Alta chef-partners Daniel Patterson, left, and Keith Corbin recently reopened Locol in Watts after roughly six years of closure. But this year, Patterson and his business partner at Alta Adams, chef Keith Corbin — a former Locol kitchen manager — gave it new life through Alta Community, their nonprofit that operates and oversees Locol. Now, they’re serving plates heaped with …
Locol, which opened in 2016, launched with lines going out the door. Locol, named the L.A. Times Restaurant of the Year in 2017, was founded by celebrity chefs Patterson, formerly of multiple Bay Area fine dining institutions, including Coi, which at one point earned three Michelin stars, and Roy Choi, TV host and founder of the Kogi food truck empire. …
