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

• Jar: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Suzanne Tracht's snazzy steakhouse reads like a blast from the Rat Pack past: Hollywood Regency plus the Birth of the Cool, chefly riffs on the... More >>

• Ink.: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  I'm not sure what you do when you get up in the morning. I tend to check the online reservation page at Michael Voltaggio's restaurant Ink., in... More >>

• Hungry Cat: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Does the appeal of the Hollywood ArcLight lie in its enormous screens, the quality of its projection — or in its proximity to Hungry Cat,... More >>

• Son of a Gun: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

   Whatever the current style in Los Angeles restaurants ends up being named, from the small-plate thing to the fixation on local, organic... More >>

• Huckleberry: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  It's kind of a miracle to see the graciousness factory at work down at Huckleberry — the sweet smells, the pale walls, the way they... More >>

• Guisados: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  In Mexico City, tacos de guisado are the essential units of street-food consumption, thick tortillas splashed with stew from a heated... More >>

• Guelaguetza: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  If any restaurant has earned the right to kick its shoes off and chill for a while, it is probably Guelaguetza, which introduced essential... More >>

• Sotto: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  First of all, Sotto is not really a pizzeria. I thought I'd get that out of the way. Because while there is an oven — a 15,000-pound... More >>

• The Gorbals: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  With the Pico Kosher Corridor, bustling Israeli joints and the best delis in the country, Los Angeles is not exactly lacking in... More >>

• Good Girl Dinette: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Tucked into a storefront below an old Masonic lodge, in the pierced navel of the Highland Park art scene, Good Girl Dinette is so groovy that... More >>

• Golden State: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Not everybody agrees about Golden State. Some people think the cheeseburgers are the best in this part of Los Angeles; others merely place them... More >>

• Spago: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  The original Spago on Sunset was to New American Cooking what Meet the Beatles was to rock & roll: the one that changed the rules.... More >>

• Golden Deli: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Why is there still a line outside Golden Deli when very, very good restaurants in the same strip mall are quiet as tombs? How has it lasted... More >>

• Gjelina: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Want to make a grown woman blush? Suggest that the reason she wants to go to this serene patio restaurant on Abbot Kinney is because she wants... More >>

• Fig: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  L.A. native Ray Garcia has emerged as one of the most articulate spokesmen for sustainable eating this year, putting together food-literacy... More >>

• Father's Office: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Were Angelenos amused when Sang Yoon published a scholarly dissertation on ketchup in the local paper this year? They were. Yoon's reputation... More >>

• Fab Hot Dogs: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  A steaming museum of American wiener culture, Fab Hot Dogs is Joe Fabrocini's and Susie Speck Mayor's lovingly curated shrine to the Hatch... More >>

• Spice Table: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  You might expect a restaurant from the opening chef of Pizzeria Mozza to be jammed from the moment it opened, and you wouldn't be surprised to... More >>

• Eva: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  "We only wanted to be loved," howled PiL's John Lydon. And there is almost nothing Eva's Mark Gold, a veteran of Joachim Splichal's haute... More >>

• Euro Pane Bakery: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Sumi Chang's Euro Pane Bakery is the center of civilized life in Pasadena, and you probably could set your watch by the appearance of its... More >>

• Elvirita's: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  In the great march of regional Mexican cooking across Los Angeles, the cuisine of Puebla is usually reduced to a pair of dishes: mole poblano,... More >>

• Street: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  If you were to poll foodistas about L.A. kitchens of the 1980s, you would be likely to come up with a lot of affection for City Restaurant,... More >>

• El Parian: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  At this point in my life, I could no more change my allegiance to El Parian than I could my blind devotion to the Lakers. Because I've been... More >>

• El Huarache Azteca: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Without anyone much noticing the transition, Highland Park has become one of the best neighborhoods in Los Angeles to experience regional... More >>

• Drago Centro: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

  published November 10, 2011

  Celestino Drago's grand restaurant, opened in a banking complex at the depth of the financial crisis, has in the last few years had to reinvent... More >>