Los Angeles Times Coast to Coast 2023

The Los Angeles Times hosts Coast to Coast in New York City, presented by City National Bank.

They’re inviting top chefs from LA and NYC to serve up some of their favorite dishes at this tasting event, bringing them together for one night only to promote bicoastal culinary appreciation.

Featured Restaurants
Los Angeles
L.A. Times is bringing exciting chefs from the 2022 101 Best Restaurants list to NYC for one night only.

Anajak Thai
Chef Justin Pichetrungsi
Winner of the Los Angeles Times 2022 Restaurant of the Year award and #2 on the L.A. Times 101 Best Restaurants list, Anajak Thai is a Sherman Oaks Thai spot where a meal is a sensory overload, in the best of ways.

Heritage Barbecue
Pitmaster Daniel Castillo
Orange County based Heritage Barbecue celebrates authentic Central Texas-style barbecue cooked low and slow in custom offset smokers — but where Heritage really shines are its non-traditional riffs of SoCal food favorites that reflect their heritage and love of SoCal culture, from brisket tacos and pastrami tortas to pork belly musubi and brisket banh mi.

Angry Egret Dinette
Chef Wes Avila
With Los Angeles establishments L.A. Times 101 Best Restaurants awarded Angry Egret Dinette and Yucatán Peninsula inspired KA’TEEN, Guerrilla Tacos founder chef Wes Avila brings Alta California cuisine to the East Coast.

Mini Kabob
Chef Armen Martirosyan
Long considered some of the best kabob in town, Mini Kabob is LA’s beloved family-run mom and pop restaurant cooking Armenian food with Egyptian influence, offering 35+ years of delicious homemade kabobs cooked over an open fire.

Damian
Executive Chef Enrique Olvera, Head Chef Jesus “Chuy” Cervantes
Inspired by the celebratory food and gatherings of Mexico, Enrique Olvera and Casamata group’s first Los Angeles establishment Damian showcases the best local produce and the spirit of the community, exploring the rich culinary bonds between Mexico and California. Damian will be collaborating with Cosme from NY for the night.

Pizzeria Mozza
Chef Nancy Silverton
Widely recognized as one of the best pizzerias in the country, Pizzeria Mozza is an expression of Michelin Star chef Nancy Silverton’s unique aesthetic and approach to cooking: focused but not fussy, straightforward, and always uncompromising.

Featured Restaurants
New York City
L.A. Times will host an exciting group of NYC chefs that represent the city’s iconic and diverse dining scene.

Cosme
Executive Chef Enrique Olvera, Head Chef Gustavo Garnica
Enrique Olvera’s Cosme is a Casmata restaurant in New York City’s Flatiron District serving contemporary cuisine inspired and rooted in Mexican flavors and traditions while celebrating local and seasonal ingredients from the Hudson Valley and surrounding region. Cosme will be collaborating with Damian from LA for the night.

Lafayette
Chef Andrew Carmellini
Lafayette is an everyday grand café and bakery in the ceremony of French cooking. The market-driven menu is a worldly homage to eating for pleasure and includes specialty viennoiseries like the famous “Suprême” croissants (made famous on TikTok in 2022, with a line wrapping around the block three times a day).

Rezdôra NYC
Chef Stefano Secchi
Rezdôra is a New York Times three-star restaurant and a 2021 Michelin Star recipient with a menu centered around house-made pasta, a nod to the restaurant’s name which translates to “head of household”- usually a nonna who hand rolls pasta.

Koloman
Chef Markus Glocker
Koloman is a contemporary French restaurant that blends Parisian creativity with Viennese tradition. Koloman bridges two worlds: turn of the century European cafe culture with the energy of today’s New York.

Mari
Chef Sungchul Shim
Using hand rolls as a central theme, Mari playfully pushes the boundaries of contemporary Korean cuisine offering an imaginative tasting menu inspired by Korean hand rolls.

Rule of Thirds
Chef JT Vuong
Rule of Thirds is a distinctly New York styled Japanese restaurant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The playful dishes draw both upon izakaya comfort foods plus regional and global flavors of the city.

Win Son
Chef Trigg Brown
Win Son is a Taiwanese American restaurant and bakery in Brooklyn created over a friendship between Josh Ku and Trigg Brown. Win Son will be collaborating with Anajak Thai from L.A. for the night.

Lady Wong
Pastry Chefs Seleste Tan, Mogan Anthony
Lady Wong is a Southeast Asian inspired bakery celebrating timeless flavors of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Thailand.

Mŏkbar
Chef Esther Choi
Mŏkbar offers a seasonal Korean menu that incorporates traditional and modern influences into fresh, seasonal dishes. Inspired by the age-old technique of her Korean grandmother’s cooking, Chef Esther Choi has a personal passion for introducing New Yorkers to the flavors of Korean culture, while utilizing the freshest ingredients from places like the Union Square Greenmarket or the Korean markets in Flushing, Queens.

Singapura
Chef Salil Mehta
Featuring a Singaporean-inspired drink and food menu, Singapura not only offers hawker food but also dishes from the Peranakan and Eurasian communities in Singapore.