{"id":165664,"date":"2026-02-05T20:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/165664\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:46:08","slug":"review-yerord-mas-is-the-future-of-armenian-cooking-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/165664\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Yerord Mas Is the Future of Armenian Cooking in Los Angeles\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">There is a long, cherished history of ambitious restaurants opening in tiny strip mall spaces around Los Angeles. Landmarks like <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/venue\/20183\/baroo-los-angeles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baroo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/venue\/7378\/trois-mec\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trois Mec<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/venue\/86838\/kato-restaurant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kato<\/a> began this way with (relatively) low overhead and the creative freedom that affords. In the corner of a strip mall on the Glendale-Burbank border, chef Arthur Grigoryan and his new restaurant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eater.com\/venue\/940481\/yerord-mas-bakery-and-deli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yerord Mas<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/food\/story\/2026-01-28\/armenian-pop-up-brisket-yerord-mas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">began as a pop-up<\/a>, could be next in that lineage. Grigoryan\u2019s refined takes on uncommon Armenian dishes feel thoughtful and evocative \u2014 even thrilling. You will have to get your own napkins but the food exalts the experience, from snacky patots (stuffed grape leaves) to the behemoth basturma brisket sandwich.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">The dining room may not be totally equipped for formal service yet but its casual atmosphere begets homey warmth. Everyone on staff pitches in, which feels intimate and charming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">There are no dish descriptions on the hanging menu board; ordering from it can feel intimidating to first-timers who may be less familiar with Armenian cuisine. Ask the staff what\u2019s up and they will gladly introduce you to the bounty of Armenian foodways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is a long, cherished history of ambitious restaurants opening in tiny strip mall spaces around Los Angeles.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28829,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-165664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","14":"tag-los-angeles-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}