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    Good Food

    A look back at LA’s restaurant openings in 2018

    2018 was a banner year for Los Angeles restaurants, with so many anticipated openings that it’s difficult to remember them all. Smorgasburg  GM and avid eater Zach Brooks joined Evan Kleiman to review what they thought were some of the year’s most important openings and trends.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Dec 12, 2018 • 1 min read

    2018 was a banner year for Los Angeles restaurants, with so many anticipated openings that it’s difficult to remember them all. Smorgasburg GM and avid eater Zach Brooks joined Evan Kleiman to review what they thought were some of the year’s most important openings and trends.

    Zach Brooks and Evan Kleiman’s best new restaurants of 2018:

    Bavel

    Bavel500 Mateo St

    Majordomo

    Majordomo 1725 Naud St.

    Ma’am Sir

    Ma’am Sir 4330 W Sunset Blvd

    Tsubaki

    Tsubaki1356 Allison Avenue

    Hippo

    Hippo 5916 1/2 N Figueroa Street

    Joy on York

    Joy on York5100 York Blvd

    Konbi

    Konbi1463 Sunset Blvd

    All time

    All time2040 Hillhurst Ave

    Fiona

    Fiona 339 N Fairfax Ave,

    Ding Tai Fung

    Ding Tai FungVarious locations

    Sichuan Impression

    Night + Market Sahm

    Night + Market Sahm2533 Lincoln Blvd.

    Badmaash Fairfax

    Badmaash Fairfax 418 N. Fairfax Avenue

    Guerrila Tacos

    Guerrila Tacos2000 E 7th Street

    Los Angeles, CA 90021

    Porridge + Puffs

    Porridge + Puffs 2801 Beverly Blvd.

    Los Angeles, CA 90057

    The full episode

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    2018’s best cookbooks and restaurant openings
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    3. 19:38Compound Butter magazine: merging food and art
    4. 29:00Anita Lo goes “Solo” in new cookbook
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    6. 48:20Market Report: Meyer Lemons
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Nick Liao

      Managing Producer, Good Food

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      Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

      CultureFood & DrinkLos Angeles

    The full episode

    5 of 6
    2018’s best cookbooks and restaurant openings
    1. 0:002018’s best cookbooks with Omnivore Books’ Celia Sack
    2. 11:29Whetstone Media champions local food and new voices
    3. 19:38Compound Butter magazine: merging food and art
    4. 29:00Anita Lo goes “Solo” in new cookbook
    5. 39:02A look back at LA’s restaurant openings in 2018You’re reading this
    6. 48:20Market Report: Meyer Lemons
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