Katherine Spiers

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Best Fully Loaded Taco

Katherine Spiers
The popular conception of L.A.-style tacos is that they're fairly pared down: You're served meat in a tortilla, and you add your own accoutrements, usually simple toppings such as salsas and onions and cilantro. The tacos at Los Cinco Puntos, though, are different creatures. These start with thick tortillas, handmade......
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Best Dessert at Grand Central Market

Katherine Spiers
We're a few years into Grand Central Market's renaissance, but it's not yet old news. Somehow, with the exception of a very few missteps (Anheuser-Busch? Seriously, guys?), GCM only becomes more of a culinary wonderland every day. The most glorious addition of the year is Sari Sari Store, a stall......
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Best Seolleongtang

Katherine Spiers
There are a number of very specialized restaurants popping up in Koreatown, and one of the best is Master Ha, or Ha Sun Saeng, which focuses most of its energy on a soup called seolleongtang. The dish starts with a base of bone broth — or, you know, stock. Beef......
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Best Dinnertime Scene

Katherine Spiers
Some restaurants try very hard to cultivate a certain type of clientele. Others can just bring in happy, fun-loving people by virtue of the food and drinks alone. Rossoblu, a Northern Italian–inspired restaurant that opened this year in downtown's Fashion District, is the latter type of place: Walking in feels......