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Friends of Eater Describe LA's 2015 Dining Scene in One Word

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Big Daddy's Poke
Big Daddy's Poke
Zach Brooks
Matthew Kang is the Lead Editor of Eater LA. He has covered dining, restaurants, food culture, and nightlife in Los Angeles since 2008. He's the host of K-Town, a YouTube series covering Korean food in America, and has been featured in Netflix's Street Food show.

Pat Saperstein, EatingLA and Senior Editor, Variety

Classic: The revival of Clifton's and the Idle Hour show that we've finally come to value our history.

Kat Odell, Eater Drinks Editor

Fermented

Jeff Miller, Editor, Thrillist LA

Safe

Tony Chen, Eater LA Contributor

Bowl

Rice Bar is Downtown's Seven-Seat Filipino Grain Bowl Masterpiece

[Rice Bar, Downtown, photo by Wonho Frank Lee]

Eddie Lin, Deep End Dining

Unpredictable

Esther Tseng, EstarLA

_____-inspired

Lesley Balla, LA Magazine, Angeleno, Zagat

Baked

Euno Lee, Eater LA Contributor

Chaitocracy

Lucas Peterson, Eater LA Contributor

Promising

Zach Brooks, Midtown Lunch, Food is the New Rock

Poketastic

Caroline Pardilla, LA Magazine, Eater Drinks

Empires. Bill Chait and Stephane Bombet went crazy with the restaurant openings this year.

Bill Esparza, LA Magazine, Streetgourmet LA

Tacos!

Hadley Tomicki, Urban Daddy LA

Wood-fired. Is that one?

Scratch Bar Is Phillip Frankland Lee’s Polished Tasting Menu Workshop in Encino Wonho Frank Lee

[Scratch Bar, Encino, photo by Wonho Frank Lee]

Nicole Iizuka, Senior Producer, Popsugar

#BoneLuge

Farley Elliott, Senior Editor, Eater LA

Crowded

Stan Lee, Eater LA

Poke

The Offalo

Poke, poke, poke.

Stacey Sun, DineLA

Poke

Crystal Coser, Associate Editor, Eater LA

Poke

Lesley Bargar Suter, Food Editor, LA Magazine

Democratic. Great food at all levels in all neighborhoods. Close second: Wood-Fired

Joshua Lurie, FoodGPS

Wood-Fired

Meghan McCarron, Associate Features Editor, Eater

Fast casual

Matthew Kang, Editor, Eater LA

Mid-Century

Phorage

3300 Overland Ave #105, Los Angeles, CA 90034 310-876-0910

Night + Market

9043 Sunset Boulevard, , CA 90069 (310) 275-9724 Visit Website

The Corner Door

12477 Washington Boulevard, , CA 90066 (310) 313-5810 Visit Website

Chengdu Taste

828 West Valley Boulevard, , CA 91803 (626) 588-2284 Visit Website

Tacos Tamix

, Los Angeles, CA 90019 (323) 743-5206

B.S. Taqueria

514 7th Street, , CA 90014 (213) 622-3744 Visit Website