Kali
“Pretty much ever critic loves Kali on Melrose” says Eater, and we can’t agree more. Run by two former high-end kitchen veterans (the chef Kevin Meehan was at L’Orangerie with Ludo Lefebvre and Drew Langley is the former sommelier at...
Dinner
Little Sister
The first thing you’ll notice at Little Sister is the big speakers screaming heavy 90s rap at any time of the day. This will appeal to some, and others will choose the nearest window tables facing Bottega Louie. You’d be...
Hatchet Hall
Hatchet Hall is a masterpiece of the Dada movement. Lost in the middle of nowhere, in a part of Los Angeles that everyone ignores — except perhaps the fans of Roy Choi’s A-Frame. In this surprisingly gigantic space (300 seats...
A.O.C.
Suzanne Goin is a visionary: a decade before everyone else, she understood the importance of biodynamic wines, small plates and Mediterranean influences. She was the first to add the chermoula to halibut, before we even owned a smartphone to Google...
Lucques
In a town where restaurants come and go quicker than a Snapchat post, Lucques is an exception. Back in 1998, Suzanne Goin and her partner-and-sommelier Caroline Styne opened a Mediterranean restaurant just across Melrose Place. The rest is history. And...
Fishing with Dynamite
If the world is your oyster, Fishing with Dynamite is the promised land. A tiny beach hut elegantly decorated, the ideal place to have a drink after a day in Manhattan Beach. One or two glasses of white wine, and it’s...
Lukshon
Chef Sang Yoon, after a few years at Michael’s, is famous for having launched the gourmet burger trend when he was at Father’s Office. He also tyrannized his clients by banning ketchup and children, and is responsible for the “Substitutions...
Rustic Canyon
Rustic Canyon Wine Bar & Seasonal Kitchen started more than ten years ago, when Josh Loeb held dinner series at his family’s tree house nestled in Rustic Canyon. A decade later, he is now married to his pastry chef Zoe...
Republique
If you ask us what we miss the most from France, the answer is simple: the rotisserie chicken we’d get from the butcher shop down the street, that has been roasted for so long and which comes with wrinkly new...
Union
One must deserve a dinner Union, mainly by booking it days in advance. These squid-ink garganelli with lobster, fennel, Meyer lemon and truffle butter may play hard-to-get on a Saturday night, just like the beautiful spaghetti alla chitarra. You could...