40 hand-picked restaurants by LA Weekly Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic, Jonathan Gold, gathered for an annual food fest. Packed with hungry people, food editor and blogger, everyone were enthusiastically tasting, taking notes, photographing, and boozing LA's finest eclectic dishes and bottomless wine/beer.
Sona's
The event was held at the Petersen Auto Museum from 1PM-5PM, for $60 GA and $80 VIP. Angelenos hustle and bustle around the room mostly with plastic forks ready, and the impatient ones just use their hand to chow down the dishes. Although plentiful of food were overflowing and endless, a few of the restaurants wrapped their table at around 3PM.
Participants:
Alcazar Express - Angeli - Babita Mexicuisine - Beacon - Bistro LQ - Bulgarini - Ciudad/Border Grill - Good Girl Dinette - Huckeberry Cafe - Hungry Cat - Jar - Jitlada - Kogi BBQ - Kyochon - La Casita Mexicana -
La Mill - Let's Be Frank - Little Dom's - Ludo Bites - Loteria Grill - Lou - Meals By Genet - Mo Chica - Moles La Tia - Mozza - Natraliart - Nickel Diner - Palate - Pollo Ala Brasa - Saffron Spot - Sona - Tiara - Upstairs 2 - Wurskutche
Ludo Bites
Nickel Diner's Donut hole glaze and bacon bits
Palate's
Top Chef Master and Jar's Chef de Cuisine, Suzanne Tracht
Wurskutche's
Border Grill's non-alcoholic mojito
Tiara's cupcake
Art Institute's
Bulgarini's pistachio, white wine, chocolate
Urth Cafe's espresso maker keeps on working!
At the end of the day, it was a great event that at least must be explored for once if you're in LA. Great food and great people: we met Jar's Suzanne Tracht and Ludo Bites' Ludo Lefebvre, both were Top Chef Masters contestants. Just come hungry and you'll leave in food comma.
Ludo Bites
How fun! I always love a good food comma- if I move back to So Ca- will have to remember to check out Gold Standard
ReplyDeleteWow great looking meal!
ReplyDeletewow everything looks so delicious! great pictures, too.
ReplyDeleteOh what fun you had there! Everything looks fantabulous!!
ReplyDeleteI had a wonderful experience at the Gold Standard Event! I wanted to share some of my favorites with you http://uncouthgourmands.com/2010/03/01/la-weeklys-gold-standard-event-part-deux/
ReplyDeleteWow, I just missed it. Sad, sad!! ;( Awesome shots, by the way^^
ReplyDeleteWe just had our food fest in San Francisco a 2 months ago I think. Don't you just love going to these kinds of event? So much to eat with so little time!
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