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Best neighborhood restaurants of 2019: Joy, Mh Zh, and more
KCRW’s Evan Kleiman shares her list of five great neighborhood restaurants to check out this year.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 1 min readKCRW’s Evan Kleiman shares her list of five great neighborhood restaurants to check out this year. They include Joy, a Taiwanese cafe in Highland Park; Northern Thai Food Club, a cozy 12-seat restaurant in Thai Town; Spoon by H, a Korean cafe in Mid City founded by Chef Yoonjin Hwang, who’s a former concert pianist; Mh Zh, a zero-frills restaurant in Echo Park, where nearly all the seating is outside on the sidewalk; “Baroo Canteen” in East Hollywood, which offers affordable, sophisticated, and comforting food.
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The full episode
3 of 7Special broadcast: KCRW’s best of 2019- 0:00Best movies of 2019: ‘Parasite,’ ‘The Irishman,’ and more
- 15:02Best documentaries of 2019: ‘Apollo 11,’ ‘Honeyland,’ and more
- 15:24Best neighborhood restaurants of 2019: Joy, Mh Zh, and moreYou’re reading this
- 25:10Best TV shows of 2019: ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Fleabag,’ and more
- 47:21Best of 2019 books: ‘Where Reasons End,’ ‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf,’ and more
- 56:32Best architectural makeovers of 2019: Formosa Cafe, Christ Cathedral, and more
- 64:41Best LA musicians of 2019: Billie Eilish, Finneas, and more