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Farm Aid: Auntie Em's Produce-Driven Dreams Farm Aid: Auntie Em's Produce-Driven Dreams
For photographs of Auntie Em's, view the slideshow here.  Auntie Em’s may be the grooviest place in Eagle Rock on Saturday afternoons,... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: November 20, 2008
Sorry, Fugu: Japan's blowfish may be exquisite, but Korea's take at Dae Bok packs a garlicky punch Sorry, Fugu: Japan's blowfish may be exquisite, but Korea's take at Dae Bok packs a garlicky punch
For photographs of Dae Bok, view Anne Fishbein's slideshow here.  In the farthest reaches of Koreatown, on a side street in a part of town... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: November 06, 2008
Lofty Ideals: Bistro Ambitions at Steven Arroyo's Church & State Lofty Ideals: Bistro Ambitions at Steven Arroyo's Church & State
For photographs of Church & State, view slideshow here. If you paid attention to art in Los Angeles a couple of decades ago, you probably... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: October 30, 2008
Philippe the Original Keeps Dipping
Everybody comes through Philippe the Original: movie stars and guys who’ve managed to scrounge 11 cents for coffee, politicians and city... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: October 09, 2008
Octavio Becerra's Fine Palate Octavio Becerra's Fine Palate
If you wanted to know why Palate Food + Wine is the restaurant world’s favorite new place to eat in Los Angeles this fall, above even spots... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: October 09, 2008
Chai Thung: Isaan Also Rises Chai Thung: Isaan Also Rises
It’s almost mind-bending, a good nam kaow tod, the rustic Thai salad of deep-fried rice grains and wetly pink Thai “spam,”... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: September 25, 2008
A Proper Brasserie: Alain Giraud's Anisette A Proper Brasserie: Alain Giraud's Anisette
There may be nothing quite as satisfying on a quiet Wednesday afternoon as a late lunch at Anisette brasserie, the chard and nectarines from a... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: September 18, 2008
Feel the Buzz at Szechwan Best Feel the Buzz at Szechwan Best
The first time I walked into Szechwan Best, a cozy spot near an Alhambra movie-theater complex, the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics was... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: September 11, 2008
Animal: Boys in the Hood Animal: Boys in the Hood
Fairfax Avenue, as it slumps from Canter’s Delicatessen toward the Silent Movie Theatre, is a testosterone-soaked patch of turf that might... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: August 28, 2008
Dog Days of Summer: Seeking Sausage Satori Dog Days of Summer: Seeking Sausage Satori
These are the trailing days of summer, when dusk crowds into the afternoon and tourists head back to France, Dodger fans begin to contemplate... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: August 21, 2008
Earlez Grille: Hot Dog Thrillers Earlez Grille: Hot Dog Thrillers
Across the street from the enormous West Angeles Cathedral, next to a future Exposition Line stop and close by a Muslim school and humming... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: August 14, 2008
Fab the Ripper: Every Hot Dog Has Its Day Fab the Ripper: Every Hot Dog Has Its Day
When I lived in Manhattan, where public transportation is king and parking is as valuable as gold, friends would sometimes joke that the only... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: August 07, 2008
Akasha, More Than Sustainable Akasha, More Than Sustainable
Having worked through its dark ages and its well-documented renaissance, the Culver City restaurant scene is entering its mannerist phase, an... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: July 31, 2008
Getting Stuffed at Arturo's Puffy Taco Getting Stuffed at Arturo's Puffy Taco
My friend Julie is one of those kitchen samurai you sometimes hear about, a woman who spends her year flitting from hotel room to hotel room,... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: July 24, 2008
Circus Maximalist: Monique King's Nine Thirty at the W Circus Maximalist: Monique King's Nine Thirty at the W
The Nine Thirty restaurant might be the last place you would expect to find a culinary epiphany in Los Angeles, jammed into the back of the... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: July 17, 2008
Dog Day Afternoon: Bites of Chicago in L.A. Dog Day Afternoon: Bites of Chicago in L.A.
My father was obsessed with hot dogs, to the point of distraction, and although he could discuss Bellow, Shostakovich or Jerome Kern for hours,... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: July 10, 2008
Stick Figures: Cumin-Dusted Xinjiang Barbecue, at San Gabriel's 818 Stick Figures: Cumin-Dusted Xinjiang Barbecue, at San Gabriel's 818
Xinjiang barbecue is one of the most compelling snacks in the world, thin skewers of charred lamb snatched bubbling from the grill, crusted with... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: July 03, 2008
King Hua's Dim Sum: Breakfast, à la Cart King Hua's Dim Sum: Breakfast, à la Cart
It’s 107 degrees in the San Gabriel Valley sun, a blasting heat with a sulfurous, hydrocarbon edge, and the sweating hordes packed inside... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: June 26, 2008
Tiara Cafe: Fashionably Fred Tiara Cafe: Fashionably Fred
Fred Eric is the house madman of Los Angeles cooking, the screaming id, the chef who has been most likely to succeed since the 1980s. He worked... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: June 19, 2008
Renu Nakorn: Spicy Thai Hot Spot Reopens Renu Nakorn: Spicy Thai Hot Spot Reopens
It’s practically a shrine, Renu Nakorn, the site of nearly everybody’s first regional-Thai restaurant epiphany, a storefront in an... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: June 12, 2008
Chunju Han-il Kwan Draws Hungry Night Crawlers With Its Budae Jjigae Chunju Han-il Kwan Draws Hungry Night Crawlers With Its Budae Jjigae
A spitting cauldron of superheated liquid on a tabletop burner, ejecting droplets of orange goo and puffs of sulfurous steam, the budae... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: June 05, 2008
Regional HQ for Spicy BBQ Regional HQ for Spicy BBQ
If you have ever poked your head into a restaurant serving northern Thai cooking, you have probably encountered nam prik oom, a slippery mash... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: May 29, 2008
Mayura's Flavors of Kerala Mayura's Flavors of Kerala
Jammed into a strip mall, sharing a parking lot with a doughnut parlor, a kebab house and a check-cashing emporium, Mayura may be the last place... More>>
By Jonathan Gold
Published: May 22, 2008
All Hopped Up at The New Father's Office All Hopped Up at The New Father's Office
It is undeniably pleasant, the new Father’s Office Los Angeles, a gastronomically inclined bar fitted into the eastern flank of the old... More>>
By J