Soundtrack Almost Cheese And Crackers' title='Soundtrack Almost Cheese And Crackers' />Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online.Easily share your publications and get.Soundtrack Almost Cheese And Crackers' title='Soundtrack Almost Cheese And Crackers' />Lifehacker.Nick Douglas. Staff Writer, Lifehacker Nick has been writing online for 1.Urlesque, Gawker, the Daily Dot, and Slacktory.He lives in Park Slope with his wife and their books.The Los Angeles Magazine Restaurant Hot List for July 2.The Los Angeles Magazine Restaurant Hot List for July 2.Our monthly guide on where to eat now. Change Taskbar Size Windows Xp there. July 1. 8, 2. 01.Los Angeles Magazine.Dining. A QUICK NOTE These restaurants are hand picked by our editors.We maintain anonymity as much as possible.We pay our own way.And we list only what we love.Period. PRICE GUIDE INEXPENSIVE Meals under 1.MODERATE Mostly under 2.EXPENSIVE Mostly under 5.VERY EXPENSIVE 5.Price classifications are approximate and based on a typical three course dinner for one person, exclusive of drinks, tax, and tip unless otherwise noted, these restaurants accept most credit cards.ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED In the print edition of Los Angeles magazine.West. Includes Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Century City, Culver City, Malibu, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Palms, Santa Monica, Venice, West L.A., Westwood. Culver City, Aloha spirit lives in Culver City.Roy Choi says A Frame has always been Hawaiianat least in the abstractbut an overhaul gave chef Johnny Yoo carte blanche to create full on island fare.Loco moco and huli huli chicken channel tradition, while a baby octopus terrine with foie gras and the sloppy kimchi burger take delicious liberties.Culver City, The name of this charcuterie driven New York transplant is an homage to Belgian cycling legend Eddy the Cannibal Merckx.The owners like to pedal Show up in a bike jerseytheres a bike valet nearbyfor a free second beer.The lamb tartare comes blanketed in aged goat cheese shavings.Wash it down with an imperial stout youve never heard of, and move on to the grilled eggplant smothered in bone marrow.Santa Monica, Bryant Ng mines his Chinese Singaporean heritage, honors wife Kims Vietnamese background, and works in the wood grilling technique he honed at Mozza.The result is the grand Southeast Asian brasserie that Los Angeles seemed destined for.Hunker down at a table on the patio to devour burnished pigs tails with butter lettuce and fish sauce, or belly up to the raw bar for a dozen oysters with sambal cocktail sauce.Culver City, At this indoor outdoor daytime spot named after a comet, Jordan Kahn rigorously imprints a Nordic aesthetic on his vegetable forward California caf menu.Roasted tomatoes and halved gooseberries nestle in a pool of kefir and roasted kale oil avocado wedges rolled in roasted seeds and nuts are separated by sorrel leaves pea tips and tendrils garnish a stack of fried cheese dumplings.Throw in an ambient soundtrack and a whitewashed open kitchen, and the effect is otherworldly.Santa Monica, A few blocks from the Santa Monica Pier, this marketplace and restaurant articulates something fresh about vegan cuisine.Nick Erven pushes beyond simulations of meat that have become the plant based norm.A deep sear on the plancha lends onion bread pudding the hominess of diner food.If the aim is to be good to ones inner self, its veiled by enough Rioja, sauerkraut doughnut holes, and seaweed Doritos to make the theme optional.Venice, Evan Funke is a pasta purist who can slip Italian lessons into any meal.He did it first at Bucato in Culver City and now presides at Felix, a clubby, floral patterned trattoria that occupies the former home of Joes in Venice.His tonnarelli cacio e pepe, a skein of strands adorned with cheese and black pepper, nods to Roman shepherds who used the spice to keep warm, while the rigatoni allAmatriciana with cured pork cheek sings brilliantly alongside Italian country wines.Venice, At the apex of Abbot Kinneys affection for beach chic fashion and the freshest of local produce sits Gjelina, the first of Travis Letts growing cadre of Westside restaurants.Wood fired small plates come to the table aggressively dressed, like the grilled leaves of Treviso radicchio served with an unconventional bagna cauda or sweet roasted parsnips in hazelnut picada.Dont be surprised when youre seated at one of the always crowded communal tables, where pizzas battle for space alongside glasses of Rebula.Culver City, The kimchi is as fiery as any near Western Avenue the brisket, as rosy and fragrant when it hits the grill.Down to its last crisp shards, the pan jun, a seafood pancake thick with scallions and shrimp, is on par with the archetype that has been luring Angelenos to Kobawoo House since 1.The cooking is authentic with an asterisk, evidenced by an uni topped steamed egg.Culver City, Brian Dunsmoors menu lends new meaning to the term So.Cal, with grilled okra spears, vermouth braised rabbit over Antebellum grits, and a pile of ham masquerading as a salad.The Old Man Bar in back puts out superb cocktails, but Maxwell Leers wine programwhich plunks peanuts in chenin blanc and mixes whites with soda poptests boundaries in a way that will amaze as much as it befuddles.Venice, You might know Nyesha Arrington from her appearance on Top Chef or from her days leading Wilshire restaurant.After dining at Leona, we primarily think of her as the woman who hand pinched our lamb belly wontons and topped them with crisp artichoke slivers.Its hard to nail down the genre here Theres a Mexican seafood cctel in a chilled tomato watermelon jus, hippie seed crackers jutting from house made cheese, and savory beef hearts emboldening the meatballs de corazn.Culver City, Sang Yoon is doing to the cuisines of Southeast Asia what he did to ground beef at Fathers Office next door.The spicy chicken pops are a lesson in the tingling effect of Sichuan peppercorns.A whole steamed fish, slathered in black bean ghee and topped with cilantro, is promptly devoured.As at Fathers Office, beverages are well thought out.Mar Vista, The crab melt with shrimp chicharrones is a burst of maritime flavor.The hot pots that arrive bubbling at the tables are deservedly a hit.Salad greens are beyond fresh, while the OG Pioneer bread nods to local history.Order the granita like Crankd for dessert and watch as the ice and frozen fruit are ground by hand.Beverly Hills, It was a gamble to create a monthly menu based on a single ingredient in glamorous Beverly Hills.But celebrity chef Curtis Stone has pulled it off.Each season has a theme Autumn salutes pears, which Stone caramelizes to bring out the gentler notes of braised veal cheeks.In winter he turns to white truffles.When the weather warms up and its time for citrus, the motif glows as brightly as ever in the hit of foamed lime that sits atop a crisp Indian onion bhaji, or fritter.Santa Monica, Since it opened in 1.Josiah Citrins two star Michelin Award winner in Santa Monica has never wavered from celebrating the difference between eating and dining.That his trademark curl of fresh pasta with lobster bolognese and brown butter truffle froth and the poached egg garnished with caviar remain staples isnt a sign of stagnation but evidence that he got it right the first time.Santa Monica, Since starting at Michaels, 2.Miles Thompson has reinvigorated the venerable institution.Restaurateur Michael Mc.Carty practically bounces through his goodwill tour of bar and garden tables.Cocoa nibs add the perfect crunch to pillowy rabbit meatballs with English peas.Tiny leaves of just snipped mugwort balance the brooding force of black rice and baby turnips.Each bite captures that old Michaels magic, an alluring spell of on point food and good conversation in the night air.Palms, Niki Nakayama tailors the rituals of kaiseki dining to a bungalow in Palms.The multi course dinner is high formality without the airs.Dishes begin arriving soon after you are seated.Whether in a skein of spaghettini with paper thin abalone, a seared Wagyu slice with a blistered shishito pepper, or diced shiitakes folded into a butter sauce over Alaskan king crab, a pointillist intensity comes through in every dish.Venice, The Rose Caf, a Venice institution, isnt the same as it once was.But this reincarnation is pretty tasty.Chef Jason Neroni whips up breakfast burritos, kale salads, and other classic beachside fare alongside such signature dishes as cacio e pepe and a cauliflower T bone smothered in almonds and shishito piperade.A case full of baked goods delivers a rock solid Gjusta impression.Santa Monica, Chef Jeremy Fox has bestowed great energy on a Santa Monica fixture that has always been as mellow as a day at the beach.
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