{"id":94608178,"date":"2012-08-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/best-garden-to-table-la-restaurants\/"},"modified":"2018-11-14T11:20:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T11:20:05","slug":"best-garden-to-table-la-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/best-garden-to-table-la-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Garden-to-Table LA Restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Interior of Industriel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Culinary tourists love to learn which restaurants are favorite haunts for locals, rightly guessing that long-term residents always know where to find the best food.\u00a0 As a chef myself and native of Los Angeles<\/strong>, let me share some of my favorites where the highest quality garden-to-table cuisine is served.<\/p>\n

Chef Pati Zarate\u2019s Homegirl Caf\u00e9<\/strong> was founded as a way for at-risk and gang-involved young women to \u201cserve tables instead of serving time.\u201d Homegirls (also now, homeboys) are trained to grow, prep, and serve local and organic food. Their contemporary Latina fare with a healthy twist includes Mango-Upside Down Cornbread and Red Mole Chicken.<\/p>\n

Industriel<\/strong> is Provencal Urban Farm Cuisine by Armen Hakobayan and Chef Joseph Antonishek, of Old Pasadena\u2019s Green Street Tavern<\/strong>. Downtown, at this elegantly reconstructed, former two-story Carl\u2019s Jr., all artisan ingredients are crafted in-house if possible. Nearby farmers markets\u2019 treasures assist to create amazing dishes like Crispy Soft-Poached Egg, Escargot Panini, and Chocolate-Caramel Pretzel Tart.<\/p>\n

Chef Corina Weibel of Canele\u2019 LA<\/strong>, says, \u201cI love that as I take inventory of the items in our refrigerators, I can name the farmer who grew the produce and tell you where he is located.\u201d Her sweet neighborhood haven serves exquisite farm-to-table cuisine, like Burrata with Sweet Pepper Ragout. Their Baked Pancake with Meyer Lemon Custard is a must for brunch.<\/p>\n

Post & Beam<\/strong> is the pride and joy of Chef Govind Armstrong, whose many fans include Oprah Winfrey. In the off-the-beaten-track neighborhood of Baldwin Hills, a true LA jewel is planted – quite literally. A resident,\u201cultra-groovy and retro-inspired\u201d garden adds to local growers\u2019 and artisans\u2019 contributions, inspiring their superb wood-fired pizzas and refined southern specialties like Long-cooked Greens with Smoked Ham Hock.<\/p>\n

Those visitors hungry for the best and freshest LA has to offer deserve to experience these outstanding spots that we locals call our own.<\/p>\n

Diane Scalia is a restaurant chef and the founding partner of
\nMelting Pot Food Tours, the original walking-tasting food tours company
\nin Los Angeles. Hungry, adventurous visitors to LA may learn more about
\nhow to dine well while exploring the City of Angels by visiting http:\/\/www.meltingpottours.com<\/a>. Like us on Facebook at http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MeltingPotFoodTours<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n

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photo: Diane Scalia\/Melting Pot Tours<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Interior of Industriel   Culinary tourists love to learn which restaurants are favorite haunts for locals, rightly guessing that long-term residents always know where to find the best food.\u00a0 As a chef myself and native of Los Angeles, let me share some of my favorites where the highest quality garden-to-table cuisine is served. Chef Pati […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97201128,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608178\/revisions\/97201128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}