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Looking Back at LA's Oldest Restaurants

Josh Kun is the author of To Live and Dine in LA: Menus and the Making of the Modern City , a book inspired by the extensive menu collection in the Los Angeles Public Library. You can see some of the actual menus at the Los Angeles Central Library's exhibition of the same name.

By Evan Kleiman • Jul 31, 2015 • 1 min read

Josh Kun is the author of To Live and Dine in LA: Menus and the Making of the Modern City, a book inspired by the extensive menu collection in the Los Angeles Public Library. You can see some of the actual menus at the Los Angeles Central Library's exhibition of the same name.

Next Sunday, August 9, join Josh Kun, Roy Choi, and MC Rakaa Iriscience of Dilated Peoples for a Live Mixtape at the Regent Theater. Also, Evan Kleiman will take the stage to interview writer-producer Norman Lear. The event hopes to raise the awareness of food history and food justice in Los Angeles.

Music: "Take Me Home" by Poolside

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Looking Back at LA's Oldest Restaurants

Josh Kun is the author of To Live and Dine in LA: Menus and the Making of the Modern City , a book inspired by the extensive menu collection in the Los Angeles Public Library. You can see some of the actual menus at the Los Angeles Central Library's exhibition of the same name.

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Good Food

Looking Back at LA's Oldest Restaurants

Josh Kun is the author of To Live and Dine in LA: Menus and the Making of the Modern City , a book inspired by the extensive menu collection in the Los Angeles Public Library. You can see some of the actual menus at the Los Angeles Central Library's exhibition of the same name.

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