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Why Everyone Should Care About the L.A. Times’ Brand-new Food Section Editor Peter Meehan on Jonathan Gold’s legacy, Lucky Peach ‘s influence, and beefing with Bon Appétit .
By Nikita Richardson
The L.A. Times Hired Two New Restaurant Critics Eater’s Bill Addison and the Arizona Republic’s Patricia Escárcega will pick up where Jonathan Gold left off.
By Nikita Richardson
Lucky Peach Cofounder Peter Meehan Joins the Los Angeles Times As a contributing editor tasked with “seeking new restaurant critics and authoritative voices” to contribute to the paper’s food section.
By Nikita Richardson
in memorium
July 27, 2018
L.A. Will Light Up This Weekend in Honor of Jonathan Gold More than a dozen buildings in the city will shine gold lights on their façades in tribute to the late restaurant critic.
By Nikita Richardson
Jonathan Gold on His New Movie “Can you imagine me being Guy Fieri?”
By Katie Van Syckle
The Other Critics
Jan. 26, 2015
Pulitzer Prize–Winning Food Critic Jonathan Gold Abandons “If chefs truly can cook better when they know a critic is in the house, then restaurants without an early warning system are at a permanent disadvantage.”
By Hugh Merwin
Jonathan Gold Ranks the 101 Best Los Angeles Restaurants Michael Cimarusti’s Providence is the food critic’s top pick.
By Sierra Tishgart
The Other Critics
May 10, 2013
Jonathan Gold Reviews RivaBella; Besha Rodell Considers Corazon Y Miel Elsewhere, Brad A. Johnson gives San Juan Capistrano’s RokPrime one and a half stars.
By Hadley Tomicki
Jonathan Gold Takes On Thirteen Tacos Interesting under-the-radar inclusions help extend one’s adventures through Taco Town.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Apr. 19, 2013
Jonathan Gold Strikes Satisfaction at Corazon Y Miel The critic compares chef Eduardo Ruiz’s place to “the Latino equivalent of restaurants like Spice Table, Lukshon, Chego, or Bar Ama.”
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Apr. 12, 2013
Jonathan Gold Gets Raw At M.A.K.E.; Catching Up With John Sedlar The creative Rivera chef will not longer be cooking at Playa, putting his attentions towards his Tamale Museum instead.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Apr. 5, 2013
Rodell In Awe At Allumette; J. Gold Chipper at Chi Spacca Down in San Juan Capistrano, Brad A. Johnson bellies up for brunch at the historic Ramos House Cafe.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Mar. 29, 2013
Jonathan Gold Takes To Muddy Leek; Johnson Narrowly Escapes Boredom at Brea’s “If everything weren’t so well-executed, I’d say this place was ridiculously boring,” the O.C. critic writes about Brea’s hot Italian trattoria.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Mar. 22, 2013
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Mar. 15, 2013
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Mar. 8, 2013
Rodell Labels Alma A Gem; Gold Gobbles Fish Heads at Hunan Mao Down in the O.C., Brad A. Johnson squeezes into The Cellar in San Clemente.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Mar. 1, 2013
J. Gold Hails Hinoki & The Bird; L.A. Weekly Drops ‘99 Essential Restaurants’ In Santa Ana, Brad A. Johnson loves Jason Quinn’s food, even if he thinks there’s a “Playground bully” lurking in the kitchen.
By Hadley Tomicki
Celebrity Settings
Feb. 25, 2013
Anne Hathaway Parties at Eveleigh; Jessica Chastain Reveals Boyfriend at Fig & While the nominees mingled, Christina Aguilera took her opportunity to chow down at In-N-Out.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Feb. 22, 2013
Gold and Rodell Revel In Southern Glory at Hart & Hunter; Damon Gambuto Shreds Serious Eats misguidedly declares that Paul Shoemaker “can feel more like a brand than an actual chef.”
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Feb. 15, 2013
Patric Kuh Praises Gorge in West Hollywood; Gold Soaks In Venice’s Hostaria The Los Angeles Magazine critic calls Elia Aboumrad’s French restaurant on the Sunset Strip “seductive.”
By Hadley Tomicki
The Gold Watch
Feb. 11, 2013
J. Gold Finds Le Ka’s Fine Bistro Food ‘Trapped In The Body of a Nightclub’ The critic loves Remi Lauvand’s cooking, but is perplexed by a scene that’s not about the food.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Feb. 7, 2013
Rodell Reviews The Parish; Gold Cuts Across The City The L.A. Weekly critic finds more magic in the room than on the menu.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Feb. 1, 2013
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.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Jan. 25, 2013
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Jan. 18, 2013
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.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Jan. 11, 2013
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 .
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Jan. 4, 2013
Besha Basks in Bestia; O.C. Weekly Tears Into Fast Food Maven Elsewhere, Jonathan Gold looks at his favorite dishes of the past year.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Dec. 28, 2012
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.”
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Dec. 21, 2012
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.”
By Hadley Tomicki
The Gold Watch
Dec. 17, 2012
Jonathan Gold Meets Ebenezer Scrooge, December 26 in Culver City The critic makes his Dickensian debut. Can he possibly restrain himself for asking for “more?”
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Dec. 14, 2012
Gold Meets Sqirl; Besha’s Back at Spago In other news, Brad A. Johnson finds both stumbles and success stories at Stonehill Tavern.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Gold Watch
Dec. 12, 2012
Jonathan Gold Tackling Charles Dickens? The critic will appear in a local production of A Christmas Carol.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Dec. 7, 2012
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
By Tony Chen
Jonathan Gold Is Getting His Own Documentary “You wouldn’t believe how fetching I look in a burqa,” the critic says.
By Hugh Merwin
The Gold Watch
Dec. 6, 2012
Jonathan Gold is America’s Best Food Critic Los Angeles Has the Best Food Critic in the U.S.
By Tony Chen
The Other Critics
Nov. 30, 2012
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.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Nov. 26, 2012
Jonathan Gold Rolls Into MessHall For a Fun Time The camp-themed restaurant is more of a neighborhood scream than a destination.
By Hadley Tomicki
Weak Sauce: Restaurant Critics Endure Fairly Boring Death Threats “Fieri dumped a 500-seat tourist shakedown apparatus in the middle of Times Square.”
By Hugh Merwin
Evan Kleiman, David Sax, and J. Gold Take a Look ‘Beyond Bubbie’ The personalities are getting together to schmooze on grandma’s home-cooking.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Nov. 2, 2012
Jonathan Gold Tackles Laurel Hardware “Sometimes the intermarriage works,” the critic writes of Mario Alberto’s vast imagination, “and sometimes it doesn’t.”
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Oct. 29, 2012
Jonathan Gold Go Bragh at Tom Bergin’s; Bill Esparza Explores Little “What you’re competing against consists mostly of faded memories of bad steam-table food,” the critic says of Brandon Boudet’s Irish eats.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Oct. 22, 2012
Rodell Raves About Mozza’s Salumi Nights; Gold Name Checks at Plan Check Gold considers the West L.A. burger bar through the prism of Myhrvold, Umami Burger, and Blumenthal.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Gold Watch
Oct. 15, 2012
Gold Alights Again on Starry Kitchen Dubs the chili crab a “cult dish” at its new Tiara Cafe location.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Gold Watch
Oct. 11, 2012
By Tony Chen
The Other Critics
Oct. 5, 2012
Gold Finds Good Cheer at Superba Snack Bar The critic calls Jason Neroni’s recipes “sunny and straightforward.”
By Hadley Tomicki
The Gold Watch
Sept. 28, 2012
Jonathan Gold Eulogizes Campanile The critic was married at what he refers to as “one of the city’s best.”
By Hadley Tomicki
The Other Critics
Sept. 24, 2012
Chen Chows Chuan Ma Noodle House; Gold Ponders The Japanese Food Court Rosemead’s new Sichuan earns mighty accolades for its hand-cut noodles and six-spice broth.
By Hadley Tomicki
The Gold Watch
Sept. 14, 2012
Jonathan Gold Chases The Drago To Sunset Blvd. The critic declares, “nothing here is revolutionary; almost everything here is good” at Osteria Drago.
By Hadley Tomicki
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