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

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

Photo:  Hannah Geddis, 30, savors Memphis-style baby back ribs at Gus's Barbecue in South Pasadena. Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times