Noma

An Eastside craft brewery scene, Walmart pink sauce, a ceviche hangover cure and rice bags as sandbags. I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of Food, with this week’s Tasting Notes.Fine dining’s twilight? The open kitchen at Rene Redzepi’s Copenhagen restaurant Noma.(Laurie Ochoa / Los Angeles Times) In the days since Rene Redzepi announced that he’ll close his Copenhagen restaurant Noma nearly two full years from now, at the end of 2024, there’s been a lot of talk about the unsustainable nature of fine…

Noma, the Danish restaurant considered one of the best in the world, said Monday that it would close its doors next year and reopen as a test kitchen. “To continue being noma, we must change,” Noma’s owner René Redzepi said on the restaurant’s website, without elaborating why the restaurant was closing to regular service in the winter of 2024. Restaurants have struggled during the pandemic to cope with mounting food costs and diners staying…