Herringbone Santa Monica

Herringbone Santa Monica

Santa Monica gets another seafood-centric restaurant with Herringbone's opening steps from the beach. The large space is great for groups or just grabbing a drink and some oysters at one of the bars.

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Hatchet Hall

Hatchet Hall

Hatchet Hall adds to Culver City's Washington Boulevard restaurant row with a wood fire grill to char local, seasonal ingredients. Multiple bars and an outdoor patio make it a great spot to stop in for a drink and small plates.

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Plant Food And Wine

Plant Food And Wine

Matthew Kenney is bringing creativity and innovation to plant based vegan food with the opening of Plant Food and Wine on Abbot Kinney in Venice. Local and seasonal produce are on display in a pretty setting, including an outdoor patio.

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Gary Menes' Le Comptoir

Gary Menes' Le Comptoir

Gary Menes' pedigree at the French Laundry and long lasting Pasadena pop-up has primed him for his first permanent restaurant. Le Comptoir has a vegetable focused tasting menu with the majority of the ingredients growing on Menes' personal farm. If farm fresh food is your thing, go!

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Ashland Hill Santa Monica

Ashland Hill Santa Monica

Ashland Hill may not have the most creative menu in town with all the current kale - cauliflower California classics, but the preparation is solid and served in a relaxed outdoor patio setting near the beach.

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Jiraffe Restaurant Farewell Meal

Jiraffe Restaurant Farewell Meal

Jiraffe had a great 18 year run in Santa Monica and is getting ready to close their doors in February, but luckily they will reopen shortly after with a new concept. I needed one last meal before I said goodbye to Jiraffe.

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Roy Choi's Commissary Restaurant in the Line Hotel

Roy Choi's Commissary Restaurant in the Line Hotel

Roy Choi has opened another winning restaurant in Los Angeles. Commissary is a playful, vegetable driven spot in Koreatown where you can dine in a greenhouse or outside, poolside.

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