The Gold Standard 2011: Final Restaurant List (Drumroll Please)

If you've not yet cleared out your dance card for Sunday, March 6th, bought your tickets to the 2011 Gold Standard, and set the date for your fast, you are herewith reminded. This year's happy event, the third annual Gold Standard, will take place on Sunday March 6th, from 1-5 p.m., at the Petersen. (Why we're going to be blissfully stuffing ourselves again in an automotive museum, of all places, I've no idea.)

Yesterday the people who live upstairs -- literally, not metaphorically -- finalized the list of restaurants coming to this year's event. Requisite drumroll. Yes, there will be trucks. Yes, Ludo will be there. And no, Maison Giraud (chef Alain Giraud's much anticipated but still quite invisible restaurant) is not open yet. It's a long list, fortunately alphabetized (thank you, upstairs!), so turn the page...

Final Restaurant List for the 2011 Gold Standard:

A-Frame
Akasha
AOC
Babita
Bistro LQ
Bludso's BBQ
Chichen Itza
Cole's
CUT
Drago Centro
Earlez Grille
El Huarache Azteca #1
Eva Restaurant
Father's Office
The Foundry on Melrose
Good Girl Dinette
Guelaguetza
Jar
Jinya
Jitlada
La Casita
Little Dom's
Loteria Grill
Ludo Bites
Maison Giraud
Manilla Machine
Mayura Amrit
Meals By Genet
Mo-Chica
Mozza
Nickel Diner
Palate Food & Wine
Park's BBQ
Providence
Slaw Dogs
Starry Kitchen
STREET
Tacos Baja Ensenada
The Gorbals
Upstairs 2
Vincenti
Waterloo and City