What Jonathan Gold is into: ERB's buttermilk biscuits and bourbon

Have you been to ERB? You really should go to ERB. Because it is the beer garden Los Angeles has always needed, a modest expanse of lawn furniture and twinkling

Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2016

Have you been to ERB? You really should go to ERB. Because it is the beer garden Los Angeles has always needed, a modest expanse of lawn furniture and twinkling lights deep in the Arts District. Chris Ojeda’s cocktails are just on the modest side...

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Jonathan Gold finds surprisingly good food at an Arts District bar

Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • October 14, 2016

Everson Royce Bar isn’t really a restaurant. To be fair, it doesn’t even try to be a restaurant — the word “bar” is in its name, right after the names of one of its partner’s young twins. It doesn’t serve restaurant food. When you glance at the...

Eat what Obama and Bourdain ate: Where to find great <i>bun cha ha noi </i>

Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2016

The new trade agreement with Vietnam? Historic, no doubt. And President Obama’s speech on the intertwined histories of Vietnam and the United States was thrilling — who knew that Thomas Jefferson was a fan of Vietnamese rice? But what caused a...

The best places to drink in LA

Bill Addison, Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • December 13, 2019

Flamboyant cocktails and old-school cool Hollywood bars. Cold-brew fuel and relaxing teas. And mezcal. Lots of mezcal. When it comes to options to wet your whistle, Angelenos have a full bar of options for any occasion. Here are some of our...

Wacky Snacks: Zooland N Carland Printed Biscuits

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • October 12, 2009

So it's been a while since we've done one of these “Wacky Snacks” posts. It was put on hiatus not because there was a lack of “Wacky Snacks” out there, but because it takes a lot of time to produce an episode, er, blog post, what with the picture...

Come and ravage us: Scenes from the fire sale at one of L.A.’s hottest restaurants

Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • March 18, 2020

At 11 a.m. on Tuesday, the line to enter All Day Baby in Silver Lake trailed around the block, even though the sign on its door said “closed/cerrado.” People had turned out to support the modern American diner, which opened in late November, for...

All Day Baby