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LA Weekly
99 Essential Restaurants 2013

Bon Appetit
The Most Important Restaurants in America: #11

The Daily Meal
101 Best Restaurants in America for 2013

KCRW 98.9 FM
Vinny as Guest DJ

Made Man
Animal Style! by Jason Kessler

Los Angeles Magazine
2012 Chefs of the Year

Garden & Gun
A Breed Apart by John T. Edge

Wall Street Journal
L.A.’s Masterminds of Dude Food

Shopping With Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook
New York Times

“In its short, happy existence, Animal has become the most influential restaurant in Los Angeles, the one where visiting chefs go when they have time for only one dinner in town”- Jonathan Gold

A Movable Beast: L.A. Weekly’s 99 Essential Restaurants

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE
Killer Food by Dana Goodyear

DINNER PARTY FOR A NEW DECADE
Food and Wine Magazine – Jan 2010

BEST NEW CHEFS
Food and Wine Magazine

Los Angeles Magazine
Top Ten Best New Restaurants

LA Weekly
10 Best Dishes of 2008

NPR (National Public Radio)
10 Best Cookbooks of 2008

Eater L.A.
Year In Eater 2008: Top Newcomers