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    Bill Addison gets his khachapuri and khinkali fix in Glendale

    LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison recently took a trip to a Glendale strip mall, where behind darkened glass, there’s a restaurant serving up a hybrid menu of Armenian and Georgian specialties .

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    By Evan Kleiman • Nov 8, 2019 • 1 min read

    LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison recently took a trip to a Glendale strip mall, where behind darkened glass, there’s a restaurant serving up a hybrid menu of Armenian and Georgian specialties. The house specialties at Havlabar include khachapuri, or savory bread canoes filled with sulguni cheese, as well as khinkali, a Georgian cousin of Chinese soup dumplings.

    Havlabar

    Glendale, CA 91205

    (818) 629-0199

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    1. 0:00Lavash holds the Armenian table together
    2. 15:19Bill Addison gets his khachapuri and khinkali fix in GlendaleYou’re reading this
    3. 20:52Pro tips on creating the perfect holiday cheese board
    4. 34:56A top somm is accused of sexual assault. Is the wine industry overdue for a reckoning?
    5. 47:16Sweet, crisp apples abound at the Santa Monica Farmers Market
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      Evan Kleiman

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Lavash, cheese boards, and wine culture
    1. 0:00Lavash holds the Armenian table together
    2. 15:19Bill Addison gets his khachapuri and khinkali fix in GlendaleYou’re reading this
    3. 20:52Pro tips on creating the perfect holiday cheese board
    4. 34:56A top somm is accused of sexual assault. Is the wine industry overdue for a reckoning?
    5. 47:16Sweet, crisp apples abound at the Santa Monica Farmers Market
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