Restaurant Find: Hinoki and the Bird LA

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In a city as spoiled with good weather as Los Angeles, there is no excuse not to make the most of al fresco dining. Head to Hinoki and the Bird LA, a mid-century modern mecca in Century City, and do just that. Walk through the dining room past the bustling open kitchen for its laid […]

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Italian Restaurant Find: Bestia LA

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Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis aren’t just people with exotic, cool sounding names; they’re also the powerhouses behind LA’s Bestia, a progressive, multi-regional rustic Italian restaurant housed in a converted warehouse in Downtown LA’s far eastern edge. Their ”˜from scratch’ approach has resulted in the most authentic ”˜clean-up rustic’ (coined by Menashe himself) Italian food […]

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Restaurant Find: Cassia LA

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Cassia, a modern French brasserie-style restaurant serving up Southeast-Asian food has been meticulously designed from what was once the Santa Monica Telephone building, a 1937 Art Deco landmark. This may sound like a bizarre mishmash for some, but it’s a concept that’s taking LA’s west side by storm. The brainchild of two of LA’s most beloved culinary couples […]

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