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Playa
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7360 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90036

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  • Latin American, Mexican
    Sun, Sat 10am-2pm, Thu-Sat 5:30pm-1am
    $$$ $$$
    All Major Credit Cards
  • Casual
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Dinner, Late Night
    Full bar
  • Accepted
    Valet
Description

The main room is dominated by the bar - a library of artisanal spirits rises to the ceiling - and Julian Cox's cocktail program, which includes drinks made with tiki bitters and yerba maté-infused scotch, mezcal with roasted tomatoes and sage, and tequila with Barolo Chinato and bitter Sardinian honey, pushes the boundaries of the esoteric into strange, uninhabited grounds. The place is congenial to both multicourse meals and quick snacks, an after-work glass of albariño and a late-night stop for chocolate cake and coffee.








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Main Menu
Cool
$10.00
Maize Cake Wild Mushrooms
black garlic and olive "soil, " exotic mushrooms, l'explorateur cheese, porcini espuma, chives
$9.00
Maize Cake Cauliflower X 3
caramelized, oven-dried, and hibiscus-pickled cauliflower, oven-dried jalapeno, curry cocktail vinegreta
$11.00
Maize Cake Salsa Semilla
fresh burrata, salsa verde, arugula salad, amaranth, sal de colima
$12.00
Maize Cake Jewish
smoked salmon, creme fraiche, bermuda onion, caperberry, lime
$8.00
Tortillas Florales
maize cakes with organic flower petals, indian butter
$14.00
Jamon Y Queso
olive "soil, " compressed apples, figs, iberico ham, blue picon cheese, idiazabal cheese
$7.00
Papas Salsa Verde
kennebec potatoes, avocado, chiles, serranos, micro cilantro
$15.00
Octo-Palm
grilled octopus, palm hearts, scallions, oven-dried cherry tomatoes, oven-dried red onion
$15.00
Ensalada Flan De Elote
fresh corn custard, queso cotija, black quinoa and squash blossom sauce
$10.00
Ensalada Quemada
wood-grilled endive, haricot verts, citrus filets, cumin vinagreta, pinones
$11.00
Arepas Caracas
venezuelan corn cakes, wood-grilled shrimp, mango, chiles
$7.00
Gazpacho Fission
yellow tomato soup, spanish extra-virgin olive oil, bay scallops, shrimp, micro herbs
Warm
$11.00
Maize Cake Breakfast
63' egg, pan-seared potato, truffle cheese espuma, market mushrooms
$12.00
Maize Cake Gambas
mojito-poached shrimp, braised nappa cabbage, mustard ice cream
$12.00
Maize Cake Bombay Taj
pork belly confit, chile-lime jicama, mango pickle, masala, chana crisp, raita cocktail vinegreta
$11.00
Maize Cake Mediterranean
lamb meatballs, spiced yogurt, capers, kalamata olives, feta
$13.00
Mezcal
long green chile relleno, braised pork cheeks, pineapple, almonds, chichicapa mezcal sauce
$9.00
Vieiras Cubanas
twice-fried plantain discs, smoked sea scallops, lime-chipotle crema
$13.00
Chiles Gueros Rellenos
tempura chiles, crab, corn, soy, ginger, scallion
$16.00
Arroz Con Pato
duck confit, baby vegetable pickles, arroz blanco jus, fresno chiles, chives, micro cilantro
$15.00
Tamale Chipotle
wild-mushroom duxelles dumpling, filet mignon, chipotle bearnaise
$14.00
Thai Tamalli
fresh corn masa, shrimp, basil, mint, cilantro, lemongrass, thai chiles, ginger-garlic salsa
$9.00
Piquillos Rellenos
spanish piquillo peppers, gruyere, golden raisins, chorizo
$13.00
Mussels Meltdown
vapor cooked mussels, charred tomatillo-serrano salsa, avocado –lime crema
Platos
$28.00
Pan-Seared Loup De Mer
sea bass filet with five sauces: romesco, chimichurri, verde, aji amarillo, aji panca
$13.00
"Vaporized Tacos"
banana leaf steamed blue corn tortillas, chile marinated chicken, peruvian blue potatoes
$21.00
Entomatada Sunburn
seared salmon medallions, fresh corn tortillas bathed in heirloom tomato-rose-habanero rojo sauce
$24.00
Puerco
chile-rubbed pork tenderloin, salsa verde, pea tendrils, manzana, sage
$29.00
Stripa Nueva York
woodfire grilled 8oz new york strip, red chile sauce, chayote chutney, chile verde pesto
Platos - Verduras
$6.00
Cauliflower
oven-roasted, indian spices, chile verdes, chana crisp
$6.00
Col Rizada
kale, posole, pickled ancho pasilla, garlic
Azucar
$10.00
Azul
blue corn gateau, almondine ice cream, tahitian vanilla bean sorbet, apple potpourri
$9.00
Flora Y Terra
vanilla cake, strawberries, pomegranate, candied chiles piquillos, strawberry-anise sorbet, cava consomme
$10.00
Coconut
meringue, french buttercream, goat’s milk vanilla ice cream, goat cheese crumbles
$10.00
Sundae
goat's milk ice cream, hazelnuts, cocoa nibs, blue cornmeal chocolate chip cookies
$10.00
Pastel Cafe
mocha sponge, espresso creme, toffee honeycomb, colombian chocolate ice cream
$9.00
Luna Mezcal
chocolate cake, chocolate glaze, mezcal ice cream, caramel popcorn, spanish peanuts
$9.00
Nieves
latin ice creams & sorbets, lengue de gato
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