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Why Jonathan Gold loved visiting Noriega Hotel
We revisit Jonathan Gold’s 2011 visit to the recently shuttered 89-year-old Noriega Hotel. Basque favorites like sliced pickled tongue and a salad of cottage cheese with mayonnaise were on the menu.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readWe revisit Jonathan Gold’s 2011 visit to the recently shuttered 89-year-old Noriega Hotel. Basque favorites like sliced pickled tongue and a salad of cottage cheese with mayonnaise were on the menu. They also featured stew specials, fried chicken and ribs — all served family style at shared tables (you might even meet a shepherd!).
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The full episode
4 of 7Cajun cooking, tacos, salmon- 0:00Louisiana native Melissa Martin on the shrinking bayou and Cajun cuisine
- 12:00How dairy restaurants proliferated — then disappeared
- 20:01Beloved restaurant Noriega Hotel shuts down after 89 years in Bakersfield
- 26:50Why Jonathan Gold loved visiting Noriega HotelYou’re reading this
- 32:13America’s regional tacos, from Cajun to crispy hardshell
- 40:32Street vending in LA was finally decriminalized, then COVID-19 hit
- 48:42Forecasting salmon season on the West Coast