Chowhound Restaurant LA Poll vs Huffington Post LA Poll

[maxzook]

The Huffington Post has posted a rip-o ... uh, poll ... based upon our own attempts to define the Ultimate L. A. Restaurant:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/18/what-is-las-best-restaura_n_397776.html?slidenumber=oWREpUkjju0%3D&slideshow&slideshow&slideshow

In all fairness they did credit us. But now they're asking their reader to take a poll on our poll. Yes, that right, go to the above link and vote (again?) on your favorite of our favorites. Theirs is an auto-tabulating poll, so the results may have changed by the time you read it, but as of my posting this message their Top 10 is:

1. Pizzeria Mozza
2. Langer's
3. Osteria Mozza
4. Jitlada
5. Urasawa
6. Providence
7. The Bazaar by José Andrés
8. Spago
9. Church & State
10. Animal

If you missed it, compare with our results:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/673604

[mc michael]

I guess they are trying to drum up material for their Los Angeles edition that they just began. Sort of a backwards compliment.

[ipsedixit]

Talk about originality ... or total lack thereof.