Good Food Staying afloat in L.A.'s restaurant biz Hosted by Evan Kleiman Nov. 25, 2017 Food & Drink Listen 57 min MORE Photo by Stan Lee From this Episode: Building Honey's Kettle from the ground up Vincent Williams began his career in the food industry 40 years ago, working his way up from prepping chickens on the graveyard shift for the Golden Bird company. 18 min Opening up Biergarten in the middle of Koreatown Competition and density are real struggles for any restaurant in this busy city. How do new restaurateurs differentiate themselves from the rest of LA’s crowded culinary... 10 min A family's tough decision to shutter Simbal In 2015, Shawn Pham and his family took out a lease on a 3,200-square-foot space and invested over $1 million to open a restaurant in Little Tokyo. Simbal served a... 13 min Jonathan Gold dines at The Ponte This week, Jonathan Gold does “California food with an Italian overlay” at The Ponte , chef Scott Conant’s recently opened Mid-City restaurant. 3 min Pok Pok closes in Chinatown Andy Ricker serves his take on Thai food at five Pok Pok locations throughout Portland, Oregon, and one in Brooklyn, New York. In 2015, his noodle bar and flagship... 7 min Weathering the storms at Michael's In 1978, Michael McCarty opened Michael’s in Santa Monica before opening a second location in New York a decade later. 5 min Credits Host: Evan Kleiman Producers: Laryl Garcia, Abbie Fentress Swanson, Camellia Tse, Joseph Stone