Jonathan Gold to the New York Times ...
I'd feared it, soon as the brilliant editor-in-chief of LA Weekly, Laurie Ochoa, was fired for doing such a beautiful job for so many years.
The reason I'd feared it is that the NYT is looking for a restaurant critic now that Frank Bruni is moving on to another beat.
So what's great for Manhattan and the other boroughs is gonna be lousy for Los Angeles and Pasadena food and foodies.
What I hear is the Laurie's husband, J. Go, the greatest restaurant critic in the country, an elegant writer and formerly the New York restaurant dude for Gourmet, so no stranger to Gotham eateries, has been offered the job.
Notice I say that I hear he's been offered the job -- not that he's taken it. But still. Given this perfect storm of timing, the Times would be crazy to offer the post to anyone else. If it goes through, the Pasadena residents are gonna be greatly missed.
Where on Earth are we gonna find out about the best place to get genuine Peruvian ceviche now?
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Thanks for the nice words about Laurie. She molded the Weekly into the best alt-weekly on the planet, and Los Angeles is a much poorer place without her at the helm. But I can say definitively that I have neither accepted nor been offered a position at the NY Times.
The ceviche at Mo-Chica is epic, by the way.
Posted by: j gold | June 6, 2009 8:12 AM
Where did you here the NYT offered JG the job?
Heck, if we want to keep him in our area, maybe your newspaper conglomerate should offer him the gig!
Finally, I thought they were altadena residents?
Posted by: CP | June 7, 2009 12:48 PM
Where did you here the NYT offered JG the job?
Heck, if we want to keep him in our area, maybe your newspaper conglomerate should offer him the gig!
Finally, I thought they were altadena residents?
Posted by: CP | June 7, 2009 12:49 PM