Bon Appétit’s 2015 restaurants

A pizza in a takeout box sits on Vinny Dotolo’s 1957 Chevy behind the new Jon & Vinny’s on Fairfax Avenue.

(Amy Scattergood / Los Angeles Times)

Aug. 4, 2015 7:29 AM PT

A plate of burgundy escargots at Petit Trois.

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Sous Chef Mailea Weger works in the kitchen at Gjusta in Venice.

(Christina House / For The Times)

Chef Zach Pollack folds his freshly made tortellini by hand at Alimento.

(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Amy Scattergood is the former editor of the Los Angeles Times Food section and a former member of the Food reporting team.