Modern American restaurants in Los Angeles

Providence

5955 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038

When Michael Cimarusti left the stoves at Water Grill to start Providence, his fans were expecting nothing less than the Los Angeles equivalent of fish palaces like Le... More »
Ray's and Stark Bar

5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036

The restaurant itself, run by Joachim Splichal's group, follows the lead of Splichal's Patina, Lincoln, by the Metropolitan Opera, and the Modern, in the Museum of... More »
The Abbey Food and Bar

692 N. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069

Get on your knees and pray at the Abbey, a sprawling 16,000-square-foot indoor-outdoor drinking establishment that attracts a consistently fierce crowd of... More »

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Recent Critic Reviews

Amy Scattergood writes for LA Weekly on Providence

There is a particular kind of alchemy that takes place (casually, nightly) at Providence, Michael Cimarusti's Melrose Avenue seafood palace. Because amid the white tablecloths and the relative peace and quiet, the nicely dressed patrons and the faint purr of the German-engineered cheese cart, there is the kind of exquisitely executed food that can make you gasp with...
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Libby Molyneaux writes for LA Weekly on First & Hope

What's Julie Brown — the comic genius behind the brilliant Madonna spoof Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful — been up to recently? Quite a lot. "Lately, I've been an actress and consultant on Melissa & Joey. I've been writing a pilot for a Japanese company, and I'm playing Frankie Jonas's mom. I did an album a year ago called, Smell the Glamour, which should be on...
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Libby Molyneaux writes for LA Weekly on First & Hope

Born-and-bred Angeleno Taylor Negron has fled to New York, but he's back in town gracing us with his deft comic stories at Beth Lapides' UnCabaret, which also features Jen Kober, Zach Sherwin on the bill.
LA WEEKLY: You've abandoned us for NYC -- why?

TAYLOR NEGRON: My parents are native New Yorkers, and I was brought up with the myth of city told and retold. Stick...
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