Discuss: http://ballots.latimes.com/lists/101-best-restaurants-jonathan-gold/
Nice to see Sqirl and Allumette on the list.
can’t read it without membership to LA times. weird
It’s free and open for me…
says subscribers only.
What did you do to piss of the LA Times? ![[snort.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/b/bdc3944606213c4dca6c1169cf0a166c8bc4f8c9.gif "snort.gif"){kind=small}
It takes some google skills to find it without registering:
1 Providence
2 Spago
3 Mozza
4 Shunji
5 Lucques
6 Rustic Canyon
7 Ink
8 Trois Mec
9 Animal
10 Cut
11 Orsa & Winston
12 Alma
13 Red Medicine
14 Bestia
15 Rivera
16 The Tasting Kitchen
17 AOC
18 n/naka
19 Church & State
20 République
21 Jitlada
22 SAAM
23 Pot
24 Night + Market
25 The Factory Kitchen
26 Mélisse
27 Son of a Gun
28 Hinoki and the Bird
29 Marché Moderne
30 Tsujita
31 Guerrilla Tacos
32 Bäco Mercat
33 Connie and Ted’s
34 Jar
35 Girasol
36 Lukshon
37 Barnyard
38 Hatfield’s
39 Kogi
40 Fig
41 Kiriko
42 Guelaguetza
43 Vincenti Ristorante
44 Sotto
45 Manhattan Beach Post
46 Salt’s Cure
47 Angelini Osteria
48 Sea Harbour
49 Drago Centro
50 Tar & Roses
51 Allumette
52 Chengdu Taste
53 Post & Beam
54 Bludso’s
55 The Hungry Cat
56 Shanghai No. 1 Seafood Village
57 Sqirl
58 Din Tai Fung
59 Colonia Taco Lounge
60 Marouch
61 Matsuhisa
62 The Hart & the Hunter
63 Little Sister
64 Bucato
65 Playground
66 Langer’s
67 Gjelina
68 La Casita Mexicana
69 Corazón y Miel
70 The Grill on the Alley
71 Plan Check
72 Taco María
73 The Sycamore Kitchen
74 Mo-Chica
75 Ración
76 Attari Sandwich Shop
77 Guisados
78 Cooks County
79 Mayura
80 Sapp Coffee Shop
81 Meals by Genet
82 Mantee Cafe
83 Superba Snack Bar
84 Park’s Barbeque
85 Mariscos Jalisco
86 Picca
87 Patina
88 Chichén Itzá
89 Newport Tan Cang Seafood
90 Kang Ho-dong Baekjeong
91 Coni’Seafood
92 Musso & Frank Grill
93 Bulgarini Gelato
94 Border Grill
95 Hunan Mao
96 Nickel Diner
97 Golden Deli
98 Mexicali Taco & Co.
99 Kobawoo House
100 Rocio’s Mole de los Dioses
101 Starry Kitchen
hard to make a top 101 list in LA and not include urasawa…
Hmmm, I just clicked on one of the hundreds of retweets of the link on twitter.
I immediately noticed that.
Lot of mediocrity at the top. Confirms both my sense that Gold is not as good as he once was (during the LA Weekly days) and that fine dining in LA is terrible for a metro area of its size.
I think his real strength is recognizing all the off the beaten path ethnic joints that someone from Michelin or Gourmet wouldn’t even visit. Some amazing stuff in there in that sense and they DESERVE the recognition.
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000% true. LA is just too “casual”. I’d love some more special occasion restaurants.
Roberto,
I have no problem with Gold’s love of ethnic foods. Today I ate lengua, buche, and cabeza tacos for lunch and will have dinner at Chada Thai in Las Vegas. Loving ethnic food and bemoaning the lack of fine dining in a 10MM person metro area are not mutually exclusive. NYC does a pretty good job of having both. As does London, which had crummy fine dining until recently.
Fu - You need to come to Chicago more often.
As long as you bring Dujac…
George