Goldie’s Pork Roll [CLOSED]

Sandwich Los Angeles

The stretch of West 3rd Street between The Original Farmers Market and the Beverly Center needed a new restaurant about as much as the beach needs more sand. That said, The Eveleigh co-owner Nick Mathers, chef Thomas Lim and crew have turned Goldie’s into a hotspot thanks to their airy setting, seasonal cooking, and Brittini Rae Peterson’s vaunted cocktails. Lunch is fairly restrained at the indoor-outdoor restaurant, which features a plant-lined patio framed by a living wall, a dining room with marble bar and sky-lit wood rafters, and floor-to-ceiling shelves of wood that stoke the flames of a featured grill. My lunch consisted of three menu items on bread, none better than the Pork Roll ($14).

Unfortunately, this pork roll had nothing to do with the Taylor Ham of my New Jersey youth, which is similar to SPAM and made frequent appearances on my Mountain Park Elementary School cafeteria lunch tray. Rather, Goldie’s loads a soft bun with slow-cooked pork collar and balances proceedings with tangy honey mustard slaw, roasted cherry tomatoes that burst with bright acidity, sweet onions, and a side of lightly dressed greens. There could have been more pork, but the cubes I tasted were pretty luscious, as collar’s a fairly fatty, flavorful cut.

Dose of Vitamin P spotlights my favorite pork dish from the previous week.

Address: 8422 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048
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