Welcome these Newcomers to 2019's 101 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles list

Los Angeles Times

12.11.2019

Nearly a quarter of the   are newcomers. Many — but not all of them — reflect reviews of newer restaurants published over the last year by Times critics   and  ,  . This roster of 22 first-timers is presented alphabetically; to see where each restaurant placed in the ranked listing,  . Hayato (8) The   in Los Angeles is a signless, seven-seat restaurant, all but anonymous among the concrete gorges of the Row DTLA complex. Brandon Hayato Go pulls inspiration from the canonical structure of kaiseki, emphasizing a blur of different cooking techniques (fried, simmered, grilled and so on); he also takes exhilarating liberties with the form. — B.A.