Newsletter: Will everyone in America soon be eating the khachapuri cheese boat?

Adjaruli khachapuri is the Georgian cheese boat that more of Los Angeles should know and love, says critic Bill Addison
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • September 7, 2019
The first time I pulled open the blacked-out glass door of the windowless Havlabar in Glendale — the subject of this week’s review — I didn’t know quite what to expect. The white and orange sign out front said “Georgian cuisine,” and I found...
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