Spanish mackeral sushi and fried backbone at Slow Fish (Brad A. Johnson)
Here's where to eat now in Los Angeles. From high to low, these are the 10 restaurants I'm most excited about this month. This is not a list of the 10 newest places to open lately. Rather, a few of these spots are brand new. Some are just getting broken in and deserve another look. And one's pretty old but has a new chef. They're all fantastic.
Watermelon with goat cheese and salsa verde at Osteria La Buca
Where to eat now in Los Angeles!
"Hey Brad, where should we eat tonight?" People ask me that constantly. And this is the list I’m currently recommending. Wise-asses take note: This is not an up-to-the-minute accounting of the 10 newest restaurants to open in L.A. this week. Rather, think of it this way: If you were going to take me out to dinner tonight, these are the 10 places I am wholeheartedly recommending right now.
“This is really good chicken. But I thought it was going to be a sandwich,” says The Blonde, looking confused but happy, with knife and fork in hand.
“That’s not the chicken,” I say. “The chicken hasn’t arrived yet. That’s the fried alligator.”
The Blonde’s eyes suddenly look bigger than usual. Her attempts to keep her smile from going crooked fall short.
