>

• Ray's: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

   An event restaurant the second it opened its doors, Ray's is just past Chris Burden's street-lamp installation at the L.A. County Museum... More >>

• Palate Food + Wine: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  A relaxed, butter-yellow space in Glendale's car-dealer district, Palate is a fever dream of a restaurant, a dining room flowing into a... More >>

• 101 Noodle Express: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Nine-coil large intestine and millet porridge being what they are, Shandong cooking may be a bit less accessible to the average Angeleno than... More >>

• Red Medicine: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

   Red Medicine, whose co-owner unmasked and ejected the L.A. Times restaurant critic in his establishment's earliest weeks, is... More >>

• Oinkster: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  If you haven't been to the Oinkster in a while, what you probably should know is that Andre Guerrero has finally figured out the pastrami,... More >>

• Night + Market: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  You probably wouldn't expect to find L.A.'s best Thai street-food specialist on the Sunset Strip, and you probably wouldn't expect it to be... More >>

• The Nickel: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  The last time I was at the Nickel, I asked for a bowl of plain, steamed polenta. The waitress stood there, pencil unmoving, waiting for the... More >>

• Rivera: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  John Sedlar is a chef whose résumé could occupy most of a novel; a mind spinning off in a hundred directions at once, leaving... More >>

• Newport Tan Cang Seafood Restaurant: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  At Peter Luger, the ancient steakhouse in Brooklyn, the waiters used to be famous for telling customers that they'd be glad to let them see a... More >>

• Nem Nuong Khanh Hoa: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Most people know central Vietnamese cooking strictly through the noodle soup bun bo Hue. But in the Kanh Hoa region, the emblematic... More >>

• Musso & Frank Grill: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  If you walk into Musso expecting to have the same kind of steak you had last week at Morton's, you probably have the wrong idea. Because before... More >>

• Mozza: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Mozza has been sprawling so relentlessly that some of us have taken to calling it the Mozza Industrial Complex. And every time you poke your... More >>