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Los Angeles Magazine Best New Restaurant Celebration 2017

Last month, Los Angeles Magazine held it’s annual Best New Restaurants Celebration at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum in the Arts District.  The event is known for its tight line-up of new restaurants that opened in 2016, plus a few slightly less shiny but no less delicious participants like The Bellwether and Manhattan Beach Post:

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Even though nearly all of the restaurants were new, the chefs behind them have all made their name in L.A.  Howlin’ Ray’s chef/owner Johnny Zone and wife/partner Amanda Chapman and their crew were on-hand, frying up wings fresh and lacquering them with their spicy cayenne seasoning!  Alvin Cailan of Eggslut and Unit 120 used his booth to showcase a new venture by former CUT chef Ken Concepcion called Now Serving.

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Speaking of Alvin, he and the Badmaash bros. Arjun and Nakul Mahendro were on hand recording their Super Amazing Restaurant Show podcast, interviewing chefs and attendees, and generally having a great time, as they always do!

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For such a small line-up, not even a dozen restaurants, the food was delicious!  As mentioned in the caption above, Howlin’ Ray’s line was longest and they served right up to the end.  Wolf’s pun-tastic “Let the Beet Drop” had a great little liquid nitrogen gag, while 71 Above kept it classy with an amazing octopus dish.

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But my favorite dish of the night was Here’s Looking At You’s soft-shell prawn!  You just pop the whole thing in your mouth and crunch it up!  So good!

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LA Mag’s Best New Restaurant Celebration is a great way to kick off the year and get me back in the swing of food-eventing!  Great job everyone involved!


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  1. Elise Avatar

    I wussed out on that shrimp – it was too crunchy!

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