A few weeks ago we reported that the City Paper’s Todd Kliman had been nominated for a prestigious Beard Award. And Friday night at a gala in New York, it was announced that Todd, who’s Young & Hungry column has recently covered suburban ethnic restaurants as well as the joys of shad, won the award for Best Newspaper Column.

Kliman’s column for the City Paper is one of our favorite bits of weekly reading. More than just restaurant reviews, he ventures out to find interesting stories about food whether they be based in the city or the ‘burbs. One of his recent columns — “The Regular,” about a Maryland professor who dines at Marcel’s nearly every night — was one of the best pieces of restaurant writing we’ve read this year. Kliman’s Beard medal is well deserved — congratulations Todd!