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GQ Gives More Love to L.A. With Restaurant of The Year Awards
A bäco--flatbread sandwich--from Bäco Mercat (Photo by djjewelz via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)
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Just a short time after GQ's named L.A. "the new frontier of beer," the magazine's long time writer John Mariani listed several Angeleno establishments as part of their best new restaurants feature. Vic Casanova’s Gusto managed to snag a spot on Mariani's list, as did Baco Mercat, which has been getting quite the acclaim this year from the likes of Bon Appetit. And considering all the Nordic love for Noma as of late, the fact that BierBeisl made the cut is no real shocker.
But Russ Parsons over at the LA Times feels like the winner of GQ's chef of the year award, Washington, D.C.’s Roberto Donna, is a bit of a surprise:
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Undoubtedly a great cook, Donna has been beset by financial and legal difficulties, which were amply documented by the Washington Post just last year... [the award] doesn't square with Post critic Tom Sietsema’s two-star (out of four) review. On the other hand, maybe this most recent incarnation at Al Dente (originally called La Forchetta) is what will prove Donna’s redemption. He is working for Hakan Illhan, described by the Post as a “fast-food king” who runs a string of restaurants including the Pizza Autentica chain and three Einstein Brothers pretzel shops."
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