Review: Superba Food + Bread serves new-generation comfort food

Counter Intelligence: Jonathan Gold reviews Superba Food + Bread in Venice. The restaurant has the kind of crew a fancy hotel consultant would try to put together.

Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • September 12, 2014

Your opinion of Superba Food + Bread is probably going to depend on what you think of avocado toast, especially avocado toast that happens to cost $8. If you pay attention to Internet food buzz, you may be aware that avocado toast, which lies at...

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These Local Restaurants Are Taking Delivery and Take-Out Orders So We Can Self-Isolate Deliciously

Brittany Martin • Los Angeles Magazine • March 17, 2020

It is entirely possible to eat well in the era of social distancing. Mayor Garcetti’s recent order (also: common decency) dictates no going out to dine at restaurants or drink at bars–but it still allows those places to continue to offer food...

L.A. coronavirus closures: Bon Temps in the Arts District

Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • April 29, 2020

Less than a year ago, Lincoln Carson opened Bon Temps, a modern American restaurant in the Arts District that quickly received local and national acclaim. But the restaurant won’t survive to see its first anniversary. The career pastry chef said...

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Review: At Bon Temps in Downtown L.A., the brilliant desserts are only the beginning

Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • August 29, 2019

Servers at Bon Temps in the Arts District don’t explicitly advise you to save room for dessert at dinnertime, but they should. The sweets alone are reason to come to the restaurant. Chef and owner Lincoln Carson’s savory dishes convey the memo,...

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Jonathan Gold finds much to like at Rose Café in Venice — pepperoni pizza with honey, anyone?

Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2016

You are in Venice. You have probably spent the last 20 minutes looking for a place to park. And you are walking into the Rose Café, a sprawling aircraft hangar of a restaurant that is somehow five times the size it appears from the street. Prints...

Review: Jonathan Gold ponders what new Cronut-like trend might come out of 189 by Dominique Ansel

Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • February 23, 2018

The new Cronut — could it be the “avocado toast” at the new Dominique Ansel bakery, a trompe l’oeil confection of avocado ice cream, frozen ricotta and shortbread that looks more like the real thing than the actual avocado toast on offer? The ice...