Kato
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Kato

Los Angeles, California

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Jonathan Yao's Taiwanese-American tasting menu and the most consequential restaurant in Los Angeles right now. Two Michelin stars, a James Beard award, and a kitchen that translates a Taipei-American childhood into food no one else is making. The room is small, the courses move fast, and every plate is built around an obsessive attention to one or two ingredients done perfectly.

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The bar seats are the move — you watch the kitchen and the courses come fast. Reservations open monthly and disappear in minutes.

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