EPISODE 4

After touring the Harbor and Watts with Janice Hahn, checking out Downtown and South L.A. with Jan Perry, and tasting the best of the West Valley with Dennis Zine, Eric Garcetti turns the spotlight on his own 13th District.

Stretching from Hollywood to Echo Park and across the L.A. River to Glassell Park and Atwater Village, the 13th has seen much more of an upsurge in restaurants than one episode of Flavors of L.A. can count. Garcetti's already compiled one list of his top restaurants, and even more have sprouted since he first blogged those 31 flavors. This episode focuses on three special district haunts:

At Canele, fine bistro dining reaches across the L.A. River. This new Atwater Village restaurant is well known for its farmer's market-fresh ingredients and its large communal table, and was named one of Pulitzer-Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold's "99 Essential L.A. Restaurants."

On the other side of the district, Marouch presents classics of Middle Eastern fare. Not only is Marouch also on Jonathan Gold's famous list, but it's on his agenda for the day: the critic joins the councilmember to sample the tastes of this restaurant on the outskirts of Hollywood.

For dessert, the Council President joins Scoops' proprietor Tai Kim for a chance to create Strawberry-Black Pepper ice cream - - not the strangest of flavors available at this small sweet shop tucked behind the campus of L.A. City College.

Restaurants visited in CD13
Scoops 712 N. Heliotrope Drive Los Angeles, CA 90029 (323) 906-2649	Canele 3219 Glendale Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90039 (323) 666-7133	Marouch 4905 Santa Monica Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90029 Phone: (323) 662-9325
Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold's writing appears in the L.A. Weekly. Here is a link to his 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants - including quite a few in CD13.