Yes, Bill Addison is back on TASTE. We’ve long been a fan of Bill’s writing, going back to his well-considered restaurant criticism in Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, for Eater as a roving national critic, and for the past three-plus years as the head restaurant critic at the Los Angeles Times. Bill is our favorite critic, writing about our favorite food city in the United States, and we talk about what’s exciting about LA right now. We also get into his writing routine, some of his favorite slept-on gems, and what the hell is going on at The ROW? And what is up with Craig’s? This is such a great conversation, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

And to close out Restaurant Critic Week, Aliza and Matt talk about the state of the restaurant critic in 2023. Who are their favorites in the game? Which writers should be given a reviewing beat? And what about Tik Tok reviewers? There’s a lot to go over, and we cover it all.

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MORE FROM BILL ADDISON:

• The 12 Most Loved Restaurant Dishes of 2022 [LA Times]

• The Latest Blockbuster from the Couple Behind Bestia and Bavel [LA Times]

• How Damian grew to be one of L.A.’s finest modern California-Mexican restaurants [LA Times]

• The Year I Ate Pico Boulevard (Aliza was right!) [LA Weekly]

MORE FROM RESTAURANT CRITIC WEEK:

• TASTE Podcast 192: The New Yorker’s Hannah Goldfield

• TASTE Podcast 193: Eater’s Ryan Sutton