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Californian

Cheesecake Los Angeles

Baco Mercat Pistachio Cheesecake

Fluid is the best way to describe what Chef Josef Centeno is doing in the downtown Los Angeles Old Bank District. Concepts and menus shift frequently at his four properties, but crave-worthy dishes are...
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Sausage Los Angeles

Rustic Canyon Cotechino Sausage

Executive chef Jeremy Fox, chef de cuisine Brittany Cassidy and their finely tuned team somehow found a higher gear for Rustic Canyon Wine Bar and Seasonal Kitchen, a Santa Monica standby that keeps getting...
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Salad Los Angeles

Here’s Looking At You Momotaro Tomato

I never expected to find such a good tomato in December. Yes, California is famous for summertime tomatoes, but offerings can get wan in winter. Here’s Looking At You chef Jonathan Whitener reminded me...
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Bacon Los Angeles

Native Farmhouse Bacon (Dose of Vitamin P)

The return of chef Nyesha Arrington to a Westside kitchen has been triumphant. At Wilshire in Santa Monica and Leona in Venice, she already proved to be one of L.A.’s leading practitioners of seasonal,...
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Breakfast Sandwich Los Angeles

SQIRL Mosca Breakfast Sandwich

In her first five years of business, chef Jessica Koslow has managed to turn long-neglected Virgil Village into a dining destination with SQIRL. Her tiny indoor-outdoor cafe, bakery, and coffee bar has become L.A.’s...
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Fish Orange County

Driftwood Kitchen Swordfish

Beachfront restaurants rely on the setting way too often, knowing that customers will still visit for the valuable view, food be damned. Thankfully, chef Rainer Schwarz and business partner John Nye aren’t so complacent...
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