City of Gold

City of Gold is a documentary in which Jonathan Gold explores the food culture of LA. Given my little side project of working my way through Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list, seeing this movie was a must for me. I was so excited to hear that they would be doing a City of Gold event at…

Mexicali Taco Restaurant Review

Gold Dig #10 I should start by saying that Mexicali Taco suffered the fate of being the third feed stop in just a few hours on our 3-restaurant Gold Dig for the day. So it probably doesn’t get a fair shake when it comes to my assessment of the place, given that we were pretty…

Chichen Itza Restaurant Review

Gold Dig #3 Chichen Itza is a Yucatecan restaurant. Well, actually it’s more of a stall, in the Mercado La Paloma. I was glad I went to check out Chichen Itza if for no other reason than discovering the Mercado La Paloma. It’s a cooperative marketplace filled with craft and food stalls that is great to wander around…