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

• Mother Dough: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Are you the type of person who is offended when a pizzeria closes on the rare days when its dough refuses to behave? Then Mother Dough probably... More >>

• Rustic Canyon: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

   Like so many other restaurants on the Westside, the food at the wine bar Rustic Canyon owes less to the standard bistro playbook than it... More >>

• Mo-Chica: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Mo-Chica is, at the moment, everybody's favorite example of the redemptive qualities of Los Angeles: a simple lunch counter, opened in the... More >>

• Salt's Cure: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Are you looking for the restaurant of the future? Because I have the feeling it is going to look a lot like Salt's Cure, which works the DIY... More >>

• Mezze: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Mezze, in the former Sona space up on La Cienega, is probably the swankest of the new upscale parlors specializing in meze, Middle... More >>

• Melisse: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  When people start talking about the death of fine dining in Los Angeles, by which they mean the lack of caviar, pheasant consommé and... More >>

• Meals by Genet: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Among all the kitsch and incense of Fairfax Avenue's Little Ethiopia, Meals by Genet stands out as an Ethiopian bistro, which is to say a... More >>

• Mayura: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Restaurants specializing in the cooking of Kerala are not thick on the ground. And even if you are familiar with Southern Indian cooking, a lot... More >>

• Sapp Coffee Shop: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Thai Town's boat-noodle wars show no signs of abating, and there may be no end of Thai cafés in the neighborhood claiming to serve the... More >>

• Marouch: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  When the food press gets to talking about the Middle Eastern food in America, Los Angeles rarely enters the conversation alongside Dearborn,... More >>

• Mantee: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  There is something about Mantee that can occasionally inspire a reasonable man to run screaming into the street: an overdecorated stuffiness; a... More >>

• Lukshon: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  You can be forgiven for surmising that something's up at Lukshon, right? Because you are at a Sang Yoon restaurant, nobody has tried to tackle... More >>

• LudoBites: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  A pop-up, you think. How ... 2008. Because here we are again, walking through an industrial district with a bottle of Arbois in each hand, a... More >>

• Lucques: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  It's slightly embarrassing, but after all these years and all these meals, it is still hard to describe exactly what defines a Suzanne Goin... More >>

• Lou: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  "I want you to taste this," says Lou Amdur, handing you a glass of sour, cloudy liquid that smells like yesterday's bread dough. Although you... More >>

• Little Dom's: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Dark wood, deep booths and Sinatra; Manhattans and "dago red"; spaghetti and meatballs — your instincts tell you South Jersey, but chef... More >>

• Le Comptoir: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Le Comptoir is every chef's dream restaurant: a few counter seats, a single menu each night, and the intimacy of a sushi bar — although... More >>

• Lazy Ox Canteen: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Like many of the best restaurants of the moment, Lazy Ox is tinged with aggression, leaping like flames from the open kitchen, in this case... More >>

• Larkin's: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  For a place known for great banana pudding and happy Sunday brunch, this Eagle Rock restaurant is oddly controversial, distrusted by people... More >>

• Langer's: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  By this point, it is a matter of conventional wisdom: Langer's serves the best pastrami sandwich in America. No matter how many doubting New... More >>

• La Casita Mexicana: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  When you sit down at La Casita, the spiritual home of Mexican cooking in Los Angeles, you are brought a basket of warm chips drizzled with... More >>

• Kobawoo: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  After several years and many gallons of soju devoted to the subject, I have determined that my favorite Korean dish is almost certainly... More >>

• Kiriko: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Kiriko may still be the great, undiscovered sushi bar in Los Angeles, and Ken Namba's traditional yet creative sashimi surpasses most of what... More >>

• Jitlada: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  We know a woman who has made it her life's project to work through the typewritten addendum at the back of Jitlada's menu, 208 Southern Thai... More >>

• Sea Harbour: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  I am reasonably sure that when Jackie Chan dines at Sea Harbour, he is whisked to a private room, plied with Bordeaux and fed the supreme... More >>