Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times ran a special section devoted to food cognoscente Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles. Gold clearly identified the Helms Bakery District as the latest center of gravity for exceptional food in Culver City: two out of…

In the October 5 issue of the Los Angeles Times, Jonathan Gold turned his delicate palate on Bucato, the new Italian restaurant in the Helms Complex of Culver City. Gold describes the vision of Bucato's chef Even Funke in this way:

Funke's mission, broadly…

Last Thursday, the Los Angeles Times ran a special section devoted to restaurant maven Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles. Ever the iconoclast, Gold called out at least two restaurants that are (mostly) off most people's Culver City radar. "Classical…

In the March 30 edition of the Los Angeles Times, Jonathan Gold reviewed Muddy Leek, the restaurant specializing in organic meat, game, and vegetables that replaced Batch in the Culver CIty Art District at the end of December. Overall, he seems to really like it, calling it, simply enough, "a comfortable, stylish place that serves good food." And as…

Four Culver City restaurants were featured in the 2011 edition of Jonathan Gold's list of "99 Essential Restaurants" in Los Angeles: A-Frame, Akasha, Mayura, and Waterloo & City. Quite a respectable showing! You can read the whole list on the LA Weekly's website …