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The buzz is all about Palate Food + Wine these days. Not only does LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold praise Octavio Becerra's restaurant saying it is the "world’s favorite new place to eat in Los Angeles this fall," but Eater LA finds that Esquire's November issue lists Palate Food + Wine as one of the best new restaurants of 2008: "In a year when it was hard to stifle a yawn over the new restaurants in LA, Palate makes Glendale worth the trip," writes Esquire (More interior photos here).