Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants is coming &mdash; and so is Bite Nite

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The downtown Los Angeles skyline is reflected in windows on the sixth floor of the Los Angeles Times Building as guests attend Bite Nite, a night with Jonathan Gold celebrating his 101 best L.A. restaurants. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Guests sample the offerings in the Atrium at the Los Angeles Times at Bite Nite, a night with Jonathan Gold, The Times restaurant critic. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Chef Suzanne Tracht of Jar prepares food for tasting at Bite Nite. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Char siu pork-stuffed croissant with apple mostarda is offered by Jar during Bite Nite. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Jonathon Strader, manager of the Hart & the Hunter, prepares trout toast for sampling. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Jessica Koslow, who started Sqirl to sell her preserves and has opened a cafe now, offers samplings. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Tyler Bender, left, and Shawn Button dine and discuss. Twenty-three restaurants were represented at the event, with tickets open to L.A. Times members. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Bite Nite offered a chance to see what some of the best restaurants in L.A. are serving, including the latest trends in cocktails. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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One refreshment offered: A tall cold one from Golden Road Brewing in Los Angeles. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Diners fill tables and check their tasting lists during Bite Nite. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Wolfgang Puck of Spago meets Padmini Aniyan, owner of Mayura, at Bite Nite. It was also a way for L.A.’s best chefs to mingle for an evening. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Cut chef de cuisine Hugo Alejandro Bolanos offers a taste to guest Garry Brody. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Steaks from Wolfgang Puck’s steakhouse Cut are grilled. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Ari Rosenson, left, and Hugo Alejandro Bolanos of Cut prepare small plates for Bite Nite guests. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Comedian Kathy Griffin chats with Times restaurant critic and Bite Nite host Jonathan Gold. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Lucques’ Caroline Styne, left, and Suzanne Goin talk with La Casita Mexicana’s Ramiro Arvizu and Jaime Martin Del Campo, from left. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Courtney Guerra of the farm-fresh restaurant Alma prepares sampling plates. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Ceviche from La Casita Mexicana. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Kris Yenbamroong, owner and chef of Night + Market, right, aided by Trin Karnjanakul, prepares his specialties, based on northern Thai street food. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Habanero chiles are chopped at the Chichen Itza table. The restaurant specializes in Yucatan cuisine. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Spicy bacon popcorn is offered from Tar & Roses, a Santa Monica small-plates restaurant. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Justin Limburg, left, and Tetsu Yahagi prepare egg yolk carbonara ravioli with pancetta cream at the Spago table. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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A finished egg yolk carbonara ravioli with pancetta cream from Spago. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Wine importer Paul M. Young, center, chats with Chris Phelps, left, and Zak Walters. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Erik Sun, left, Ori Menashe and Alia Abul-Hat put the tastes of Bestia on display. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Bestia owners Ori Menashe and wife Genevieve Gergis. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Slow-roasted salmon with cold carrot salad, beets and charmoula yogurt is offered by Lucques during Bite Nite. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Southern Indian cuisine from Mayura Amrit, a new restaurant from the owner of Mayura in Culver City, is offered at Bite Nite. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Beef pho-paccio is offered by Tar & Roses. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

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Mike and Laura Briller find that good food always goes well with good conversation at Bite Nite. (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

April 23, 2014 10 AM PT

Jonathan Gold’s annual guide to the 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles is getting even better. And so is the Bite Nite party that accompanies it.

In Jonathan Gold’s 101, which will be published May 18, the only restaurant critic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize will rank his favorite Southern California restaurants, in order, with capsule reviews and color photographs.

A special online edition will include interactive maps, sortable lists so you can remember which places you’ve tried and which are still on your wish list, and a series of video features on dining in Los Angeles.

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The printed guide will be a glossy digest-size, perfect for sticking in your glove compartment so you’ll never be stumped for somewhere to eat.

Bite Nite, when Gold invites some of his favorite restaurants for a party, is expanding to two nights, May 19 and 20. Tickets, which sold out almost immediately last year, are for Times subscribers only and will go on sale at 10 a.m. April 30.

Participating restaurants include Alma, named the best new restaurant in the country this year, sushi purist Shunji, Sichuan hot spot Chengdu Taste, the Kogi truck, Oaxacan mainstay Guelaguetza, Nancy Silverton’s Mozza, and Spago.

For more information about Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants, Bite Nite and how to activate or initiate a Times membership, visit the Bite Nite membership page.

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