preview
All Day Baby
Alta Adams
Angry Egret Dinette
Bicyclette
Bridgetown Roti
Causita LA
Connie & Ted’s
Crossroads Kitchen
Fishing With Dynamite
Flavors From Afar
Heritage Barbecue
Jitlada
Kuya Lord
Mini Kabob
n/soto
Osteria Mozza
Parks BBQ
Pearl River Deli
Kato
Petit Trois
Pijja Palace
Pizzeria Bianco
Poncho’s Tlayudas
Rossoblu
Saffy’s
Sichaun Impression
Sonoratown
Taco Maria
Villa’s Tacos
Yangban Society
Damn no love for Needle again lol
Thanks for the preview.
@JKB: This list is for the vendors who will help cater the event, and not the 101 actual restaurants (though I would assume there’d be overlap). Maybe Needle will still make the cut on the list (as hopefully Shunji, n/naka, Hayato, etc…).
Phew! Thanks for the clarification @J_L
Needle need more love 
Shake shack opened right across the street this weekend 
@JeetKuneBao
The list isn’t out yet but i’m sure they’ll be on the list. They were on the list last year and they served food at the launch party.
I’m wondering if it will just be a 101 list or will they be ranked this year? Some people were assuming that last year was going to be ranked and it wasn’t.
what do you guys think, should the LA Times start ranking them again or just do a list of 101 LA restaurants?
ranking is dubious at best so i much prefer a list or category of restaurants
True. For ranking, I only really looked at the top 10.
If i were to predict top 3 ranked, it would probably be Hayato, Providence, Kato in that order.
Ditto this 
Addison is still the critic, so I’d be shocked if the list isn’t just alphabetical, like last year.
Numerical / star scores and ranks are a fool’s exercise.
As are lists with an arbitrary number of entries, unless you change them up more often, like the Eater 38s.
I really hope it is ranked. I love the countdown!! It’s the best part. Just like when they do 500 greatest songs or things of that nature, it loses some luster for me when it’s just a straight up list with no ranking. And it’s fun to discuss why certain restaurants are in certain places.
Funny. I’m the biggest proponent of vegan restaurants here, but Peony and I both thought Crossroads sucks (in our one visit). I do, however, appreciate that LATimes thought it was obligatory to name a vegan restaurant.
I much prefer heritage bbq when it comes to vegan restaurants
so should we expect the official list out December 7th or so? or earlier?
official list gets revealed at the Dec 6th launch party.
ranked this year
Huh?
list will be ranked
yay! I can’t wait
what predictions do people have for number one??