bonappetitnamed los angeles' alma restaurant the best in the us this year. the best. the best new restaurant in the country is right here in downtown la, or at least so bonappetitsays. how can you walk into the best restaurant in the country and not expect great, no the best , things? would there be an individual hand woven chair for my purse like many high end michelin restaurants have? would there be six white gloved waiters attending to my every need, request and desire? would the food be more unique than the hand foraged fare of copenhagen's noma (previously named best restaurant in the world by san pellegrino)? it was hard not to have these thoughts run through my mind as i went to dine at alma. finding alma was not my best experience. i drove past it several times, before realizing it's the tiny spot next to the building promoting "hostess dancing." it's on a dark stretch of street on a less than active block of broadway, near olympic. the interior is sparse with a cl