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Osteria Mozza
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6602 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036

323-297-0100 

http://www.osteriamozza.com  

6602 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles CA 90036

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  • Italian
    Sun 5pm-10pm, Mon-Fri 5:30pm-11pm, Sat 5pm-11pm
    $$$ $$$
  • All Major Credit Cards
    Private Party
    Dinner
  • Full bar
    Accepted, Highly Recommended
    Street, Valet
Description

Nancy Silverton is the most dogged of chefs, dedicated to perfecting the most elemental of foods through sheer strength of will. Almost anybody who has tasted what she has wrought in the media of bread, pastry, cheese or pizza can attest to the power of her obsessions. And at the Osteria, a sleek, bustling restaurant in the same building as her Pizzeria Mozza, the intensity of the restaurant's cuisine radiates from the mozzarella bar at its heart, a loose take on the mozzarella-intensive wine bar Obika near the Pantheon in central Rome, and a testament to the vitality to be drawn from a single ingredient whose freshness and provenance are so crucial - imagine a great sushi chef who has chosen to work with mozzarella instead of fish. Really, you have never tasted such cheese. But a fine restaurant is of course more than just cheese, and Osteria Mozza also synthesizes Silverton's roots in the area of Umbria where she has her summer home, and the current Emilia-Romagna fixations of Matt Molina, a young San Gabriel native who is her chef, as well as the polish from partners Joe Bastianich and Mario Batali and wine czar David Rosoff. The the braised guinea fowl and the spoon-tender pork roast inspired by rural Umbrian trattorias share menu space with meat-sauced fresh garganelli and tortellini en brodo from the homeliest kitchens in Bologna; the sashimi-like constructions of fresh mozzarella co-exist with the simplest possible rendition of linguine cacio e pepe, which resonates with the heat and fragrance of freshly ground pepper. (The standard disclaimer applies: Nancy is a family friend and she co-wrote a book with my wife. You are free to discount any of my opinions, as foolish as you would be to do so.) Osteria Mozza is pretty extraordinary now, but what is even more exciting is the restaurant that I suspect it will evolve into over the next several years.








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  • dishing
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    | Seattle, WA | 24 Reviews

    Osteria Mozza is delicious. It's fun to see Nancy Silverton working here. If you love cheese, you could just go eat a zillion plates of cheese.

  • dannable
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    | Los Angeles, CA | 5 Reviews

    This place is really good. Great atmosphere. Wonderful food. It's Mario Batali's place. I've seen him on the Food Network -- yes, I dabble in the Food Network.

  • spanknyce
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    | Beverly Hills, CA | 44 Reviews

    Yummie I like the restaurant, NOT the pizza joint. Pizza place has good apps. The restaurant is GREAT all around. I recently figured out the best way to order here - pick a bunch of different pasta dishes and split the plates with whoever you are there with. The restaurant has no problem doing that. The more people you go with the more pastas you get to try. It's the way to fly, trust me. It's my people. Oh, yeah and if you love Burrata, they many great innovative ways to serve. Even something called Burraccotta. Talk about a cheese after my own heart... (I mean that in more than one way). Pricey, but probably best Italian rest in all of LA. Mario Batali is the paison.

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Main Menu
Antipasti
$12.00
Pasta e Fagioli
$10.00
Tripe Alla Parmigiana
$16.00
Affettati Misti
with gnocco fritto
$12.00
Crispy Pig Trotter
with cicoria & mustard
$16.00
Steamed Mussels
with passata di pomodoro, chilies & herbs
$22.00
Grilled Santa Barbara Spot Prawns
with radish salsa verde
$16.00
Little Gem Lettuce
with baby squash, red onions, walnuts & pecorino
$18.00
Sweet Gem Lettuce
with bufala mozzarella, cucumber & yogurt
$21.00
Grilled Octopus
with potatoes, celery & lemon
$15.00
Red Endive, Fennel & Parmigiano Reggiano
with anchovy date dressing
$15.00
Warm Medjool Dates & Speck
with Maldon sea salt
$16.00
Butter Lettuce
with bacon, gorgonzola dolce, hazelnuts, and egg
$16.00
Watercress
with oro blanco grapefruit, avocado, onions, red walnuts & Picholine olives
$16.00
Baby Kale
with pine nuts, ricotta salata & marinated anchovies
$18.00
Amberjack & Sea Urchin Crudo
with chile lime vinaigrette
$12.00
Ribollita ' da Delfina '
From the Mozzarella Bar
$26.00
Burrata with Tsar Nicoulai Caviar
red onion, egg & chives
$26.00
Burrata from Puglia
with leeks & fett’unta
$26.00
Mozzarella Tasting
bufala mozzarella, burrata, & smoked bufala mozzarella
$17.00
Burrata
with speck, English peas & mint
$19.00
Bufala Mozzarella With Prosciutto Di Parma
$16.00
Burrata With Leeks Vinaigrette
& mustard breadcrumbs
$16.00
Burricotta with Braised Artichokes
pine nuts, currants & mint pesto
$16.00
Burrata With Bacon
marinated escarole & caramelized shallots
$16.00
Fior di latte
with pesto, salsa romesco, tapenade & caperberry relish
$16.00
Bufala Mozzarella
with iceberg, salame, pepperoncino & green olive tapanade
$16.00
Stracchino Panino
with armandino's mole salame & salsa calabrese
$16.00
Mozzarella en Panna
with roasted cherry tomatoes
$16.00
Burricotta With Radicchio, Spiced Walnuts
honey & fried rosemary
$17.00
Burrata
with grilled asparagus, brown butter, guanciale & almonds
$17.00
Bufala Mozzarella
with alici di menaica, meyer lemon & herb salad
Primi
$20.00
Tortellini In Brodo
$19.00
Bavette, Cacio E Pepe
$21.00
Agnolotti, Burro E Salvia
$21.00
Maltagliati
with wild boar ragu
$20.00
Garganelli
with ragu bolognese
$20.00
Calf's Brain Ravioli
with fava beans & market lettuces
$20.00
Ricotta & Egg Raviolo
with browned butter
$20.00
Coach Farm Goat Cheese Ravioli
with five lilies
$19.00
Spaghetti Calabrese
with marinated white anchovies
$21.00
Squid Ink Chitarra Freddi
with dungeness crab, sea urchin & jalapeno
$23.00
Francobolli Di Brasato
with crushed duck liver & black truffle
$20.00
Corzetti Stampati
with eggplant, olives & fresh ricotta
$21.00
Tagliatelle Verde
with lamb ragu, olive taggiasche & mint
$20.00
Ricotta Gnudi
with sweet corn, stridoli & chanterelles
$21.00
Linguine With Clams
pancetta & spicy fresno chiles
$20.00
Butternut Squash Mezzalune
with amaretti
$20.00
Orecchiette
with sausage & swiss chard
$21.00
Tagliatelle
with oxtail ragu
$19.00
Bucatini All' Amatriciana
$21.00
Gnocchi
with duck ragu
$22.00
Tagliolini
with Maine lobster and roasted sea urchin
$21.00
Fiorentini
with guanciale, tomato & spicy pickled peppers
$21.00
Gnocchi all' Genovese
with stinging nettle pesto & passata di pomodoro
Secondi
$27.00
Striped Bass
alla livornese
$29.00
Veal Breast Stracotto
with chanterelles, baby carrots & spring onions
$30.00
Sweetbreads Picatta
with artichokes
$38.00
Duck Al Mattone
with pear mostarda & sweet corn
$32.00
Grilled Leg Of Lamb
with insalata di fregola sarda, mint & yogurt
$38.00
Grilled Quail Wrapped In Pancetta
with radicchio & honey
$27.00
Guinea Hen Crostone
with liver pancetta sauce
$34.00
Pan Roasted Pork Loin
fagioli alla castelluciana
$36.00
Grilled Whole Orata
wrapped in radicchio with extra virgin olive oil
$34.00
Pan Seared Sea Trout
with Umbrian lentils & red cabbage sottaceto
$33.00
Grilled Beef Tagliata
rucola & Parmigiano with aceto balsamico
$78.00
Porcini - Rubbed Rib Eye Bistecca
$36.00
Brasato Al Barolo
braised beef short rib with porcini
Contorni
$8.00
Insalata Mista
$10.00
Fried Potatoes With Rosemary
$8.00
Polenta With Parmigiano - Reggiano
$12.00
Sauteed Broccoli Di Cicco With Chilies & Vinegar
$10.00
Roasted Cauliflower
red onion with mint yogurt
$10.00
Marinated Beets
with walnuts & salsa verde
$10.00
Sauteed Bloomsdale Spinach With Crisp Garlic
$8.00
Cipolline With Thyme & Sherry Vinegar
Dolci
$12.00
Torta Della Nonna
honeycomb & pine nuts
$12.00
Almond Cornetto
meyer lemon yogurt gelato & sauteed Page mandarins
$12.00
Cioccolato
bittersweet chocolate cake with perugian chocolates
$12.00
Bombolini
huckleberry marmellata & lemon mascarpone
$11.00
Rosemary Olive Oil Cakes
olive oil gelato & rosemary brittle
$11.00
Biscotti Misti
$12.00
Fritelle di Riso
banana gelato, Nocello raisins
$12.00
Strawberry & Fig Crostata
Meyer lemon panna cotta with saba
Pasta Tasting Menu
$69 Per Person. Accompanying Wines As Listed Below - $50 Per Person. * Our Pasta Tasting Requires The Participation Of The Entire Table
 
Farfalle
with English peas, green garlic & funghi misti
 
2010 Etna Bianco, Scilio - Sicilia
 
Cappelletti di Vitello
burro e salvia
 
2011 Refosco Rosato, Bastianich - Friuli
 
Garganelli Verde
with ragu Bolognese
 
2009 Rosso di Toscana Monteleccio," Sesti - Toscana
 
Francobolli di Brasato
 
2009 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, Cataldi Madonna – Abruzzo
 
Pici
with wild boar ragu
 
2007 Barolo, Brandini - Piemonte
 
Blood Orange Gelatina
with oro blanco sorbetto
 
2011 Moscato d'Asti, Saracco - Piemonte
 
Fritelle di Riso
with banana gelato & Nocello raisins
 
NV Malmsey “New York,” Barbeito – Madeira
Wine
Vino Spumante e Frizzante
$14.00
Prosecco
Flor - Veneto | NV
$18.00
Rose Brut
Murgo - Sicilia | 2009
$24.00
Alta Langa Brut
Ettore Germano "Metodo Classico" - Piemonte | 2008
$12.00
Lambrusco Secco
Paola Rinaldini "Pronto" - Emilia-Romagna | NV
Vino Bianco
$20.00
Greco di Tufo
Pietracupa - Campania | 2010
$18.00
Etna Bianco
Tenuta Scilio - Sicilia | 2011
$24.00
Vermentino
Il Monticello di Davide Neri "Groppolo" - Liguria | 2011
$16.00
Friulano
Bastianich "Adriatico" - Friuli | 2010
$26.00
Sauvignon - Chardonnay Blend
Bastianich "Vespa Bianco" - Friuli | 2009
$38.00
Friulano Blend
Silvio Jermann "Capo Martino - In Ruttaris" - Friuli | 2006
Vino Ramato e Rosato
$22.00
Pinot Grigio Ramato
Ronco Severo - Friuli | 2009
$16.00
Refosco Rosato
Bastianich - Friuli | 2011
Vino Rosso
$16.00
Verduno Pelaverga
Comm. G.B. Burlotto - Piemonte | 2011
$16.00
Morellino di Scansano
La Mozza "I Perazzi" - Toscana | 2010
$28.00
Ciro Rosso
Du Cropio "Damis" Riserva - Calabria | 2005
$28.00
Lessona
Podere le Boncie "Le Trame" - Toscana | 2007
$28.00
Sangiovese Blend
La Mozza "Aragone" - Toscana | 2007
$28.00
Merlot Blend
Bastianich "Vespa Rosso" - Friuli | 2008
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