Officine BRERA – LA Eater
Officine BRERA Promises to Be the Meatiest Italian Restaurant in Downtown Opening this fall. Remember when Republique, Walter and Margarita Manzke’s eye-catching La Brea restaurant in the former Campanile space, almost actually became an Arts District staple? It seems forever ago, but there were definite plans for the Manzke team to put down roots inside of […]
Orsa & Winston – LA Eater
Orsa & Winston Gets Into the Lunch Game Tomorrow With Healthy Grain Bowls Done with a Josef Centeno twist, of course. Beginning tomorrow, Orsa & Winston is rolling out a new kind of downtown lunch option. Josef Centeno’s tasting menu restaurant offered a more casual yakitori-ya experience in recent months, which got the chef to thinking […]
Ledlow – Los Angeles Times
Review: At Ledlow, Josef Centeno is serious about American cuisine When people ask about the modern way of eating in Los Angeles, the succession of wildly variant small plates followed perhaps by a big, shared platter of meat, I sometimes refer them to Josef Centeno, who got the style started here when he was chef […]
Beelman’s Pub – LA Eater
Beelman’s Pub, A Classy European Streetside Bar Finally, here is Beelman’s Pub, the newest offering from the prolific and expansive ACME Hospitality Group, which also created Sixth Street Tavern, Library Bar, and Spring Street Bar (as well as the awesome re-tool of King Eddy’s Saloon). Debuting June 9, this rendition of a streetside European-style bar might […]
Plan Check, Nong LA Vietnamese Cafe & Seoul Sausage – TimeOut Los Angeles
LA city guide: Eating and drinking along Sawtelle Boulevard Check out the best eating and drinking on Sawtelle Boulevard with our LA city guide to the the area’s new wave of restaurants. Downtown’s Little Tokyo may have a 75-year headstart on Sawtelle Boulevard, the West LA enclave between Olympic and Santa Monica Boulevards known as […]
Bäco Mercat – TimeOut Los Angeles
Bäco Mercat What started as a happy-hour snack has grown into one of the hottest, most relevant restaurants in town. Chef Josef Centeno’s first solo venture captures not only the zeitgeist of Downtown’s white-hot dining but also the incredible multiculti spirit of Los Angeles at large. Located in the Old Banking District, just around the […]