Jonathan Gold

Jonathan Gold: The Updated Spreadsheet - Posted November 17, 2011
Last year, we told you about The Butcher Blog's spreadsheet of ... [FishbowlLA]

Hungry? Jonathan Gold Has 99 Restaurants for You - Posted November 9, 2011
Just in time for the weekend, LA Weekly foodie Jonathan Gold released his list of "99 Essential Restauran... [FishbowlLA]

Association of Food Journalists Award Winners Announced - Posted October 10, 2011
The Association of Food Journalists announced the winners of its annual awards over the weekend. As to be expected where food writing awards are concerned, LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold did quite well for himself--earning first place in the "Best New... [FishbowlLA]

So Long and Thanks For All the Fish... BowlLA! - Posted July 27, 2011
I was offered a gig as managing editor of the award-winning mega-blog Crooks and Liars and I've decided to take it. Regrettably, this means I will not have the time to blog here any longer. So because I've been an editor at FishbowlLA for over three years--the longest I've ever worke... [FishbowlLA]

SoCal Struggles at AltWeekly Awards - Posted July 25, 2011
For the first time this Fishie can remember the LA Weekly picked up only one first place award at the annual AltWeekly Awards. The paper cleaned house at the awards for years under Laurie Ochoa. But this year only ... [FishbowlLA]

Altweekly Award Finalists Are In - Posted July 5, 2011
The 2011 Altweekly Award finalists were just announced. For the first time in what seems like many, many years, the Village Voice leads this year's pack with eight nominations. L.A. Weekly has five finalists this year--including Jona... [FishbowlLA]

Jonathan Gold, Ruth Reichl and Others on the State of Food Journalism - Posted May 25, 2011
Up until Jonathan Gold in 2007, no food critic had ever won the Pulitzer Prize. Now, thanks to Gold, Michael Pollan and the dawn of Yelp, food writing... [FishbowlLA]

How Jonathan Gold Came To Review The Olive Garden - Posted April 11, 2011
As an April fool's joke, Jonathan Gold convinced his photographer Anne Fishbein that he was going to review the Italian restaurant chain. Gold had no intention of going near the place, of course. But his prank went horrible wrong, and ended with the Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic seated at a table... [FishbowlLA]

LA Weekly, Los Angeles Magazine Nominated for James Beard Awards - Posted March 22, 2011
The prestigious James Beard Foundation announced its annual award nominations for food journalism and writing. No surprise, LA Weekly's Jonathan G... [FishbowlLA]

Jonathan Gold Unveils List of LA's 55 Essential Cocktails - Posted March 3, 2011
Aside from that Pulitzer Prize of his, LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold is probably best know for his annual list of "... [FishbowlLA]

LA Times Food Critic Decries Vietnam Ambush - Posted December 23, 2010
There are two main issues at play in the Tuesday, December 21st Tumblr outing of LA Times restaurant critic ... [FishbowlLA]

Jonathan Gold: The Spreadsheet - Posted November 22, 2010
For those of you out there overwhelmed by Jonathan Gold's most recent list of 99 Essential Restaurants, and its cumbersome presentation on the LA Weekly's website, The Butcher Blog has created a tool to make Mr. Gold's guide more accessible--... [FishbowlLA]

Slake Throws A Damn Good Party - Posted July 26, 2010
In celebration of their premiere issue, the Slake literary journal threw a party at Track 16 on Thursday night, complete with readings, music, an art show, a taco truck, and most importantly - PIE. Beautiful women served up generous slices of apple pie in a vintage 1929 dining car to the... [FishbowlLA]

The Tweeter with a Pulitzer: Roger Ebert - Posted February 22, 2010
Roger Ebert being the first to win a Pulitzer for film criticism in 1975, not only raised the bar for film criticism, it also paved the way for Jonathan Gold... [FishbowlLA]

If You're a Pasadena Magazine Subscriber You Can Read a Jonathan Gold Piece - Posted November 4, 2009
Pasadena, that super quaint 'burb home to that "little old lady" song muse, has their own magazine. For real. And it's not available on the Internet. It is, however, available at our dentist's office. And what better place to read about food than a den of dentistry? Anyway, ... [FishbowlLA]

If You're a New Yorker Subscriber There's a Piece on Jonathan Gold - Posted November 2, 2009
The New Yorker has a profile on our awesome local Pulitzer winner Jonathan Gold. So if you have a subscription you'll have to tell us all about it. We're sure it's great. He's ... [FishbowlLA]

Southern California Journalism Awards - Posted June 15, 2009
The LA Press Club held their annual awards banquet last night at the Sheraton hotel in Universal City. Winners of the Journalist Of The Year awards included David Evans of Bloomberg Markets in the Print- over 100K circulation division, ... [FishbowlLA]

Editor-In-Chief Laurie Ochoa Leaving LA Weekly - Posted June 1, 2009
BREAKING: Just got the lousy news that editor-in-chief Laurie Ochoa is leaving the LA Weekly. No idea if she was fired or finally just lost patience with the tomfoolery of the paper's owners. Release is below: For Immediate Release: LA Weekly, Editor to Part Ways The LA Weekly is announcing that Editor in... [FishbowlLA]

FBLA Goes Fanboy on Jonathan Gold - Posted November 10, 2008
When we were about to leave the LA Weekly Recently Laid Off Party last night, we were introduced to Pulitzer Prize winning food critic, Jonathan Gold. We, of course, have his book, love him and th... [FishbowlLA]

Talking With A Full Mouth: Jonathan Gold Dishes About His Career - Posted July 6, 2007
Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold will speak at 7 p.m. on July 16 as part of the Zocalo "Public Square" Lecture Series in a discussion moderated by Variety Style Editor Monica Corcoran... [FishbowlLA]