Gold Drops L.A.'s Top Ramen; Scattergood Seeks Out Porchetta
In Orange County, Brad A. Johnson gives DivBar a sterling review, a day before the chef takes off.
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Gold Mines Cortez To Find Shrunken Small Plates; Rodell Rousts Chatty Waiter and Uneven Execution at Le Ka
Elsewhere, Brad A. Johnson eats a bunch of tacos in Dana Point.
Is L.A. Having Trouble Stomaching Fair Restaurant Criticism?
Chef Eric Park and readers of L.A. Weekly are blasting back at Besha Rodell.
Rodell Wrassles Down Black Hogg; Gold Tackles Tex-Mex at Bar Ama
Elsewhere, Brad A. Johnson suggests skipping the tasting menu and goling straight for the escargot shumai at Charlie Palmer.
Rodell Adores The Austrian Authenticity of BierBeisel; Gold Jumps Aboard Bestia
Bernhard Mairinger's European sensibilities and training net his restaurant three stars from L.A. Weekly.
Besha Basks in Bestia; O.C. Weekly Tears Into Fast Food Maven
Elsewhere, Jonathan Gold looks at his favorite dishes of the past year.
Gold Charmed By Storefront's Cutting Edge Deli Sandwiches
The critic finds the tiny new shop "at the heart of one of the strongest culinary movements in the country."
Besha Rodell Regifting L.A. With a Star-System
She'll even add a star to Sherry's discontinued ratings system.
10 Ways Dining Changed in L.A. in 2012
Forbidden ingredients, restaurants returning from the grave, and a major critical shakeup. Some trends and go, but these developments are more than likely here to stay.
J. Gold Stands Beside Spago; Besha Rodell Thinks Cortez Is Killing It
The Echo Park locavore avoids being just "a parody of 2012 and of everything Chang was deriding in his figs-on-a-plate comment."
Gold Meets Sqirl; Besha's Back at Spago
In other news, Brad A. Johnson finds both stumbles and success stories at Stonehill Tavern.
Patric Kuh Lyrically Sizes Up Spago's Re-Incarnation
Puck "became this city's essential chef because forward is the only direction he moves in," writes the critic.
Alma Wins Gold; M.A.K.E. Made Besha Raw
Jonathan Gold Really Loved Alma; Besha Rodell Really Got Raw at M.A.K.E. Time Out LA finds food fantasy at The Hart and The Hunter
WuHan, Gold's Got You All in Check; Rodell Savors The Camp at MessHall
The L.A. Times critic eats the Chinese city's signature re gan mian and gets a dose of bullfrog stew.
Brad A. Johnson Kicks Off O.C. Register Reviews
The James Beard-winning writer lists his battle scars and takes a stab at the bloggerati.
Jonathan Gold Rolls Into MessHall For a Fun Time
The camp-themed restaurant is more of a neighborhood scream than a destination.
Besha Bashes Gordon Ramsay's Fat Cow
The critic is offended by standard mall food at twice the price.
Brad A. Johnson Hammers Laurel Hardware; Rodell Reveals No Surprises at Nobu Malibu
The Time Out critic calls the West Hollywood hottie "lazy" and the pizza "gummy."
Gold Shines Another Spotlight on Kang Ho-dong Baekjong; Rodell Rebel Yells at Animal
The L.A. Weekly critic calls Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo L.A.'s most successful Southern-influenced chefs.
Jonathan Gold Tackles Laurel Hardware
"Sometimes the intermarriage works," the critic writes of Mario Alberto's vast imagination, "and sometimes it doesn't."