2022's 101 Best Restaurants in L.A. guide is almost here

Our annual guide to L.A.'s best restaurants returns on Dec. 6. Critic Bill Addison discusses the daunting process of compiling the list.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • December 3, 2022
Every July since 2019, I go for a solo lunch at Mariscos Jalisco, where Raul Ortega has been parking his white lonchera along Olympic Boulevard in Boyle Heights for more than 20 years. The meal is a ritual. It kicks off for me the task of creating...
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