Dave Beran couldn’t resist weaving French cooking into the seasonal tasting menus at Dialogue, the tiny restaurant hidden away in a food hall on the Third Street Promenade that earned a Michelin star earlier this year.
Some of Los Angeles’ most dynamic cooking is about to become a little more accessible. James Beard Award-winning chef Dave Beran is expanding his footprint, from the tiny, Michelin-starred Dialogue, to a new, à la carte concept, Pasjoli. It opens next week in Santa Monica.
One month before Pasjoli is scheduled to open, Dave Beran is scrutinizing a creamy grayish-pink log baked into a brioche. Cut me a slice, he asks one of his cooks, who brings over two thick slabs stacked on a silver tray.
Marugame Udon, the world’s largest chain of cafeteria-style udon restaurants, will have a grand opening Saturday for its new site at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.
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Popular Japanese noodle shop Marugame Udon opens next week at the Bloc in Downtown. The suddenly-busy development is expected to add udon to its dining mix this month alongside Canadian casual import Joey and the upcoming (and long-awaited) Alamo Drafthouse movie theater and restaurant. Expect Marugame Udon to open at the Bloc on July 9 at 700 S. Flower St.
Source: Eater LA