Lien Ta is the restaurateur behind All Day Baby, Here’s Looking At You and Tet a Tet. Lien’s story is a fascinating one, and we retrace her steps from her childhood in Georgia eating beige foods at Chili’s to her culinary awakening in New Orleans, which eventually resulted in her opening one of LA’s best loved restaurants of the last decade, Here’s Looking At You in Koreatown. We discuss the challenges of opening a new restaurant, what it was like to close seemingly for good during the pandemic, only to then rise from the ashes against all odds. From her leadership at her restaurants to her work supporting woman-owned business with Regarding Her Food, Lien is truly a shining light in the Los Angeles food community, and I’m stoked for you to hear our conversation.

Also on this episode… The Infatuation released a controversial list of the 19 best pizzerias in Los Angeles this week. This caused quite a stir to say the least, so I outline the pizzerias I think were most hard-done by being excluded from the list.

Helpful links:

Lien's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lientigre/?hl=en

Here's Looking At You https://www.hereslookingatyoula.com/

All Day Baby https://www.alldaybabyla.com/

Regarding Her Food https://www.regardingherfood.com/

Infatuation Pizza List https://www.theinfatuation.com/los-angeles/guides/the-best-pizza-in-los-angeles

Pizzana https://pizzana.com/

Milana's http://www.milanasnewyorkpizzeria.com/

Pi LA https://pila213.com/

Gra https://xn--gr-nia.com/

Gorilla Pies https://gorillapies.com/

Dough Daddy https://www.instagram.com/doughdaddyla/?hl=en

Dtown Pizzeria https://www.dtownpizzeria.com/

Lucky Nick's luckynickspizza.com

Brandoni Pepperoni https://www.brandoni-pepperoni.com/

Quarantine Pizza Company https://www.instagram.com/quarantinepizzaco/

Hail Mary Pizza https://hailmarypizzala.com/

Hot Tongue https://www.hottonguepizza.com/

Tomato Pie https://www.tomatopiepizzajoint.com/

Bagel and Slice https://bagelandslice.com/

Pizza Wagon of Brooklyn https://www.pizzawagonofbrooklynmenu.com/

Dough Box https://order.doughboxla.com/

Blackbird https://blackbirdpizzashopla.com/

Mother Wolf https://www.motherwolfla.com/

Speak Cheezy https://www.speak-cheezy.com/

Best Bet https://www.bestbetpizzeria.la/

Friends and Family https://www.ffpizzaco.com/

Ghisallo https://www.ghisallo.la/

Here's Looking At Lien: Lien Ta's journey to becoming one of LA's best loved restaurateurs