LA Weekly's Gold Standard is Back on March 4

​Gold Standard is an annual event put on by our sister paper LA Weekly featuring restaurants handpicked by food critic extraordinaire Jonathan Gold. It's a chance to sample some of the most exciting dishes our neighboring county to the north has to offer, all in one swoop, so you can later restaurant-name-drop to all your foodie friends. Oh, Ramen Jinya? I love that place!

This year, the affair happens from 1 to 5 p.m. on March 4 at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the restaurant list is pretty awesome. In true J.Gold style, there's a good mix of high-end and lo-fi, from white-tablecloth powerhouses to luxe loncheras.  
  
Read, Google and drool: Animal, A-Frame, Baco Mercat, Chego, Chichen Itza, Drago Centro, Guelaguetza, Jitlada, La Casita Mexicana, LaOn, Little Dom's, Meals by Genet, Mo-Chica, Mozza, Palate Food + Wine, Street, Mezze, Nickel Diner, Lukshon, MB Post, Night + Market, Playa, Providence, Ramen Jinya, Salt's Cure, Sotto, Spice Table, Starry Kitchen, Short Order, and more.  
 
Tickets, available starting Jan. 26, are $75 for general admission or $95 for VIP early entrance and a swag bag. No tickets will be sold at the door. Right now, until Jan. 25 at 10 a.m., get a $10 discount on presale tickets here. A portion of the proceeds benefit Heal the Bay.

For more details, visit laweekly.com/goldstandard.

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