It’s been a great year. We moved Downtown, we’ve had lots of great meals, good wine, and good times with friends and other bloggers. Looking back at our favorites from 2008, there is only one repeat from last year, and that’s Providence. It still reigns supreme as our favorite restaurant in LA with superior service and food.
I managed to hit up a few of my resolutions from last year. The Bazaar, Gordon Ramsey, and I might have found LA’s best burger. I never made it to Cut, so that goes back on the list for this year. Other resolutions for this year include eating out more in the SGV and exploring all the hidden gems that downtown has to offer. This list represents where we ate and drank this past year, it’s probably different than your own list. But here are our favorites from 2009 in no particular order.
Dig Lounge’s Best of Los Angeles 2009
Restaurant: Church and State
Wine Bar: Corkbar
Wine Store: Silverlake Wine
Wine Classes: LearnAboutWine
Tapas: Tasca
Overall Meal: Providence
Event: Malibu Wine Classic
Breakfast: Nickle Diner
Pizza: Osteria Mozza
Pork Belly: Animal
Cheap Burger: Hawkins House of Burgers
Gourmet Burger: Umami
Steak: Wolfgang’s Steakhouse
Food Deals: Black Board Eats
Late Night Happy Hour: Rivera
Cocktails: Rivera
Bar: Roger Room
Food Truck: Lomo Arigato
Hot Dogs: The Infield
Coffee: Intelligentsia
Happy Holidays, have a safe New Years, and we’ll see you on the other side of 2010.
23. December 2009 at 11:28 pm
very solid list you have there.
4. January 2010 at 1:01 pm
I love to eat, so I’m very glad I found your blog! Nickel Diner and Osteria are the places on your list that resonate most with me: I don’t disagree with any of your choices, but I haven’t been to most of them! I think you should add a Best Brunch category. And cupcakes. Thanks for the great blog!