Los Angeles has always been a city of neighborhoods, a metropolis with no one agreed-upon center of life and commerce. Rather, the city is a grouping of enclaves as distinct from one another as the countries of Europe. Yet despite being a city of neighborhoods, this has not traditionally been a city of neighborhood restaurants. This is the third year I’ve overseen <i>L.A. Weekly</i>’s 99 Essentials issue, and each year it gets both easier and harder— harder to decide what gets struck from the list in order to make room for new restaurants. But the 99 Essentials must reflect where L.A. is right now.<a href="http://www.laweekly.com/restaurants/la-weeklys-99-essential-restaurants-a-love-letter-to-los-angeles-video-5414152"> Read the full story from Food Critic Besha Rodell at: <i>L.A. Weekly'</i>s 99 Essential Restaurants: A Love Letter to Los Angeles.</a>