Jonathan Gold

Jonathan Gold was the restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times. He won the Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 2007 and was a finalist again in 2011. A Los Angeles native, he began writing the Counter Intelligence column for the L.A. Weekly in 1986, wrote about death metal and gangsta rap for Rolling Stone and Spin among other places, and was delighted that he has managed to forge a career out of the professional eating of tacos. Gold died July 21, 2018.

Editor's note: This article was originally published in Slake in February 2011 Visitors to the Norton Simon Museum, the collections jimmied into the corpse of the former Pasadena Art Museum, come to admire the handsome Frank Gehry garden, the shimmering tiles by Edith Heath, and what is probably the most impressive group of Rembrandt paintings on the West Coast.

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July 18, 2019

The oranges that enraptured a millionaire

Jonathan Gold considers the mash-up of Mexican and Korean food possible on the occasion of Mexico playing South Korea in the World Cup

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June 22, 2018

What to eat in Los Angeles while watching the Mexico vs. South Korea World Cup match

The World's 50 Best list has come out, with Massimo Bottura repeating as No. 1. Our restaurant critic weighs in on Bottura's Osteria Francescana and other restaurants — and wonders why Atelier Crenn isn't there.

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June 20, 2018

Jonathan Gold looks over the 2018 World's 50 Best Restaurants list and names some notable omissions

Chef Ori Menashe’s highly anticipated new DTLA restaurant Bavel, has a Middle Eastern-inspired menu, desserts from his wife, pastry chef Genevieve Gergis, and lots of boisterous good times.

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June 15, 2018

At Middle Eastern restaurants, it all starts with hummus. Jonathan Gold says Bavel's is magnificent

The modern American restaurant scene without Anthony Bourdain is hard to imagine, Jonathan Gold writes.

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June 08, 2018

Anthony Bourdain opened the working-class kitchen to the world and the world to us

Our restaurant critic reflects on the memorable potatoes from chefs Ben Shewry, Monique Fiso and Virgilio Martinez that he ate during the Los Angeles Times Food Bowl.

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June 08, 2018

Jonathan Gold's top dishes from 31 days of great chefs around L.A.? Potatoes cooked in earth

Eating the Sichuan-style noodles at the San Gabriel shop is kind of like listening to AC/DC, the Los Angeles Times' restaurant critic has fun discovering.

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June 01, 2018

Jonathan Gold keeps returning to Chong Qing Special Noodles for hard-rocking heat

The chef behind Gjelina and Gjusta makes ramen and other Japanese dishes at this Venice restaurant. There's lots of craft beer and sake, of course, and lovely vegetables. Vegans won't feel left out.

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May 25, 2018

Jonathan Gold finds Travis Lett's izakaya MTN to be Peak Venice — and pretty Japanese too

Jonathan Gold reviews Freedman's, a new take on the Jewish deli from chef Liz Johnson. The pastrami is good, but the signature sandwich has avocado and fried chicken skin — and the best meal may be weekend brunch.

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May 18, 2018

Jonathan Gold beholds the brisket spectacle at Freedman's, a Jewish-ish deli in Echo Park

Our restaurant critic picks 10 of his favorite food movies, some of which are a bit more obscure than "Ratatouille."

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May 03, 2018