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Good Food

An Authentic Trattoria in Downtown LA

Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times.

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By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he reviews Maccheroni Republic, one of the many new restaurants to arrive in downtown.

He recommends the polpettine di gamberi, fried calamari, nduja, violleta di melanzane, agnolotti stuffed with osso buco, lasagne with meat sauce, potato gnocchi with mushrooms, and linguine al frutti de mare.

Maccheroni Republic

332 S Broadway

Downtown

(213) 346-9725

You can find all of Jonathan Gold's restaurant suggestions on the Good Food Restaurant Map.

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