Sampler Platter: BBQ in Westwood & Atwater Village, ramen in NY and more

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It’s Monday, but this food news might make you feel less blue ...

• Westwood Brewing Company ‘will try to shed its college bar label as it converts into a ‘serious’ BBQ joint.’ Eater LA
• We’ve heard that the lines are long for Bigmista’s Barbecue at the Atwater Village farmer’s market, and Atwater Village Newbie confirms it.
• ‘Momofuku is a gentrified abomination of a ramen shop with food peddled to New York diners who really ought to know better.’ The Rameniac
• The Locavore’s dilemma: What to do with the kale, turnips and parsley that overwhelm your community-supported agriculture bin. Slate
• Polish member of Parliament fails drunk-driving test. Claims he ate too many apples that fermented in his stomach. Metro UK
• Tonight at the Astor Center in N.Y., Le Bernardin chef Eric Ripert and and New York Times writer Christine Muhlke will be doing a big event around their new book, ‘On The Line,’ a behind-the-scenes look at how Ripert’s famed restaurant runs. The Feedbag

-- Elina Shatkin