![harmony steakhouse harmony steakhouse](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/1a/f3/b2/a4/bvt-monster-slope-burger.jpg)
Whether you’re picking up takeout or settling in at a crowded counter, remember to treat those who feed us in these unprecedented times with kindness and patience. Jenn Harris joins me in naming some of our very favorite places for imbibing (alcohol and otherwise), and I also highlight several enduring pop-up operators whose indie moxie matches their delicious cooking. Ramsey on the evolution of a tasting-menu series, heavy with history, that was featured on Netflix’s “High on the Hog” and Esther Tseng illuminating an organization that supports restaurant workers who are part of the city’s varied, and often invisible, Indigenous communities. Miranda on the designer whose cart may change the way street vendors sell tamales Donovan X. The number of stories to tell about L.A.’s food culture is limitless, and to that end three of my favorite writers contributed essays to extend the narrative. Some well-established names and places appear (consider it a nudge to patronize them if you love them) and so do some fresh entrants: Look for Ammatoli in Long Beach, Flavors From Afar in Little Ethiopia, Sushi Kaneyoshi in Little Tokyo and the roving Los Dorados among them.
![harmony steakhouse harmony steakhouse](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/c8/cd/95/the-harmony-legian.jpg)
![harmony steakhouse harmony steakhouse](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/07/83/bc/72/harmony-hotel.jpg)
It also is meant to capture, as much as a finite number can, the overall breadth and spirit of dining in L.A. With apologies to my editors, I don’t really believe in the idea of “bests” when it comes to the 101 project.