Alta Adams

and wrote the list. This roster of 22 first-timers is presented alphabetically; to see where each restaurant placed in the ranked listing, check out the full 101 guide. Alta Adams (54) Keith Corbin, a native of Watts, calls his cooking “California soul

Alta Adams 5359 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles    Angler    Apey Kade    The Arther J    Auburn    Birdie G's    Bon Temps    Burritos La Palma    Chaak Kitchen    Dear John's    La Diosa de los Moles    Hasiba    Hayato    Joy    Konbi    Northern Thai Food Club    Nightshade    Pizzana    Playa Amor    Spoon By H 7158 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles    Taste of Tehran    X'Tiosu Kitchen    Yours Truly   

To understand Keith Corbin as a chef, and the cooking at Alta Adams he calls “California soul food,” order his oxtails over rice. They arrive wholly undisguised: blocks of butchered appendage, the tailbones in jutting shapes of jigsaw puzzle pieces

Kitchen in Inglewood. A customer sips a cocktail at Alta’s bar. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Alta Adams enters this lineage as a synergist for conversation around the evolving definition and direction of soul food in America. Adrian Miller, author

they’re supporting—on the One More Helping website, but early adopters include: Chef Daniel Patterson and the team at Alta Adams – donating to The Cooking Project Chef Kris Tominaga at Manuela – donating to Restaurant Opportunities Center United Chef

enjoy your meal in the charming, bustling courtyard. Alta Adams View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alta Adams (@altarestaurant) on Oct 9, 2018 at 7:40pm PDT Keith Corbin’s California-soul kitchen was one of the most celebrated openings of 2018

chicken and the Lunchbox (a cocktail riff on a PB&J) at Alta Adams in West Adams. The mozzarella bar at Osteria Mozza. If the burrata from Puglia happens to be available, don’t think; splurge. A seat at the communal table at Historic Filipinotown’s

Leonte dine with friends at Tsubaki, a neighborhood izakaya in Echo Park. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) Review: At Alta Adams, Keith Corbin’s ‘California soul food’ bridges tradition and innovation » The sake list at Tsubaki is handpicked by co-owner

Gold would go on to crown Locol restaurant of the year. The restaurant falters and closes by 2018. Locol’s kitchen manager, Keith Corbin, will become the chef at Alta Adams later in 2018, with backing by Patterson. (Paula Schultz / For The Times) Howlin