Meanwhile, L.A.’s most historic transportation depot flipped a forgotten space into a stunning gastropub. Yet the most diminutive of transit methods dominated the year (and L.A.’s sidewalks): scooters. Plans for a gondola to Dodger Stadium and an aerial tram to the Hollywood Sign were floated, while an eccentric billionaire decided he wanted to dig a bunch of tunnels. Out-of-town chefs flocked to L.A.’s dining scene with the openings of the NoMad, APL, Milk Bar and Majordōmo (plus the announcement of Momofuku and Girl & the Goat). We scarfed down Japanese comfort food and ate all the slices with the rise of new and notable pizza places. We also had to say goodbye to an irreplacable influence on Angelenos’ dinner plates and cultural horizons when Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold passed away.Īs for the high points: For every poke place that spoiled, a fried chicken spot seemed to hatch. A mass shooting in Thousand Oaks took the lives of 13 people, and only a day later, the nearby Hill and Woolsey Fires broke out they would go on to burn thousands of structures, including much of Malibu, and kill three people. We don’t even know where to begin when recapping the most memorable aspects of 2018 in L.A.: The pie-in-the-sky (and sometimes underground) transit proposals? A culinary scene that’s been kicked into overdrive? Infusing all the things with CBD? We’re looking back on it all with our picks below for the year’s best restaurants, bars, culture and more.īut we also have to reflect on the tragedies that weighed heavily on all Southern Californians.
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