Our 101 Restaurants We Love list is out. Nearly 1/3 of the restaurants are making their debut, including 15 spots awarded to restaurants that Jonathan Gold reviewed in the last year (look for the Gold byline and the Gold silhouette in the 101 magazine.)
Here’s a look at the new entries on the list:
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Badmaash
Bavel
Carnitas El Momo
Three different tacos from Carnitas El Momo clockwise from top: Carnitas, buche and cooked carnitas skin. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Bar Ama in the Centenoplex
Chong Qing Special Noodles
Destroyer
Dialogue
El Coraloense
The Exchange
Grilled O'Henry sweet potato, creamy almond, Chile morita and cilantro at the Exchange, the Israeli-leaning restaurant from chef Alex Chang in DTLA's Freehand Hotel. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Felix
Freedman’s
The Hearth & Hound
Hippo
Jon & Vinny’s
Kali
Kato
Killer Noodle
A bowl of Tokyo Style ramen at Killer Noodle. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Longo Seafood
Ma’am Sir
Majordomo
Native
NoMad
Osawa
Porridge + Puffs
Yakimiso and sausage porridge, numbing spice braised pork sausage, chayote in black bean sauce, rose-geranium baby onion pickles, celery pickles, seasonal edible flowers, and negi rice porridge at Porridge + Puffs. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
Shiki
Somni
Sonoratown
Triniti
Tsubaki